Snigmorder

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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Sunday21 in Future Preparations of the Church Against Pornography?   
    I've had a masturbation addiction for 17 years and a pornography addiction for 8 years. During this time I've done the pornography equivalent of progression from weaker to stronger drugs.
     I can't speak for the addiction recovery program, though I have gone to a couple meetings. But I can say this, Ether 12:27 is true.
    "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
    The easiest time I ever had abstaining from pornography was during a particular incident which lasted three weeks. I finally admitted and believed after years of trying to quit that I could not escape pornography and that I was trapped, I cried out as it were. I guess my humility was sufficient because my burden was made light and had no desire to sin.
    But this all ended due to my own neglect and failure to maintain that level of humility and faith. Pride and hardness begin to set in again and I fell back into old habits. I made the mistake of proceeding as though I could get by without grace.
    This three weeks wasn't the longest I had ever abstained. But it was unlike any of the other periods of abstinence, there was a breakthrough. I know this can't happen again and I know that it can be forevermore, I'm just not there yet. I'm getting there.
    Prayer is probably the most important thing. You get on your knees and you stay there until you are humble and have made communication. 
    "And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save." -2 Nephi 31:19
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from clbent04 in Future Preparations of the Church Against Pornography?   
    I've had a masturbation addiction for 17 years and a pornography addiction for 8 years. During this time I've done the pornography equivalent of progression from weaker to stronger drugs.
     I can't speak for the addiction recovery program, though I have gone to a couple meetings. But I can say this, Ether 12:27 is true.
    "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
    The easiest time I ever had abstaining from pornography was during a particular incident which lasted three weeks. I finally admitted and believed after years of trying to quit that I could not escape pornography and that I was trapped, I cried out as it were. I guess my humility was sufficient because my burden was made light and had no desire to sin.
    But this all ended due to my own neglect and failure to maintain that level of humility and faith. Pride and hardness begin to set in again and I fell back into old habits. I made the mistake of proceeding as though I could get by without grace.
    This three weeks wasn't the longest I had ever abstained. But it was unlike any of the other periods of abstinence, there was a breakthrough. I know this can't happen again and I know that it can be forevermore, I'm just not there yet. I'm getting there.
    Prayer is probably the most important thing. You get on your knees and you stay there until you are humble and have made communication. 
    "And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save." -2 Nephi 31:19
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from clbent04 in Different Versions of Joseph Smith's First Vision   
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from clbent04 in Different Versions of Joseph Smith's First Vision   
    They do appear at different times in 1832 and 1835. When he actually published it for all the world to see, he left out choreography and focused on the point of such a publication, that's my guess anyhow.
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    Snigmorder reacted to prisonchaplain in Why Do We Pray to the Father for Forgiveness?   
    "Our Father who art in heaven ... forgive us our debts." We ask forgiveness of the Father because Jesus told us to. Then there is his example of asking the Father to let the cup of punishment (the upcoming crucifixion) pass from him. The Godhead has determined that it is the Father who decides how sins are redeemed, and that they are forgiven.
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from SilentOne in Why Do We Pray to the Father for Forgiveness?   
    Jesus was sent by the Father, Jesus is the Father's servant. We did not break Jesus's laws, therefore it is not his forgiveness we ask. 
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Anddenex in Why Do We Pray to the Father for Forgiveness?   
    I never liked the debtor/creditor analogy or the bicycle analogy.
    What kind of a creditor sends his debtor's own intercessor?
    Every single term, condition, and law comes from the Father. Never has a term, condition, or law come from Jesus. The Man of Holiness is the God of man yesterday, today, and forever. Christ has never given to any man terms which were not laid out before the foundation of the world by the Father, the Man of Holiness.
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Anddenex in Why Do We Pray to the Father for Forgiveness?   
    Jesus was sent by the Father, Jesus is the Father's servant. We did not break Jesus's laws, therefore it is not his forgiveness we ask. 
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    Snigmorder reacted to Traveler in God was once a man?!   
    How can you believe in free will and agency and think such a thing?
     
    The Traveler
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    Snigmorder reacted to Grunt in The two greatest television ads of all time   
    The good Doctor Thompson.  Never before has a man created such a sweet bachelor party for your taste buds.
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from clbent04 in Why Do We Pray to the Father for Forgiveness?   
    I never liked the debtor/creditor analogy or the bicycle analogy.
    What kind of a creditor sends his debtor's own intercessor?
    Every single term, condition, and law comes from the Father. Never has a term, condition, or law come from Jesus. The Man of Holiness is the God of man yesterday, today, and forever. Christ has never given to any man terms which were not laid out before the foundation of the world by the Father, the Man of Holiness.
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from NeuroTypical in The two greatest television ads of all time   
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from seashmore in The two greatest television ads of all time   
    No matter how many billions you spend on marketing Coca-Cola will never taste better than DrPepper.
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Grunt in The two greatest television ads of all time   
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    Snigmorder reacted to person0 in The two greatest television ads of all time   
    Moderator!  Moderator!  He's intentionally spreading apostate falsehoods!
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    Snigmorder reacted to NeuroTypical in The two greatest television ads of all time   
    Yeah, your Coke and Gatorade commercials are kinda great.  But nothing has the staying power of these two culture-defining commercials that wrote themselves into the DNA of every American born in the early '70's.
     
     
     
     
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Grunt in The two greatest television ads of all time   
    No matter how many billions you spend on marketing Coca-Cola will never taste better than DrPepper.
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from mordorbund in What are you doing for the eclipse?   
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from zil in What are you doing for the eclipse?   
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Backroads in What are you doing for the eclipse?   
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Mike in What are you doing for the eclipse?   
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Vort in Two truths and a lie game   
    #1, #3, and #5 are lies.
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    Snigmorder reacted to anatess2 in Two truths and a lie game   
    How many oldest sons do you have?
    Kim has to be the truth.  Because, that's just funny.  and Putin.  and Trump.  That's just something these Gen Z guys would do. 
     
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    Snigmorder reacted to anatess2 in Two truths and a lie game   
    Because everybody knows @Vort would eat half the sugar before he can turn it into fuel so it would go only 10 miles?
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    Snigmorder got a reaction from Vort in Two truths and a lie game   
    #1 is the lie.