Sam

It's such a small difference for me. I went from 39.6% tax rate to 37% - technically more, but basically it's nothing. But I still support the tax plan.

I've been asked about this before. This is the council from the brethren ... "second patriarchal blessings are not encouraged." https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/james-e-faust_patriarchal-blessings/

Seems I may have walked into a already solicaly developed society. I hope it's more "City of Enoch" and not "City of Gomorrah" that I'm walking in to.

I'm not here to offend anyone, but maybe I can balance that out with some of my own rants.

Thanks Jane, I don't know how much I will post in the future but as it's a holiday today and I had some extra time. But who knows, maybe I'll stick around!

I've never posted here, but I'll read some of the content time to time. I thought I would just give a big thank you to the regular contributors. Yesterday I was in ward council and a primary leader told me she was getting questions about our last lesson which taught about the "Mark of Cain". I'm sure we all know the controversy of what this mark does or doesn't represent. The easy answer for primary was to suggest teachers simply don't explain what the mark is, because well, we don't really know and the children don't need this clarified. Anyway, this got me thinking about it deeper and I found some great material on these forums. I found some very thought provoking ideas that I hadn't considered before. I am no scriptorian, but I think I have a sound understanding of the scriptures. As I seek additional knowledge I've realized this forum, while obviously full of opinions and nothing doctorinal, is still a great resource for those seeking new point of views on old topics. So, Thank you!