John6572

thank you for your military services and sharing your thoughts. I think you may be right. I feel it is about conversion.

All I can say is "WOW" no coed swimming? swimming pools are the devils playground? must be cleaned shaving for a temple recommend? just because someone is a SP, does not mean they are going to do everything by the book. bishops and others included. I have seen this first hand. temple recommends are not a personal directive, there are specific questions and worthiness to maintain, clean shaven face is NOT one of them. this has nothing to do with sustaining authority. this has a lot to do with abuse of authority. our ward has trunk N treat every year, our ward has ward swimming parties. oh, guess what, in a swimming pool. and primary aged kids swam to. both boys and girls. I see here nothing but a lot of abuse of power. we had bishop once who was very abusive. he had told women while "IN" the temple how over weight they were and that they needed loose weight. he was bishop when my father passed away, and did everything he could to try and make my mother sit through two funeral services, because he didn't think it was right that the church members wasn't getting a private service before members of the family. this list goes on and on. it took a very long time to forgive this man for the things he has said and done. but still, he was not released for long time. so yes, I see some points of this SP are clear, like spa nights and such. activities for the youth should be Christ centered. we may sustain our leaders, but this does not mean they are perfect leaders. perhaps they to must learn. this is in no way meaning to slam on anyone or anything. I have a beard and long hair and a temple recommend. so there you have it. abuse of power does not make a bad person.

so this scripture comes to mind. "Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation. D&C 89:4" I only share this, because like anything else, we do not know the true hearts of man. regardless of science or any other article relating on way or another. I do not know one way or the other what is killing off the honey bees or any other insect for that matter. but with verses like this from the word of wisdom, it makes me think not want to trust any man from any cooperation that is in food manufacturing or anything else. so what ever it is killing off the bees, this one thing I think we can all agree on, something is killing them and with that comes danger to the human race.

I don't know about other areas, but here in my ward, I am surprised at the amount of missionaries who come home early now.