zil2

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  1. I always say that if there's an animal larger than your dog, but smaller than a horse, your dog isn't big enough. Great Dane seems like the right size for a dog to me. Congrats! Nothing more annoying when you want to just chillax than a hyperactive baby. Hope she has a high perch from which to look down in disdain upon the inferior creature. Klaw adjusted faster than I thought he would - I was sure it would be longer before I could let them interact and weeks before I could let them be alone together. Smoke came home with me on 21 March (last Thursday) and he and Klaw mostly made friends on the 25th (Monday) - they were mostly kept separate prior to that, but Smoke is an escape artist and knows no fear! This morning there was a cuddle puddle and mutual grooming between my arms and between me and the keyboard. More adjustments will follow, but I'm not worried any more. It's interesting to see parts of Klaw's personality that I haven't seen before / in a long while. He and Smoke are polar opposites from polar opposite beginnings. I'm hoping Smoke helps Klaw be more brave.
  2. The Antics of Klaw and Smoke on TLF*. *The Living room Floor
  3. President Joseph Fielding Smith disagreed with you (Doctrines of Salvation, Vol.2, Pg.286 – 288; cited in this article). Even if his view was speculation, I'll take a prophet's speculation over another person's. Also D&C 132:17 describes the who aren't sealed for eternity thusly: And then there's the LDS explanation of the scriptures which say there is no marrying or giving in marriage in the next life - that is, the marriage must happen in mortality (personally or by proxy) and be sealed, or, per D&C 132 it is dissolved at death (not later on, but at death). So if unsealed marriages end at death and folks can't get married after death, how would anyone in any other kingdom have even a temporary marriage?
  4. I tried to follow all that, but had a hard time staying focused. Proper trivium: 1mL of fountain pen ink, in a fountain pen, will write roughly 10 letter/A4 pages, front and back. ("Roughly" because every paper, pen, ink, and writer combination is unique.)
  5. Welcome to ThirdHour, @chezrain!
  6. Sadly, the rebellion continues. Apparently, these women (or some women) called for sisters to "boycott" yesterday's Sunday meetings and the RS broadcast last night over this issue. Satan is laughing. In what way does refraining from worship and instruction aid anyone? Anywho, before knowing anything about the boycott, my extremely introverted self opted not to go to the stake center last night, knowing I could watch it online today (at 2x, with pauses for pondering or notes, as I wished). So this morning, as I was scrolling through IG, President Nelson's account had a portion of his talk from last night, and many of the comments were sadly negative, including complaints related to this sitting on the stand issue. I read those negative comments and then went and watched the broadcast. Funny thing: all but one concern those commenters had was addressed in some way by one of the speakers. If they had only listened to the broadcast, with humble hearts, seeking answers through the Spirit, their minds could have been enlightened. Satan is deceiving "the very elect" with things like this, and it's heartbreaking. Refraining from worship and instruction (surely the equivalent of telling the Spirit to take a hike) isn't the answer, sisters - faith, humility, covenants, Jesus Christ is the answer. And if you think you don't have power or access or whatever, go re-read President Nelson's October 2019 GC talk, "Spiritual Treasures": This is nothing new. Stop listening to the world and listen to Christ.
  7. Love it! I hope that if you're not working through it with missionaries or friends, you'll let us join you. It's been a long time since I read that manual (at some point, they seem to have switched to having missionaries teach the corresponding class, and teaching that class was when I read the manual), but I remember loving the class and manual, so I'd be happy to read and answer questions if you have them, or just discuss thoughts and ideas that come up as you read.
  8. Hold on to that! Even spiritual experiences can fade and be forgotten, even dismissed, if we don't act on them or do something with them in a timely manner. Really glad you're here. And yes, we refer to him as President Nelson. And we call them "talks" rather than "sermons", but everyone will know what you mean.
  9. Welcome, @Deseretdog! Glad you've joined us.
  10. Nah. If nothing else, fountain pen people will continue using forums until the rest of you crazy people come to your senses and join us so that we don't have to resort to forums and snail mail to communicate with each other.
  11. Perhaps plan a temple trip and do some husband-wife sealings while pondering this question. Good way to gain insight, I think.
  12. It's an interesting question. In our day, we emphasize that each member of the Godhead is a distinct individual, but all united in purpose. In no small part, this is to counter the false teaching of the Trinity. The Book of Mormon people had never heard of the Trinity, but being from among the Jews, the idea of only one God would have been hyper-important to them. This is reflected in the Book of Mormon text where, despite knowing of each member of the Godhead, they seem to go out of their way to emphasize that there is only one God. There's no telling whether, in their heads, they thought of three distinct persons, each being God, or whether they thought of three distinct persons acting together as a "God-unit", or something else entirely. The fact is that They are one, so each individual is God, and any subset of Them is God, and all of Them together are God. (And trying to figure out / remember the capitalization rules is making me wish I was born in Germany...)
  13. Or if you're logged in, all the messages you haven't read yet, here: https://thirdhour.org/forums/discover/unread/
  14. Seems to me it's been dying for a long time. If everyone here could con all their introvert friends into joining, and we were to welcome them rather than scaring them off at the first sign of differing opinion, we might could grow it back. It would help if the mobile template supported all the features (e. g. there's no way to see site notifications in the browser on a mobile - no access to that bell at the top right, and no user menu - I know the software supports it as one of my fountain pen forums uses this same software).