Carborendum

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  1. Once all is said and done, I believe it will be brought to our full understanding just how much our free will was what got us to our final destination. We can moan all we want about our circumstances and all. And we can even point to things about our bodies, brains, etc. And they all certainly had an impact. But at the end of the day, I think we'll find it difficult for us to deny in the face of the Lord's perfect understanding that we were the ones who chose our path.
  2. Can you provide a link for this? I'm not saying you're wrong. It just seems out of character for Biden. I haven't heard anything on that from the Biden Admin. But it would seem that his MO would tend to be: No, we can't harvest the lithium there because it is a natural landmark and we can't desecrate that with putting mines there. A-hem! We already have salt mines there, duh! -- but don't let that dissuade him. Besides, we can't do something that would lessen China's profits.
  3. Me, personally? No. At the same time there may be a Church policy, but I'm not aware of one.
  4. If they were personal eye-witness to the events, I'd say that more light is always better than less light.
  5. Any bets on whether Dems will TRY to suspend elections this year? Perhaps we're building up a backlog of wars to the level we have not seen since Korea and Vietnam? "We can't waste our time with pesky little things like elections when we're fighting for our lives." Just wondering. We'll see.
  6. @mikbone, Curious... What are you paying on property tax? I'm paying between 0.6% to 1% of my home value for the annual property tax. And we just passed a law that will make it a bit lower. We have no income tax in Texas.
  7. Just to make a point about definitions. exaltation Exaltation
  8. There are over 40 stars of different types on the temple. But they are grouped in ways to indicate that the groups mean something different. One of the Center Towers (I believe it is the front one) has four stars on the three visible sides of the tower. These twelve stars "crown" the taller tower with 12 stars.
  9. I've been listening to this guy (Bryce Dunford) on Youtube for a few days. I figured I'd share one episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDmQfVhoA3Q It's a bit long, so I'll just point out one symbol he pointed out from both the Nauvoo Temple and the SLC Temple. We know there are stars, moons, and suns on the temples. But the order is messed up from the Telestial, Terrestrial, Celestial sequence. Stars are on top Suns are in the middle Moons are at the bottom He points out that this incongruity can be clarified by looking at the following verse: He points out that the woman was a symbol for the Church. Thus the temple (also a symbol of the Kingdom of God on Earth) is wrapped (clothed) with the sun in the middle, with stars near the top (crown) and the moon near the bottom (under her feet). Very interesting.
  10. I've been considering that virtually all of the latest social pressure regarding any male/female issues are all about the promiscuity among women, while also being unwilling/unable to marry or have children. This would include transgenders, abortion, homosexuality, feminism, etc. I have always wondered how a prophecy from over 2000 years ago could talk about seven women who have their own money. Only prostitutes had their own living as single women (with some very rare exceptions) in that day and age. How could such a prediction have been considered reasonable in that day and culture? Feminism has opened the door for the professional woman. I think that is a good thing that the door is open. But the culture went further than that. It pushed the idea that it was not just open as a backup plan. It was supposed to be the preferred choice over that of homemaker. This is destroying our society. Over the past several decades, marriage rates have been declining. Divorce has been rising, and about 70% of marriages are initiated by women. This is true whether it was the man or the woman's fault. In earlier generations, men cheated more than women. Over the past couple of decades it has been shifting. Today, married women are slightly more likely to cheat than men. Among unmarried, but committed couples, women are FAR more likely to cheat. And this is due to an interesting dynamic. Women are MUCH more hypergamous than men. So, when we're not bound by the social and legal contract of marriage, the entire population of available women will tend to choose a small percentage of available men. And the ratio? It tends to be about 7:1.
  11. Did anyone hear about this? I guess he got a bit too excited to have his dream fulfilled. Tough breaks.
  12. Tell me you work for the government without telling me you work for the government. I asked for the documents required for me in my job description, but I was denied because... those documents are only available on a "need to know" basis.