NeuroTypical

Hey you mormon people who found another mormon to marry! Just out of curiosity, how many of you met your spouse at an LDS singles get-together of some kind? Or at least the church singles program was involved somewhere along the line? I know niether was true for me.

*shrug*

My wife and I just try to not be alone with members of the opposite gender ever. In times when it has to happen (for work or whatever), we are totally transparent with each other, and very mindful of the other's feelings, and check to make sure it's ok with the other. We also avoid texting/IM/email too. When there is an exception, both of us are watching the exchange. Or at least the spouse is shown the stuff later to read through as much as she/I wants.

I also hear they'll be turning sunday church into a 2 hour block, alternating Priesthood/Relief Society and Sunday School. A change to the music program - phasing out organs because nobody plays them any more. Missionaries to Saudi Arabia (ten years ago it was China, ten years before that it was the USSR). Callout to all saints to travel by foot and gather in the rocky mountains to sit out the world's tribulation for a winter (always being preached from the pulpit of a certain subscription-required message board). I tend to hear such things a few weeks before every conference.

Hi and welcome. So what brings you to an LDS forum?

Mystery Men rocks! From the left: * The power to have her father's psychic skull encased in polymer and turned into a bowling ball by the guy at the pro shop. * The power to be invisible, but only if nobody is watching. * The power to cut guns in half with his mind (but his main power is guru inspiration and team building) * The power to shovel well. Better than any other man his wife knows. * The power to hurl forks with deadly accuracy. * The power of boundless rage (many reported incidents, only one actual incident) * Cursed by a passing gypsy woman to always be "he who duffs it" (aka power of flatulence) They defeated their evil foe with the mighty sword of teamwork and the hammer of not-bickering.

I found some writings of my father from the 1940's. My dad came out of WWII high as a kite - humans had finally fought the last war! After the way we finished things that decisively, there's never be another reason for nation to go to war against nation again. That sort of euphoric optimism was common, and lasted until the Korean war. Then we had Vietnam, the cold war, a ton of little ones, Gulf I and II, now the war on terror and the unspoken war on radical islamic militant fundamentalism. There is absolutely nothing at all happening now that hasn't been happening for centuries. The names of players and nations change.

Whatever you decide to do, it'll get a whole lot easier if you can keep boiling blood out of it. Caring to the point of anger about what random loudmouths are yellin' about on the internet? Sounds like not the best use of energy to me.

If my wife or I ever did a daycare or babysitting or whatever, "good standing in the church" would certainly not be a requirement. The requirement would be that we know the family personally, that they could make and keep their end of the agreement, and we figure it's a good thing to do. Now, if I were outside the church looking in, I wouldn't expect to be able to use the church as a way to network or find babysitting. But if I knew someone who was a mormon and did babysitting, I wouldn't hesitate to call them. The last thing I would want to be or encounter, is someone looking for someone else to take care of their baby for cheap or free so they can work, and they figure they can just call a churchy person to do it, because that's what churchy people are supposed to do.

Don't listen to them, DrP. Go watch Polar Express again with me. For me and my house, we keep the spirit of Christmas throughout the year. We also sing Christmas songs all year long - we prefer the funny songs that mock the overcommercialization of Christmas. We know why Christmas is important, and we also know why Christmas is fun and exciting.

I get lost pretty quickly when we start drawing humerous analogies to reinforce a point. I can never track the point that we're trying to reinforce. Anyway, in February, the CATO institute released a white paper: Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens | Clayton E. Cramer and David Burnett | Cato Institute: White Paper It talks about the difficulties in creating and using reliable statistics about the effectiveness of concealed carry, and it suggests a number of conclusions the authors believe to be reasonable and supportable. I suggest it to anyone who wants a fuller and deeper understanding of the issue and all it's complexities. For people who just can't imagine that guns ever do any good, you can take a look at this map which pins out some incidences from 2004 to the present, of private citizens using firearms to prevent crime. Guns and Self Defense: Interactive Map

Is StarTrek online fun?

Happy neighbors and no disputes may not sell houses, but angry neighbors and the prospect of legal fees and fighting will sure the heck NOT sell your house. I once paid a lawyer $100 for this advice - I'll give it to you for free. Go knock on her door with a big smile on your face, explain the situation politely and kindly, admit that you honestly don't know what to do about it, and see what happens. Maybe the two of you can work out a deal. You have ok chances that she isn't exactly looking forward to angry neighbors and fighting either.

What horrible lies are being told in this thread? I'm ashamed of y'all for believing such nonsense as Santa Claus not being real. The truth is that I'm Santa Claus. I have been telling my kids so for at least 3-4 years now, but they still won't believe me.

Hey bristleconesky, just whatever you do, please, PLEASE don't call me 'sir'. It happened to me a few years back and I'm still reeling. By way of advice, if you're all bent out of shape that you're not 25 any more, 40 is gonna blindside you like nothing you've ever seen before.

Well again, anne, I carry concealed, which means you wouldn't know one way or the other. Maybe you could explain what would cause you to complain? I still don't see any differences in my life coming from your trust or lack thereof, your objections or lack thereof, even if we had daily face-to-face interaction with each other. I mean, if I was coming to your house or business I wouldn't carry out of respect for your desires, but then again I don't carry in homes of people I know anyway. But any other place on earth where we would interact, I'm bound by conceal carry laws - not by a fellow citizen's trust or objections. And since I do it right, my fellow citizens don't know one way or the other.

I'm trying to figure out just exactly how my life would be different if you did trust me with my gun...

Interesting website. Don't expect it to fly with mormons any time soon, but maybe someday.I know quite a bit about the New Life Church shooting, and my family is on that campus at least weekly for much of the year. I'd love to be able to discuss their current situation with someone else with ties. Do you know Carl Chinn, or are you just a visitor to his website?

1. Remind the offenders that this is a place of worship and private property, and ask them to keep quiet. If they continue being disruptive, call the sheriff.Ditto.Well, BrendaM, I'd like to ask you the same things I asked Vort:I'm trying to visualize what this scenario looks like. Could you walk me through it? Does the bishop just make a sort of general announcement over the pulpit, and hope the sound carries over the crashing and screams? Or does he leave his seat and chase them from room to room, saying "please keep quiet"?

I would like to share a mindset that my family has developed, which has helped me reduce the amount of anxiety and fear in my and my family's minds regarding guns.There is no such thing as a "gun accident" or an "accidental shooting". The words are false - they lie about what really happened. There are only negligent discharges and negligent shootings. Those 500 kids a year were not accidents, they were mostly a result of parents who were negligent in their duty to keep firearms away from innocent children. The yearly accidental shootings are not accidental - someone failed in their basic duty to not point a loaded weapon at someone and pull the trigger. If you consider guns from a 'negligent vs. responsible steward' standpoint, then you can look at yourself and see what side of the line you currently fall on. Responsible gun ownership demands that one develop a list of habits - locking or otherwise securing your weapon, always treating it as loaded, proper finger/trigger placement, safe carrying, not to mention ability to use it effectively. And especially mindset that would allow you to use it effectively if necessary. There's a world of difference between saying to yourself "I don't want one of those scary, dangerous guns in my house" and "I don't have the skills, habits, equipment, and mindset necessary to be a responsible gun owner." The first thing basically means that you are at the mercy of the gun - nothing you can do will ever make there not be scary dangerous guns. The second thing is a worldview you can act on. You can choose to develop those attributes.

Oh, I'd figure that maybe 75-90% of American mormons are right of center to one extreme or another. In Utah, President Clinton came in third in his re-election race - behind Bush and Perot.But there's a difference between holding the (correct) impression that mormons in general are not pacifists, and assuming those who refuse to defend thenselves have contempt for the gift of life God has granted them. I don't see how you can make that claim. "Think the police are there to protect you? Guess again. [...] They are there to draw the chalk outline around your dead body." That's not cop bashing? What would you consider cop bashing?

I can't fathom it either, but there's no reason to jump to such a negative conclusion, UserName. The BoM record of the people of Ammon a.k.a. Anti-Nephi-Lehis for example, had made a covenant with God to do no more harm even at the cost of their lives. It's pretty dang clear that their choice was not only righteous and good, but great miracles were brought to pass. They refused to defend themselves, not out of contempt for the gift of life, but out of a need to repent for their past lives and submit totally to the will of God. I figure folks may have other reasons too that don't fall into the realm of 'contempt for the gift of life'. I've known enough cops personally to disagree with you here. And getting paid to color with chalk? It might sound slightly appealing, but I can't see many people finding fulfillment with it for very long. I'm thinking you might benefit by getting to know a few cops on a personal level, or maybe going through a citizen's academy if one is offered in your area. It might give you a more charitable outlook as to why they do and don't do things.I'm pretty much in agreement with most everything else you have to say though.

I'm not the ward clerk. The guy in question did live at my house 12 years ago for a few months. I think my answer was good - yes, his mom can help them, and yes, they should already have her number if they are who they say they are.

I just took a call on my cellphone from an 801 area code - 240 prefix. What do you think? Church or deceit?

"Who is this 'America' of which you speak? We are the Confederated Federatory Entity of Southern Canada!, and we don't go into debt." News at 11.