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So how does it get solved in the Celestial kingdom, if all else fails?

Jena what did the Prophets say on that exactly?

D&C 132 wrote: 15 Therefore, if a man marry him a wife in the world, and he marry her not by me nor by my word, and he covenant with her so long as he is in the world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world. 16 Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory.

Nice blog. Checked through backposts. Liked reading the comments and replies. Oops. One of the backposts had a link to similar posts that took me offsite to...oops, not one of your other posts I think ; ).

'Dirty red-neck trailer-trash' and 'nuts in the YFZ Ranch' and 'buttoned-down white accountant with seven-kids who votes Republican because they are told by church headquarters to do so' and ,yes, 'Mormons' are words that cause pain and discriminate. Exorcising hate speech is a hard thing to do. Which words should we keep out of the above?

You know....the first time your little un's repeat something inappropriate and come home crying OR repeat your behaviour in a publicly embaressing way...is a steep learning curve. Parents bring different bits of baggage to the parenting equation. Your hubby may also have some things about you that he's nervous about. Mistakes are sometimes made and none of us are perfect : ) However you may find that he will change. There's something about holding a little baby in your arms that makes you want to be a better person. Relax. Things will work out. Love is a powerful thing.

To change my eating habits I just bought a cheap book with a nutritional index for food and did the energy/nutritional calculations myself with a menu plan. I was actually eating more in quantity...but the right foods. The knowledge that I gained from doing that has lasted.

Humour thy father and thy mother LOL.

So the belief is that if you perform this ordinance then the person would benefit from it now..?

Ask to meet the person who found your quad so that you can personally thank them. Your answer may be in chatting with them and that would give you some resolution on the matter perhaps.

If everyone will get a chance in the millenium...then....why? (I realise it's a very important LDS belief...I'm just not sure I get this part of it).

I'm not sure which one I would rather not hear: "I didn't do anything and it's all their fault" (repentance issues) OR "I am such a loser and it's all my fault" (forgiveness issues). Both are hard to live with, particularly when 'wallowing' is just another excuse for no real change in behaviour or visible responsibility. BUT C.R.A.P is a problem for everybody... C an't R eact and P redict Or we wouldn't put ourselves through it.

Here's a massive generalisation: Society on the whole is less tolerant of women who screw up and more vocal when men screw up.

Ghosts? sort of Levitation? not a whole lot in terms of the physical world. Telepathy? I think there's probably a good scientific explanation for this one. I think some people pick up information subconsciously.

Play tourist. Check out what there is to see and plan around it. Farmers markets followed by a picnic, lavender farms in full flower, pick your own fruit, watching hangliders, country hall farm dance; mini-golf and boardgames (the retro date rules/the other version is the dorky date where you try to outdo each other at dorky things, like roses that accidently drop from windscreen visors when you pull them down etc). I've also been opal mining, caving, target shooting, pseudo-hangliding (on a guide rope) ...whatever. Date killers: being poorly dressed for the weather *don't you love surprise dates*; wrong shoes; the super-long date (is this a date or a kidnapping?); and the none of my friends would come date so I asked you (ever been to a caravan expo? with someone who is obsessive and gets into hour long conversations with complete strangers that bore you to a stupor). The going out on the motorbike date...is kind of creepy if you're not sure whether you're interested or not. Just thought I'd give you a heads-up on that one.

The burden of proof is on those that make claims regarding the truth. The burden of accepting proof and judging it is on the individual. Trying to 'turn' abstract nouns into concrete nouns is the perogative of philosophy and religion. Science itself tests what is concrete and then turns it into abstract principles or theories.

I live in Australia: 'Late night shopping' is Monday to Friday 8:30 am until 9pm. Saturday and Sunday shopping is 9 am until 5pm (different States vary on this). I do remember the days of Thursday night shopping..it was very packed as everyone who worked until 5pm on a weekday had to go shopping on Thursday night (open until 9:30pm) or on Saturday morning (closed at 12:30pm). That meant that the entire working population of the nation had a shopping window of about 12 hours a week. Can you imagine? People got really excited about 7/11's...small corner shops that were open from 7 in the morning till 11 at night (they were few and far between and still are). They were expensive but people could get groceries. Corner shops began to have later hours at night and petrol stations and take away shops started to stock groceries. This kind of lifestyle went out the window along with milk and bread deliveries. There must have been a lot of stay at home Mums with one car families because nearly every supermarket store home delivered at one stage. That doesn't happen anymore. While I still think no one should have to work on a Sunday, latenight shopping helps. I tend to think working on Saturdays isn't so great for the community either...it makes it hard to get a sporting team together.

I thought Jesus was Jewish too.

No Maidservant X : ) Good genes...or healthy reproductive chances? Not sure what the scientific evidence is currently for late fatherhood. Not that I can comment as I'm STILL single LOL.

I download books sometimes for my MP3 player (ipod, if you're Apple oriented). It's a little slow for getting through books (takes longer to be read out loud)..but it's great for multi-tasking. I keep meaning to get an attachment thing to plug my MP3 player into the car cd player for such things. C S Lewis's Narnia series is an old favourite. I came across it as a 6 year old...my religion teacher used to read it to us in class. It's always worth re-reading.

Septimus Severus, Eudocia (Empress), Firmus. Moorish general: Lusius Quietus?? (I think?)

I find it interesting that 22And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. Who? 10And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. A faith-filled response. When Zacharias finally did get to speak he a)first praised God and b)was filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied. The order of things is worth noting.

I think a real exercise in loving the unloveable might be certain callings: take bishop for example. I can't imagine hearing people tell you there stories, right down to the worst details and then dredging up compassion from somewhere because you have to find it in order to help. After a while you'd probably get pretty good at knowing what's at the core of most people's problems. Mishy would probably be another one like that.

I was reading this blog about making difficult life choices i.e like a change of career midlife and one poster responded with..."the problem is, fear is not a strategy". The thing is...love is not a strategy. How exactly do you show love to someone who has done all this much damage to your life? How do you deal with the fact that some people are hard to like and don't make effort to be likeable? And what if...you really don't want to, can't see much of a reason for it and aren't all that repentant about not loving your neighbour at all? (oops *sheepish grin* this is your thread right LOL). I don't know Tom. But perhaps it starts with letting go of anger cause while it's a normal way to respond to people who hurt you ...it's not a strategy. Avoidance is though...balance the worth against the weight.

The 'right to privacy' ...I wonder when that has not been sufficient.