Aluwid

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  1. It is harder to picture him living today than in his time isn't it? I think that is part of the reason why it is difficult for many to accept prophets today. The Bible talks about them living in the wilderness, but today we see them eat at McDonalds.
  2. In the age of YouTube it's now possible to create a video with a gospel message and distribute it globally for free. Just an idea...
  3. I expect that there are a lot of reasons for this but two of them stand out to me. One is the time difference. Yeah Joseph Smith lived over a hundred years ago, but he was an American, he lived in places that we recognize on a map. Solomon lived thousands of years ago half way around the world. The culture recorded in the Bible can seen fairly alien compared to our culture today, I think that makes it easier to conveniently not subject past prophets to standards that we submit current prophets to. The other reason that occurs to me is that most people only know about Solomon from the Bible. It isn't the case where the Bible says all these good things about Solomon but the history books say all these bad things. Rather the Bible itself records both his good acts and his bad acts. So they are free to believe all the bad things along with the good and still believe he was a righteous man at one point because the Bible says so. Joseph Smith doesn't have that luxury since he lived in modern times and as such information related to him will come from multiple sources. This makes any mistakes he made seem more real and controversial. As an example consider Nephi in the Book of Mormon. If you believe in the Book of Mormon then does Nephi killing Laban cause you any concern about whether or not he was a true prophet? Or does the fact that the Book of Mormon clearly considered him such, even though he killed Laban, make it a non-issue?
  4. Hey Selek, when I read that first I thought you were saying you were fourteen years old, then you mentioned you were divorced with four children and suddenly I was very confused.
  5. For the intent of our mortal life I would say yes, he really is that bad. His desire is for you to not be saved. We can theorize about his specific role in the plan, what will happen to him latter, etc, but don't let that convince you that you shouldn't be wary of him in this life.
  6. I hope my wife will forgive me but she actually wrote a blog post similar to this so I'm going to give you the link: http://ldawnsc.blogspot.com/2007/08/hard-question.html The challenge though is that you are a single mother, and there is no priesthood holder in your home. In this case, as the Family Proclamation says "...other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation". Do you have good Home Teachers that visit you regularly? The point of priesthood is service. It's your Home Teachers responsibility to ensure that your families needs are met. Don't hesitate to ask for assistance when it is required, whether it involves giving a blessing or something else that is necessary.
  7. I wish I could give you some good advice but in truth I'm in need of some myself. Our daughters are 2 and 1, at this point we have just read to them from an illustrated Bible. Which pretty much consists of us showing them the chapter picture and reading while they run around in circles and play with their toys. I think at this point that we should treat it like we do family prayer and attending church. Yeah it's true that they aren't getting much out of it yet, but they are learning good habits that will make it easier for them to do the day to day things that are needed to maintain faith in the church.
  8. It'd be nice to know since it would resolve a lot of questions between the faiths, but I don't see how not yet knowing the answer negatively impacts our ability to follow his commandments and take advantage of the atonement that he provided.
  9. I just got a call from my baby brother a few hours ago at the SLC airport. He's heading out to the Phillipines (I forgot the mission :) ) He said there were 44 missionaries leaving with him for the Phillipines today, all on the same plane. Any non-Mormons on that plane don't stand a chance. :)