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Huh?? I don't get what you mean by that. Do you mean that had Adam and Eve remained in the Garden of Eden and not been tempted to eat of the fruit, then over time they would gain enough instruction from the Godhead and the ministering spirits to know the will of God and what was needed to fulfill the plan of salvation for us all... so they'd 'lose their innocence' and have lots of babies and we'd all end up being born anyway? It would've been awfully crowded in The Garden of Eden by now then!!

I think I possibly would be a wealthy, highly educated, lean-mean-career-machine. Doing whatever it took to get ahead and up the career ladder. I'd possibly be a divorced, no kids, smoker, mocha-latte drinking, casual wine drinking, casual dating, going on expensive holidays kinda woman. The world would revolve around me me me in constant pursuit of more more more. What an egocentric, lonely, unhappy life that would've been...!! I'm so glad the Gospel has given me so much more happiness than what I ever could've gained without it in my life. :)

This is a quote from The Family: A Proclamation to the World... "The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife. We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God's eternal plan. Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. "Children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations." So I understand this to mean that if the priority and desire of any particular woman is to set a career and personal success before their children (born or unborn) then that goes against God’s commandment. If the woman can't have children (whether it's due to not being married or infertility) - then it's what's in her heart that counts... would she have loved to have children one day if she could or would she still prefer spending most of her time working on a career. I'm not saying to get married as young as possible and pop out as many kids as you can until menopause kicks in just for the sake of it (each to their own of course). I personally believe that Heavenly Father wants us to carefully plan our families. I think it involves prayerful consideration on how many kids we can have whilst still being able to meet all their (and our own) personal physical and spiritual needs. But as I said before I think it’s the priority and desire in the heart that counts – are we truly being the best person (mother/wife/sister/friend/individual/whatever) we can be, striving to mature and develop in the Gospel and do we have a genuine desire to follow the Lord’s commandments. If we are truly genuinely striving towards these things then I believe we will gain a certain understanding, knowledge and outlook on life – ‘we will know’- and that’s what I feel Sister Beck meant with her talk. :)

Me too!! I googled the book and I want to read it... Fields when you're done with it can I borrow it?? Or tell the author to come by my house and drop off a copy... in England LOL

Hi and welcome! I hope you'll like it here. Well to answer one of your questions there... Chocolate is a yes-yes!! If it was a no-no then I'd be going straight to 'Hell'... Although, of course, everything in moderation. I hope you get all the answers you're searching for. Greetz :)

Hehehe very funny

Hi Kona I haven't actually read all the different accounts myself. However, as far as I understand from the explanation I've heard is that the accounts were given to different people at different times. The accounts didn't match word for word - however they didn't contradict either. What we have to consider is that he was 14 years old at the time. I certainly wouldn't expect a young boy like that to explain an extraordinary life changing experience to various people at different times and then match it word for word each time he re-told his vision. Often, when I think about something big that has just happened to me, I tend to remember things slightly differently each time I tell someone about it. Also, depending on who I'm talking to I emphasise different things too. And I've never had anything that big like Joseph Smith's First Vision happen to me so I couldn't imagine what was going through his mind for days after the event and how he could even find any words to describe it. I believe that the official account that we as a church have is the final and most considered version and that's the one that is the most important. So I totally accept and understand why there would be different accounts... I hope you get what I was trying to say, I often find it difficult to get the right words out to explain what's in my head ...

I think that sounds like a lovely idea. I wouldn't be able to get to Preston but London Temple is less than an hour away from me. :)

Hi and welcome! I too was searching for a nice forum with good values etc etc to join - and guess what!!? I found what I was looking for here at lds.net... I enjoy being here and hope you will too

Xan, I have been following this thread and I really respect you for sticking to what you understand to be true. I have no problem with you asking questions like this either. On-line discussions always seem more heated than what they probably would be in a real life discussion group due to the lack of facial expressions, tone of voice and body language. And I just wanted to mention that I honestly think you seem like a really nice person, unlike some of the things others have accused you of being... :) Anyway, I'll get on to the main reason for my post... I don’t claim to be clever or very knowledgeable scripturally but I just wanted to add my honest and very simple understanding of the ‘one God’ issue. Hopefully it doesn’t sound confusing – at least it makes sense to me... :) Well, here goes: There is one ‘main’ God – Heavenly Father, who created us all. Jesus is God’s son, our Saviour and also a god – God/Father of the earth, which he created, but he is not the ‘main’ God. The Holy Ghost/Spirit – he is also a god in his own way but again not the ‘main’ God i.e. Heavenly Father. The term God, Lord etc. can all be used in various ways in the Bible to describe the different ‘people’ of the Godhead. Though at any point is only one of the ‘people’ our Heavenly Father, one is our Saviour and one the Holy Spirit. They are 3 different ‘people’ and they are each a god but they are 1 in purpose. Like a husband and wife is ‘one’ in purpose but is not the same person. Mothers and fathers are each a different person yet they unite in the title of ‘parent’ but the father is the head of the family with the mother at his side with different responsibilities. (Simple and probably not bullet proof analogy... :)) We can become gods and be like God our Heavenly Father but he will always be our ‘main’ God. Another one of my simple analogies: I am a mother just like my mother is a mother but she will forever be my mother and the ‘main’ mother in our little universe amongst me and my siblings who are mothers too. (Apart from my brother who is a father... lol) I see plenty of verses in the Bible which support this perspective but no matter how many verses you post I still don't see any verses in the Bible which disprove what I've said above. Any of the verses you have added to 'prove' your point of view can still work in support of our point of view. Obviously ‘we’ LDS people have a different understanding and a different perspective than you have of what the various verses and terms stated in the Bible mean. And our perspective is what links the BofM and the Bible for us, without any contradiction. Until someone truly sees it all from ‘our side’ there will always be questions like the ones you’ve posed. And we will forever be ‘arguing’ our differing understandings. For you, it all makes sense from your perspective and for us it all still makes sense from our perspective... :) Kind regards and much respect, SmilingRedhead :) PS I don't expect a reply or any comments - I just wanted to add my 2 pence :)

That's exactly what I was going to say :)

Thanks for all the replies. It's great to hear from you all. Anyone else out there...Keep 'em coming! :) Checkerboy - So by that you're saying you're a dog??? LOL Canuck - Good attempt at your Danish spelling :) Correct spelling would be 'Kig til loftet'. I've never heard that term before in relation to drinking... but then I never did go out drinking utcowboy - Cool! If you ever get stuck on any Danish language issues just let me know :) Hemidakota - What on earth were you saying in your last post!!?? LOL It sounded like a mixture of Dutch (from Netherlands), German and somebody who's not very good at English... with a hot potato in their mouth... hahaha I've actually never heard of that 'Dan Tribe Theory'. I looked it up and found this little snippet... "The tribe of Dan in Denmark?Many Anglo-Israelist preachers also claim that Denmark supposedly is of the tribe of Dan of Israel. But the people of Denmark (in Danish, Danmark) are Germanic, just as the other Nordic people and the Normans, the Anglo-Saxons, the Dutch and the Germans are. (It seems that at least some of the Normans had by 1066 lost their Germanic language, but that does not change anything.)" Mailis - Yeah, I hear the hot potato thing a lot LOL... I guess I can understand Norwegian quite well when spoken but best in written form. I added my Danish intro to the Norwegian part a while ago :)

Great story! Yes, I know of quite a few Poulsens in Denmark. It's a very Danish name :)

Cool :) I probably know your Danish friend - or at least I'll probably know of her and her family. As you know, Denmark is a small country and in the church most people know of each other. It's kinda fun like that. :)

Tiger grrrrrrr :) Maple Syrup or Golden Syrup

Hahaha I was just waiting for a question like that! Well I'd have to say I'm slightly biased... Danish pastries are the best of course!

Pie!! With lots of custard yum yum :) Calculator or work it out in your head

How does one 'can' something? I don't know anyone who does it here in England to preserve their food... Is it a common thing to do in the States?

I was just reminiscing about my country of birth, Denmark, and thought it would be fun to see if any of you out there are Danes or ex-Danes or went on your missions to Denmark - or have anything to do with Denmark in any other way?? Or even if you don't but want to ask any questions about Denmark, then please do so. :) I'm getting withdrawal symptoms from lack of 'Danishness'

HAHAHA that was a funny story Even though I do not condone violence - I would've loved to see the look on that bully's face when all the brothers turned up! LOL

I agree

Having just read the basics of Attachment Parenting because I didn't really know what it was, I've come to realise that we follow many of the points in our little family. I tried the sling thing but my babies and my back said no thank you. Babies would scream until I took them out and my back ached loads. Before we had our first baby I read almost everything and anything about child birth and raising happy children etc etc that I could get my hands on or find on the net. I obviously received lots of different advice too from 'knowledgeable' mothers. Many points that I read and heard I agreed with and many I didn't agree with. What I heard the most though was 'Trust your instincts' and 'As long as your baby is happy and thriving then all is well' . These two pieces of advice are what I agreed with the most. I've been following them since our first baby in 2005. We have now added a baby son to the clan six months ago and I'm still 'following my instincts'. :) Fortunately, my husband and I agree on practically everything when it comes to raising our children. (And that's about all we agree on...LOL jk) He is very actively engaged in raising our kiddiwinks and he is the best dad ever and he has very good instincts too. :) So I guess I'm an 'Instinctual Parenting' mum (if there is such a term lol) which I can see (after reading what I just found on the net about 'Attachment Parenting' and what has been posted here) follows along a similar path to Attachment Parenting. :)