Emmanuel Goldstein

I would not be surprised if the praying they do is in the Holy of Holies, when it is available. I think there is one in St. George, Manti and Logan as well.

This is an amazing film. My wife and I took my Mom to see it yesterday. Our Takayuki was, “what do we do to help?” We as Americans are in a unique position to help. Compared to the rest of the world, we are wealthy and can support the efforts of Operation Underground Railroad, Tim Ballard’s organization. We must not sleep away our efforts to end this plague on this earth.

When I teach, I cover all the weeks, but I follow promptings from the Spirit to know what to discuss.

Sounds pretty severe, but I think they were pretty evil at that time.

Sounds more like a cat to me. They tend to be more imperious than dogs. lol

I was looking at my dog the other day and thinking how he is getting old and will be gone soon. I then was thinking about the three disciples from the book of Mormon and John the beloved. I am not sure how they deal with the lack of connections as they outlive each of their friends and relatives. What if they had a canine companion that was given to them that was also translated? That is the basis of the idea, an immortal dog that would remain as their faithful companion. I am reminded of the Nephite that Joseph and the others ran into on the road to Harmony that was carrying the first set of plates back to Cumorah and that delivered the small plates of Nephi to Joseph in Harmony.

Very interesting. I had never heard of that incident in 1969. I just downloaded this book and look forward to reading it.

While enjoying the cool weather and some rain in Utah the other day, I was thinking of this very subject. I feel like the Lord is warning us that if we do not repent then this season of rain could be our last. I am reminded of this phrase in Isaiah 9:12 - "For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still." We need to do better and humble ourselves.

double knot your kids laces so they cannot get them undone.

I was cautiously cynical of these videos too, until I looked into it and found that he does not make a dime and uses all the money he gets from views to help people even more.

I now think of these videos when I see this parable. We need to help people in every way we can.

I got you. Thank you for clarifying. Cheers.

Did you read what I said? "I believe by studying books like this we can awaken a deeper sense of testimony as we read while praying and listening for spiritual insight."

My wife and kids got me this book for Fathers Day, and it got me thinking. Have we lost the intellectual aspect of gospel knowledge in recent years? I remember when Hugh Nibley and other scholars writings were often published in church publications. In recent years, I cannot recall very much if this in our magazines. Have we lost something in our day and should we try to return to them? In fact, I recently learned that Nibley’s “An Approach to the Book of Mormon,” was the priesthood manual for the year 1957. Now we just read and discuss general conference talks, or rather, try to skim through the talk during the opening announcements in priesthood and hope we are not called on to say anything. I believe by studying books like this we can awaken a deeper sense of testimony as we read while praying and listening for spiritual insight. Let’s do better as Men, who have followed in Abraham’s footsteps.

For the last few years I have been looking into the myths about civilizations like Atlantis, Lumeria and Olympus. I think you are absolutely correct in that this earth is re-used for the Lord's purposes. I think that the last major reset was at the Younger Dryas impact around 10,000 BC. This was the end of the Atlantis or Adamic civilization and the Flood of Noah, if not triggered by this, was at the same time. I think the length of time that we have assumed from Genesis is incorrect. There is just too much archeological evidence of civilizations that go far enough back that the flood could not have happened 5,500 years ago. I think it is likely that the flood of Atlantis and the flood of Noah are the same one.

If they really cared about emissions they would build an engine that can burn hydrogen, not a fuel cell, actual burning. Cummings may have just created one, but we shall see. Batteries cause more environmental damage than they are worth, both in the creation and disposing of lithium. I personally think their is not a solution in any available technology. Some level of pollution is going to be part of our lives for the time being.

I think it is the height of arrogance to think that we can do anything that will destroy the environment in the long run.

I like Bednar's analogy from the 2012 April Conference:

It was also that Adam noticed that she had lost her glory, she had become a mortal telestial being from the celestial or terrestrial glory she had before she partook.

The other day my family and I watched 17 Miracles. I found myself wishing we could have a gathering of saints like they had. The entire message of the film was about going to Zion and I love it. I am so very tired of the garbage of our current times. Living in our times is 100 times more difficult than when the Kingdom of the Saints was on this world.

Adam and Eve most likely had children in a large number, probably 20 to 30. Then she would have gone through menopause around the age of 50 or 60. At this point their children would have had a large number of kids too. If Even had twins several times their children could have numbered closer to 60. Pairing off their children's children had dozens also. The population would within about 5 generations there would be well over 1 million people in the world. I believe Adam and Eve had Cain as a miracle from God, just like Abraham and Sarah or Zechariah and Elizabeth. Cain, followed closely by Abel. Then within a few years she had Seth. Cain left after the murder of Able and married one of the women of the hundreds of thousands available.

Something from the Armenian Apocrypha of Adam and Eve. In another manuscript, Satan calls the fruit “beautiful.” In all manuscripts, Satan refers specifically to “that tree” or “this fruit,” whereas in Genesis the question is more general, “hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Gen. 3:1). Eve responds by telling Satan of the commandment as given to them by God. Satan then replies, in one of the manuscripts: This is substantially different than the Genesis account. In Genesis, the partaking of the fruit is noted by Satan as causing eyes to be opened, and that they would become “as gods,” by “knowing good and evil” (Gen. 3:5). In this apocryphal account Satan goes further to note that God was once a man too, and that He became God by eating of the fruit, and thus became divine. If Adam and Eve partake of it they will become like Him, or “his equal.” Stone also notes here that text is explicit “that God was himself originally human and became divine through eating the fruit” ((ibid.)). These are interesting details to consider, for even though it is Satan who speaks, there is both truth and error in his words to Eve (see Gen. 3:22). After hearing this, Eve partakes of the fruit, and is stripped of her light or glory. At this point the Armenian text embellishes the story significantly from what is contained in the Genesis account. In Genesis it is only noted that Eve “gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat” (Gen. 3:6). But what was the interchange between Eve and Adam? Did Adam say anything to Eve on the occasion? Did Adam protest at all? What did Eve say? How did Eve convince Adam to partake? These details are strangely absent from the Genesis account, and there is no account of any conversation there. The Armenian texts provide further details, including a conversation between Adam and Eve. One of the manuscripts says: In other words, upon recognizing what Eve has done, Adam immediately interrogates Eve with questions of what she has done, why she is stripped, and if she has eaten of the fruit of the forbidden tree. Eve only wants Adam to also eat of the fruit. Adam protests doing it, for he knows that he too will be stripped of his glory. Eve responds that Adam is beloved of God, and might not be angry with him. John Tvedtnes notes that Adam says “I cannot taste it and become like you” ((FAIR 1999 presentation. See note above.)). Eve invites Adam to partake again. Tvedtnes also notes in one translation that Eve tells Adam that “This fruit is extremely sweet and tasty” ((ibid.)). Adam holds the fruit in his hand, and ponders eating the fruit for some time (in one account three hours). One manuscript relates Adam’s thoughts: “If I do not eat, I shall be separated from my wife” ((Stone, 29.)). In another manuscript Eve also echos similar words: Adam considers the consequences and partakes: And so we see that the Armenian text adds quite a bit of detail to the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve, much of which is not present in the Genesis account. Michael Stone’s book Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Adam and Eve is available for limited reading on Google Books. This version of the story seems to say that the stipping was of their glory or robes of light. I hope that someday we will get the whole story from a revelation from God.

I don't go to Chick-fil-a because they are too expensive and I hate long lines.

he could have made his point in 30 seconds.