NeuroTypical

Meanwhile on the TravelerCam, we see him sitting on his front porch watching some teenagers.

It's fascinating watching GenZ/Alpha starting to expound on stuff they're learning about the BoM.  So much political and social commentary goes with it:
 
 
 

Well, Israel has been attacking targets in Iran for a lot of decades.  As well as killing Iranian targets in other countries for decades.  There's a longer history than even this article mentions: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/14/world/middleeast/iran-attacks-israel-history.html  Or even this one-sided history from Al Jazeera.  The Wiki article does it better justice. 
I'm guessing Israel figures this round of tit-for-tat is over.  "We finally hit them hard enough, and publicly enough, that they had to give their first actual response launched from their own country.  And it was a pretty pathetic response."
Although you read the comments section of the IDF twitter feed, and you'd think it's kicking off armageddon, end times, apocalypse, millennium, and the 2nd coming, all rolled into one.   That video of missiles in the background of the dome of the rock, is really riling up the sign-seekers from 3 different world's faiths.
 
 

Saddest thing in the world - I saw a post from someone near the bottom of the 2008 economic downturn, saying he was selling all his retirement stock while he still had some left and putting it somewhere safe.    
The market has gone up roughly 500% since the 2008 bottom.   If dude put it in cash or gold or something, it's probably lost like a third of it's value, because of inflation.
And that's how you end up spending your golden years working, unable to retire.  (Divorce is the other reason people end up there.)

It's fascinating watching GenZ/Alpha starting to expound on stuff they're learning about the BoM.  So much political and social commentary goes with it:
 
 
 

Laban was just a misunderstood guy with a temper problem. He lost his head. It happens.

When it comes to economic predictions, everyone became a prophet in 2009. I met so many people who “knew the economy would crash” and say they saw it coming. Oddly, their prophecies didn’t stop them from losing everything. Or warning the rest of us. 

Since He's one of 'em, it would be sort of hard for Him to be there without Him present...

Since He's one of 'em, it would be sort of hard for Him to be there without Him present...

For Iran to say that the matter is "concluded" pretty well tells me that Iran won't do anything further. They've made a show of force, and they don't want to do anything else lest Russia and China not protect them against the retaliation. 

Today, I have been given the opportunity to bear a short 3 Minute testimony in our Branch Conference. (This is Branch a organized for the local prisons)...
You will realize someday the importance of your calling to God and the heavens. 
Members would be clamoring to volunteer if they knew the blessings that will come to those who minister to the prisoner.
 
Heavenly Father loves us with a love that we can barely even conceive of. 
As the Lord's newest Apostle, Elder Patrick Kearon, said, and as I can personally witness, “God is in relentless pursuit of you. He “wants all of His children to choose to return to Him,” and He employs every possible measure to bring you back.”
 
Jesus Christ is our Messiah, Redeemer, and King. 
He voluntarily suffered, bled, and died so that we could repent and we receive forgiveness. He is our only hope of forgiveness, salvation, and exaltation.
By His Resurrection all of God's children will gain immortality. 
He is the Light and Life of this world and all creation. He is creation's only hope. Without Him all would be darkness and chaos. 
He is coming again soon to establish His Kingdom of Peace.
 
Joseph Smith holds the keys of, and is the head of this, the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times and those keys will never be taken from him- “Forever and ever the keys he will hold!”. 
He is the Servant of the Lord in the parable of the Vineyard. He will stand again on the earth to lead forth in the redemption of Zion- “Millions shall know Brother Joseph again!”. 
The Lord gave me a testimony of the calling of Joseph Smith Jr. at 16, and the all  devils in hell haven't been able to, and never will, take that witness from me!
 
The Book of Mormon is a real history, of real people, that really lived. It contains the fullness of the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ. 
It is the keystone of my religion. 
It is my Latter-day survival guide. 
I have, and you will, come closer to God by abiding by it's precepts than any other Book.
 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord's Church. 
It was established through the ministry of angels.
Only in it are found the keys of salvation and eternal life. As President Nelson recently said, “no other organization can and will influence your life after death.”
 
Russell Marion Nelson is the Lord's Presiding High Priest to direct His work in these days. 
He is the prophet, seer, and revelator to the Church and the world. 
If we obey the counsel given through him we will receive the power to endure and survive the sorrows that are coming upon the earth, and receive a fullness of joy in the mansions of our Eternal Parents.

Since He's one of 'em, it would be sort of hard for Him to be there without Him present...

A bit of saber rattling going on.

This system will allow you to classify each specimen into its correct genus and species.
1. If it looks like Paul McCartney then it's Paul McCartney.
2. If it has small round tinted glasses and you can imagine it standing next to a Japanese woman with long dark hair, and it looks like John Lennon then it's John Lennon.
3. If its playing the drums then the chances are it's Ringo.
4. If it doesn't fit any of the above categories then you can safely label it George Harrison.
Another minute wasted with Jamie123! 😝

This is something that interests me as well. I've always wondered what it would be like to make an error. Sometimes I think about deliberately making an error just to see what it would feel like, but when I actually try to, I just don't know how to do it.
 
(Well, not always  ) 

I can't recall when I got bored. There was a lot of loyalty/habit going on with that show.

I have a similar experience to @mikbone's.  Endless joy and love for scriptures and restoration history, endless blessings coming from accepting the truth claims and delving into the work, and a relatively small list of anecdotes where individual LDS, or maybe a small group or a ward, do stupid or horrible or even downright evil things.  The list can't hold a candle to the greatness of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
 

Also, folks in Florida be like:

By the way, whatever answer you find for the discrepancy here, you should also be applying to the BoM.  Thing is chock full of such discrepancies.  The scribe's notes don't match the printer's manuscript doesn't match the first copy of the first print run doesn't match the last copy of the first print run doesn't match the copy you have on your shelf doesn't match what you find at www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures.
https://criticaltext.byustudies.byu.edu/

By the way, whatever answer you find for the discrepancy here, you should also be applying to the BoM.  Thing is chock full of such discrepancies.  The scribe's notes don't match the printer's manuscript doesn't match the first copy of the first print run doesn't match the last copy of the first print run doesn't match the copy you have on your shelf doesn't match what you find at www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures.
https://criticaltext.byustudies.byu.edu/

By the way, whatever answer you find for the discrepancy here, you should also be applying to the BoM.  Thing is chock full of such discrepancies.  The scribe's notes don't match the printer's manuscript doesn't match the first copy of the first print run doesn't match the last copy of the first print run doesn't match the copy you have on your shelf doesn't match what you find at www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures.
https://criticaltext.byustudies.byu.edu/

I didn’t know the guy that well, but on the surface based on appearances he was a very nice guy. He was a bishop. 

Based on the URL, I thought that Riess was the antecedent to "who". I generally do not click on links to the SL tribune, any more than I would click on links to Pornhub, but in a moment of weakness I did, and read enough to confirm that Sister Riess is not in fact the antecedent to "who". Not yet, at least.

I wonder - what does it mean to you to be "against gay sex", and what does it mean to you to have the church "never allow" it?
Membership in the church is voluntary.  People can do whatever they want to in this church, and reap whatever consequences spring from their actions, be it positive or negative.  The church isn't our mommy, telling us what we can and can't do.  It's not about allowed or not allowed.  The church is our guide, giving us counsel on how to be and how to act, inviting us to come to beliefs which our doctrine indicates is true, urging us to gain, maintain, and strengthen our testimonies.  It's missions are to perfect the saints, proclaim the gospel, redeem the dead, and care for the poor and needy.  It doesn't enforce keeping the commandments, it urges keeping the commandments. 
When you talk in terms of "against" and "never allowing", the immediate question is "or what?".  The main actions the church can take with members, who either aren't keeping the commandments, or are breaking the commandments, are primarily to urge, proclaim, teach, and love.  Some things the church figures are serious enough breaches of community norms (i.e. sins), that the ultimate power - that of removing membership - gets involved.  It's like a chess club dealing with a member who wants to play checkers.  Ok, you're still welcome in chess club, but you can expect we'll be playing chess, and inviting or even urging you to do the same.  And if you disrupt our chess games to push for checkers, we'll probably disinvite you to future meetings and tournaments.   Replace chess with bringing unto Christ, and checkers with sins, and there you go.  
Another way of thinking about it, is we're also "against" and don't "allow" cheating on a spouse.  But there are endless active LDS folks with behavior like that in their past, and that's a good thing, because being LDS and living as one is a blessing that's available to all, just as the atonement is.  We're also "against and "don't allow" p0rn or lusting after your neighbor's wife in your own head.  But there are endless active LDS folks engaged in it, and we want to keep them in the church, because we believe being in the church is a good thing.  Isn't same-sex behavior or thoughts or orientations sort of the exact same thing? 
I guess another way of asking my question, how do you know you're "against gay sex"?  What sorts of actions or beliefs spring from you when you see gay?  
 
Something that surprised the heck out of me recently, was found in a recent poll:  https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/03/08/jana-riess-who-is-leaving-lds/
That 4% number floored me.  4 out of every 100 members of the church identifies somewhere in that acronym?  With roughly 6.8 million LDS members in America, most of whom live in the corridor, that equals roughly a quarter-million members who might identify as LGBTQ. Who are these people?  Are they happy?  At what rates do they keep the commandments or break them?  Are they active?  Do they hold callings?  Are they surly teens waiting to age out and leave the church as soon as they can?  
I wonder - has the church found a good balance on the issue?  Ok, so you like checkers.  This is the chess club, and we'll be doing chess club things.  You're welcome to come as much as you want, and participate as much as you want, and we'll love the heck out of you.  Just don't try to get us to stop playing chess, or force your checkers playing on us, and we're good.
 
 
 
 

I wonder - what does it mean to you to be "against gay sex", and what does it mean to you to have the church "never allow" it?
Membership in the church is voluntary.  People can do whatever they want to in this church, and reap whatever consequences spring from their actions, be it positive or negative.  The church isn't our mommy, telling us what we can and can't do.  It's not about allowed or not allowed.  The church is our guide, giving us counsel on how to be and how to act, inviting us to come to beliefs which our doctrine indicates is true, urging us to gain, maintain, and strengthen our testimonies.  It's missions are to perfect the saints, proclaim the gospel, redeem the dead, and care for the poor and needy.  It doesn't enforce keeping the commandments, it urges keeping the commandments. 
When you talk in terms of "against" and "never allowing", the immediate question is "or what?".  The main actions the church can take with members, who either aren't keeping the commandments, or are breaking the commandments, are primarily to urge, proclaim, teach, and love.  Some things the church figures are serious enough breaches of community norms (i.e. sins), that the ultimate power - that of removing membership - gets involved.  It's like a chess club dealing with a member who wants to play checkers.  Ok, you're still welcome in chess club, but you can expect we'll be playing chess, and inviting or even urging you to do the same.  And if you disrupt our chess games to push for checkers, we'll probably disinvite you to future meetings and tournaments.   Replace chess with bringing unto Christ, and checkers with sins, and there you go.  
Another way of thinking about it, is we're also "against" and don't "allow" cheating on a spouse.  But there are endless active LDS folks with behavior like that in their past, and that's a good thing, because being LDS and living as one is a blessing that's available to all, just as the atonement is.  We're also "against and "don't allow" p0rn or lusting after your neighbor's wife in your own head.  But there are endless active LDS folks engaged in it, and we want to keep them in the church, because we believe being in the church is a good thing.  Isn't same-sex behavior or thoughts or orientations sort of the exact same thing? 
I guess another way of asking my question, how do you know you're "against gay sex"?  What sorts of actions or beliefs spring from you when you see gay?  
 
Something that surprised the heck out of me recently, was found in a recent poll:  https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/03/08/jana-riess-who-is-leaving-lds/
That 4% number floored me.  4 out of every 100 members of the church identifies somewhere in that acronym?  With roughly 6.8 million LDS members in America, most of whom live in the corridor, that equals roughly a quarter-million members who might identify as LGBTQ. Who are these people?  Are they happy?  At what rates do they keep the commandments or break them?  Are they active?  Do they hold callings?  Are they surly teens waiting to age out and leave the church as soon as they can?  
I wonder - has the church found a good balance on the issue?  Ok, so you like checkers.  This is the chess club, and we'll be doing chess club things.  You're welcome to come as much as you want, and participate as much as you want, and we'll love the heck out of you.  Just don't try to get us to stop playing chess, or force your checkers playing on us, and we're good.