Still_Small_Voice

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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to mirkwood in First day of November   
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    Still_Small_Voice got a reaction from askandanswer in Hello October   
    Good bye October.  Hello, All Saints Day.  Here is some information about an ancient saint.
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    Saint Valentine was a Catholic priest who had also worked as a doctor. He lived in Italy during the third century Anno Domini and served as a priest in Rome.
    Historians don’t know much about Valentine’s early life. They pick up Valentine’s story after he began working as a priest. Valentine became famous for marrying couples who were in love but couldn’t get legally married in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II, who outlawed weddings. Claudius wanted to recruit lots of men to be soldiers in his army and thought that marriage would be an obstacle to recruiting new soldiers. He also wanted to prevent his existing soldiers from getting married because he thought that marriage would distract them from their work.   When Emperor Claudius discovered that Valentine was performing weddings, he sent Valentine to jail. Valentine used his time in jail to continue to reach out to people with the love that he said Jesus Christ gave him for others.   He befriended his jailer, Asterious, who became so impressed with Valentine’s wisdom that he asked Valentine to help his daughter, Julia, with her lessons. Julia was blind and needed someone to read material for her to learn it. Valentine became friends with Julia through his work with her when she came to visit him in jail.   Emperor Claudius also came to like Valentine. He offered to pardon Valentine and set him free if Valentine would renounce his Christian faith and agree to worship the Roman gods. Not only did Valentine refuse to leave his faith, he also encouraged Emperor Claudius to place his trust in Christ. Valentine’s faithful choices cost him his life. Emperor Claudius was so enraged at Valentine’s response that he sentenced Valentine to die.   Before he was killed, Valentine wrote a last note to encourage Julia to stay close to Jesus and to thank her for being his friend. He signed the note: “From your Valentine.” That note inspired people to begin writing their own loving messages to people on Valentine’s Feast Day, February 14th, which is celebrated on the same day on which Valentine was martyred.   Valentine was beaten, stoned, and beheaded on February 14, 270. People who remembered his loving service to many young couples began celebrating his life, and he came to be regarded as a saint through whom God had worked to help people in miraculous ways. By the year 496, Pope Gelasius designated February 14th as Valentine’s official feast day.
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    Still_Small_Voice got a reaction from Vort in Hello October   
    Good bye October.  Hello, All Saints Day.  Here is some information about an ancient saint.
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    Saint Valentine was a Catholic priest who had also worked as a doctor. He lived in Italy during the third century Anno Domini and served as a priest in Rome.
    Historians don’t know much about Valentine’s early life. They pick up Valentine’s story after he began working as a priest. Valentine became famous for marrying couples who were in love but couldn’t get legally married in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II, who outlawed weddings. Claudius wanted to recruit lots of men to be soldiers in his army and thought that marriage would be an obstacle to recruiting new soldiers. He also wanted to prevent his existing soldiers from getting married because he thought that marriage would distract them from their work.   When Emperor Claudius discovered that Valentine was performing weddings, he sent Valentine to jail. Valentine used his time in jail to continue to reach out to people with the love that he said Jesus Christ gave him for others.   He befriended his jailer, Asterious, who became so impressed with Valentine’s wisdom that he asked Valentine to help his daughter, Julia, with her lessons. Julia was blind and needed someone to read material for her to learn it. Valentine became friends with Julia through his work with her when she came to visit him in jail.   Emperor Claudius also came to like Valentine. He offered to pardon Valentine and set him free if Valentine would renounce his Christian faith and agree to worship the Roman gods. Not only did Valentine refuse to leave his faith, he also encouraged Emperor Claudius to place his trust in Christ. Valentine’s faithful choices cost him his life. Emperor Claudius was so enraged at Valentine’s response that he sentenced Valentine to die.   Before he was killed, Valentine wrote a last note to encourage Julia to stay close to Jesus and to thank her for being his friend. He signed the note: “From your Valentine.” That note inspired people to begin writing their own loving messages to people on Valentine’s Feast Day, February 14th, which is celebrated on the same day on which Valentine was martyred.   Valentine was beaten, stoned, and beheaded on February 14, 270. People who remembered his loving service to many young couples began celebrating his life, and he came to be regarded as a saint through whom God had worked to help people in miraculous ways. By the year 496, Pope Gelasius designated February 14th as Valentine’s official feast day.
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    Still_Small_Voice got a reaction from Jamie123 in Hello October   
    Good bye October.  Hello, All Saints Day.  Here is some information about an ancient saint.
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    Saint Valentine was a Catholic priest who had also worked as a doctor. He lived in Italy during the third century Anno Domini and served as a priest in Rome.
    Historians don’t know much about Valentine’s early life. They pick up Valentine’s story after he began working as a priest. Valentine became famous for marrying couples who were in love but couldn’t get legally married in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II, who outlawed weddings. Claudius wanted to recruit lots of men to be soldiers in his army and thought that marriage would be an obstacle to recruiting new soldiers. He also wanted to prevent his existing soldiers from getting married because he thought that marriage would distract them from their work.   When Emperor Claudius discovered that Valentine was performing weddings, he sent Valentine to jail. Valentine used his time in jail to continue to reach out to people with the love that he said Jesus Christ gave him for others.   He befriended his jailer, Asterious, who became so impressed with Valentine’s wisdom that he asked Valentine to help his daughter, Julia, with her lessons. Julia was blind and needed someone to read material for her to learn it. Valentine became friends with Julia through his work with her when she came to visit him in jail.   Emperor Claudius also came to like Valentine. He offered to pardon Valentine and set him free if Valentine would renounce his Christian faith and agree to worship the Roman gods. Not only did Valentine refuse to leave his faith, he also encouraged Emperor Claudius to place his trust in Christ. Valentine’s faithful choices cost him his life. Emperor Claudius was so enraged at Valentine’s response that he sentenced Valentine to die.   Before he was killed, Valentine wrote a last note to encourage Julia to stay close to Jesus and to thank her for being his friend. He signed the note: “From your Valentine.” That note inspired people to begin writing their own loving messages to people on Valentine’s Feast Day, February 14th, which is celebrated on the same day on which Valentine was martyred.   Valentine was beaten, stoned, and beheaded on February 14, 270. People who remembered his loving service to many young couples began celebrating his life, and he came to be regarded as a saint through whom God had worked to help people in miraculous ways. By the year 496, Pope Gelasius designated February 14th as Valentine’s official feast day.
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to zil2 in The Stickman Thread   
    Ammon waters king Lamoni's sheep:

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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to mirkwood in The Stickman Thread   
    HA!  Stabbed yourself in the head.
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to zil2 in The Stickman Thread   
    Pen (or pencil) + paper + brain is all you need!  Give it a shot:

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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to zil2 in The Stickman Thread   
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    Also, just for the record, fountain pens are optional, but your stickman will be much happier if you draw him using a fountain pen.
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to askandanswer in Hello October   
    This reminds me of Revelations 10:10
    10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and aate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to prisonchaplain in Hello October   
    I tried to understand. I read and reread, but I'm so lost. Can someone help me understand? Perhaps if you do as the following suggests:

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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to LDSGator in STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE!!!   
    I’m not a parent so my opinion on this is worthless but I completely agree with you. 
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to prisonchaplain in Today is my younger brother's birthday. Thought you might enjoy the image   
    There was no Gen-Y and my wife is Gen-X. We don't joke about Gen-X. Ever!
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to Vort in Today is my younger brother's birthday. Thought you might enjoy the image   
    that one of our younger sisters sent him.

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    Still_Small_Voice got a reaction from Carborendum in STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE!!!   
    A terrible thing one can do is buy their kid a smart phone.  I believe children should wait until they are sixteen about to get a smart phone.  And then they need to pay for all of it with money they work to earn.  Someone I know bought their son a phone when they were fourteen.  It has done nothing good for them from what I see.
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    Still_Small_Voice got a reaction from Vort in STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE!!!   
    A terrible thing one can do is buy their kid a smart phone.  I believe children should wait until they are sixteen about to get a smart phone.  And then they need to pay for all of it with money they work to earn.  Someone I know bought their son a phone when they were fourteen.  It has done nothing good for them from what I see.
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    Still_Small_Voice got a reaction from LDSGator in STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE!!!   
    A terrible thing one can do is buy their kid a smart phone.  I believe children should wait until they are sixteen about to get a smart phone.  And then they need to pay for all of it with money they work to earn.  Someone I know bought their son a phone when they were fourteen.  It has done nothing good for them from what I see.
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to Ironhold in STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE!!!   
    There is a limit to the upper and lower levels that most people can hear. 
    A lot of animals, however, can hear at levels that exceed what most humans are able to do. For example, your hypothetical dog whistle is meant to sound at a pitch that is beyond what the average human can hear but within what most dogs can hear. 
    My high-end and low-end are past what is normal for humans and into at least the lower portion of what many animals can hear. 
    Yes, I can literally hear dog whistles, as can a few other people I know.
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    Still_Small_Voice got a reaction from zil2 in I do not understand some verses in the epistle of I John chapter 4.   
    Thanks for the input thus far.  I think John's counsel in those verses mostly applied to that era.  Gnostics were preaching false doctrines on Christ in that time.
    Gnostics were divided on their beliefs about Jesus Christ. One view held that he only appeared to have human form but that he was actually spirit only. The other view contended that his divine spirit came upon his human body at baptism and departed before the crucifixion.
    Both of these are obviously false doctrines.
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to Carborendum in STOP LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE!!!   
    So, my family has realized that we all suffer from screen addiction.  Whether it is gaming, youtube, forums (a- hem) or whatever is out there, we spend way too much time on our phones and computers.
    My eldest son who is about to return from his mission next week told us that he does not want a smart phone.  He just wants a simple phone that makes calls and that is all.  What is interesting is that my wife has been asking us as a family to start making the same transition.
    So, I tried looking up various phones to see how we could achieve this.  The thing stopping us is that there are genuinely useful utilities on a phone that are simply not available on the true dumb phones (GPS, Calendar with scheduled meetings, multiple alarms, Church apps...)
    Long story short, I bought a flip phone that has a fully functional android operating system.  But the processor is so weak and the screen size and keyboard size is so small that it is really slow, and it is difficult to use.
    The idea was that if we REALLY needed the functionality of a full android, we could get to it.  But the operation of the phone and the tiny screen size made the process very uncomfortable.  So, that was the deterrent.
    I've now had it for less than a day.  And so far it is working.  I have used it a LOT less than my Samsung.
    But you know what is funny?  I really like this phone.  So, while I don't look at the screen, I'm still admiring the phone in my hand.  Just the phone itself.
    So, my son yelled at me,"Dad!  Stop looking at your phone!"  
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    FTR, it is a CAT S22.  It is a freaking rugged phone.  I could drop it onto a concrete floor and I wouldn't even see a scratch.
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    Still_Small_Voice reacted to The Folk Prophet in Survey about censorship on social media   
    Disagree. (Putting aside that I'm not "professional" when it comes to music (I only wish I was)), I despise certain forms of art as a matter of taste. Some of those forms are art are very beloved by an awful lot of people. Me having the view that Taylor Swift is incredibly overrated, or that no one should have been interested in the Barbie movie isn't meaningful. It's just my personal opinions. And if I think your singing voice is terrible but a billion people love it and pay to hear it then what's the point being theoretically "qualified" for that view? 
    Also....not really true. An awful lot of people listen to an awful lot of other people on their views about abortion, tax policy and religion. I mean all I do all day while I work is listen to people talking about that stuff. Yes, it sometimes has more to do with confirmation bias and entertainment than it does respect for the individuals or trusting them as qualified in any way. But either way, it's not accurate to say that no one cares about other people's opinions.
    I think, in fact, that this very forum proves that idea wrong. If no one cared about anyone else's opinions then what are any of us doing here? At least I would hope we'd have some level of interest in what others have to say on any given matter rather than just being 100% narcissistic. I know I'm one to talk more than listen, and maybe a bigger offender in that regard than many...and yet I STILL care about other's views and want to hear what others think on various matters.
    And...even more important..... I almost care MORE about their opinions if I don't agree with them. Disagreeing with others views is not the same as not caring about those views.
    I mean the very idea that someone is pro abortion and the other is anti abortion means they don't care about each others opinion.... well that would just solve all the problems. But we DEEPLY care about those issues. And the more people who are into baby slaughter, high taxes, and anti-religion, the more I worry about the world, and the more I actually do care about their opinions.  Because their opinions, when they gain enough popularity and power, effect the world.