October 2024 Conference Discussion Thread

[laronius]

26 minutes ago, Still_Small_Voice said:

I really liked the message Brad Wilcox gave in his talk.  He inspires me to want to try to be a better saint following Christ.  When the conference is released, I will review it again.

They are already available on YouTube.

[laronius]

Pres Nelson has often spoken of preparing for the Second Coming but I still find myself finding it hard to use that as a motivating factor in the choices I make. That's not to say I'm not trying to live the gospel, just that the Second Coming isn't really a significant factor in why I live the gospel. I know that at the end of the day my living the gospel is what matters most, whether it's because of the Second Coming or not, but I feel like maybe I'm not upping my game or something like I should because of it. Anyone else feel that way?

[zil2]

38 minutes ago, Still_Small_Voice said:

I really liked the message Brad Wilcox gave in his talk.  He inspires me to want to try to be a better saint following Christ.  When the conference is released, I will review it again.

I'm relistening to it now.

[mikbone]

2 hours ago, laronius said:

Anyone else feel that way?

Yup.  I hope that I live the gospel because I love God.

It’s certainly not for fear of punishment or hope for a reward.

Am I ready for the Second Coming? I don’t know, doubt it.  But how can you get ready for Armageddon, a year’s worth of famine, Prophet’s lying dead in the streets of Jerusalem, etc.

Doesn’t sound like fun.  And I have a slew of children and grandchildren to worry about as well.

I don’t know that I’m ready for the next 4 years of politics in America.  I’m predicting a disaster.

But I made it through a surgical residency and Texas HS football.  So I don’t fear much, and I have a fighting spirit.

Bring it.  I do love a good show.

 

It sure looks like this Middle East war is continuing to pick up speed.  who knows where it will lead?

I’m still going to send my kids to college and recommend that they make me more grandchildren.  If I was sure that the Second Coming was eminent I might try to keep my children close and live the ‘prepper’ life and dig up a bomb shelter etc.  Nope.

 

Edited October 7, 2024 by mikbone

[Ironhold]

On 10/6/2024 at 4:52 PM, NeuroTypical said:

Whelp, 17 ain't bad.  7 in the US, only 1 in Utah.  Pretty amazing.

Juchitan de Zaragoza Mexico
Santa Ana El Salvador
Medellin Columbia
Santiago Dominican Republic
Puerto Montt Chile
Dublin Ireland
Milan Italy
Abuja Nigeria
Kampala Uganda
Maputo Mozambique

Coeur D'alene Idaho
Queen Creek Arizona
El Paso Texas
Huntsville Alabama
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Summit New Jersey
Price Utah

I question the implications of El Paso, as a lot of members north of the border have been going to the temple in Mexico because that's closer to any in the United States. So for a temple to be in El Paso, that would suggest the church isn't wanting members to cross the border as often. 

[mikbone]

4 minutes ago, Ironhold said:

I question the implications of El Paso, as a lot of members north of the border have been going to the temple in Mexico because that's closer to any in the United States. So for a temple to be in El Paso, that would suggest the church isn't wanting members to cross the border as often. 

I lived in El Paso in 1998-2000.

Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple was great.

Crossover, catch a session then hit a restaurant.

[Carborendum]

Nelson said something like:

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Use the conference talks as a litmus test to determine truth from error for the coming months.

 -- Russell M Nelson, General Conference, Oct 2024

(sorry if I got it wrong.  The exact quote is not yet up on the Church website.)

Combine that with:

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But in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost.

 -- Russell M. Nelson, General Conference, April 2018

Time to go over the Conference talks a bit more than we have in the past.

[Carborendum]

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Edited October 11, 2024 by Carborendum

[Still_Small_Voice]

Elder Bednar's talk was good as well.  His theme was:  Property, possessions and ease constitute a potent mixture that can lead even the righteous to drink the spiritual poison of pride.

[Ironhold]

4 hours ago, Still_Small_Voice said:

Elder Bednar's talk was good as well.  His theme was:  Property, possessions and ease constitute a potent mixture that can lead even the righteous to drink the spiritual poison of pride.

"Hard times make hard men. Hard men make soft times. Soft times make soft men. Soft men make hard times."

When things go wrong on a grand scale, the generation who arises to deal with it often wants to make life better for their offspring. Past a certain point, however, they can make existence too good, such that their offspring (et al) lose sight of what it means to struggle and have no benchmark for hardship. When this happens, society forsakes what made for its greatness and a decline happens. If this decline isn't halted, then it leads to things going wrong on a grand scale. 

[LDSGator]

46 minutes ago, Ironhold said:

When things go wrong on a grand scale, the generation who arises to deal with it often wants to make life better for their offspring.

Very true. That’s why I feel for the Lost Generation that had to prepare their children for WW2. How awful it must have been to see firsthand that they fought WW1 for nothing.