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Apple music credits Phil Everly as the songwriter on the Linda Ronstadt version.

And another +1 for quoting Linda Ronstadt/Phil Everly.

Long term living the gospel is the easiest. Problem is, that in this life on this world we are geared to short term thinking. Knee jerk reactions, survivalist, me first thinking. In that sense we're really not that much different than the primates that we share so many of our genes with.

Thank you for your response. I understand how you could feel the way you do. Context for my response: my parents were divorced when I was 1. My mother remarried when I was 8, but to a man who was excommunicated. At the time it was unusual for a child not to have both parents at home. However, the only time I found this awkward was a day at kindergarten when the teacher asked us to draw a picture of what our father did at work. As we were living with my grandparents I asked if I could draw what my grandfather did. Being asked to share of testimony about your father in a class sounds awkward. I'm not sure what I would have done. That definitely sounds like something the teacher shouldn't have done. The church, just like the world, is full of people who do stupid things. Sometimes I'm one of them. Being sealed is an important thing. I did feel different than those around me who came from "ideal" families. But I think that was a self imposed feeling on my part, not because of how others looked at or treated me. As I said, I never felt anything but love and support from teachers and leaders in church. How do I feel about not being sealed to my parents? It's actually not something that I worry about, growing up or now. We believe in a god who is just and merciful. We believe in a god who will wipe all tears from our eyes. We believe in a god who's ultimate goal is to find the place in eternity where we will be the happiest. I've never missed being sealed to my parents because the blessings that are derived from that sealing are not something that are fully realized in this life. Being sealed to my wife and children is a nice feeling now, but the blessings that will come from that sealing are not fully realized yet.

That's interesting. I also grew up in suburban Salt Lake and am not sealed to my parents. I was never taught this. We moved around a bit and I attended 3 different wards during my primary and YM days. I never felt anything but love from the leaders and adults in the wards we lived in.

How about if Father in Heaven is added to the search?

The word is short for decalcomania, a decorative technique by which engravings and prints are transferred to pottery or other materials. The technique was invented by Simon François Ravenet, an engraver from France who later moved to England and perfected the process he called "décalquer" (which means "to copy by tracing"); it became widespread during the decal craze or mania of the late 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decal

He may be referring to Joseph Smith, etc who were baptized before the church was organized. But if you use Joseph Smith as precedent then you can also argue that someone can be ordained to the priesthood before being baptized.

Other than this is how the First Presidency says it should be done I don't have an answer. I don't see it as priesthood keys that are being delegated, just the responsibility in seeing that it is done and done correctly. The decision as to whether or not the person is baptized and confirmed still lies with the mission president. From a practical standpoint it makes sense. The bishop is the guy who should have the experience to make sure things happen correctly on the local level. Missionaries often times are unfamiliar with how things should be done and how to get things done.

The bishop oversees all confirmations, child of record and convert. The mission president hold the keys, but the bishop now the person on the spot (so to speak) who sees that things are done right.

The bishop is actually the one who would have the yea or nay on whether or not what happened was good enough: The bishop holds the priesthood keys for confirming 8-year-old members of record in his ward. The mission president holds the keys for confirming converts (for a definition of a convert baptism, see 31.2.3.2). The bishop oversees the performance of confirmations. Eight-year-old children are typically confirmed on the day they are baptized. Converts are typically confirmed in any sacrament meeting in the ward where they live, preferably on the Sunday after their baptism. However, the bishop can allow the confirmation to take place at the baptismal service as an exception. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/18-priesthood-ordinances-and-blessings?lang=eng#p1

Our ward building was remodeled about 15 years ago. It was built in 1920 so there are a number of things about it that make it unique. One of the things the architect wanted to do was move the podium in the chapel so it was centered. The bishop was able to work with the church and convinced them to leave it off center without going to the Tribune. Granted this is a much smaller thing than a temple. But it does show that the church does listen to local concerns.

I don't mind the current look of the Provo temple. It wasn't that much different than Ogden, but somehow it looks better to me than Ogden did. I'm not a fan of the current temple design such as Brigham City. Chunky and blocky are two words that come to mind when I look at them. The height of the spires also seem too much for the size of the building. And they're too chunky and blocky. That being said I find Tribune led church activism distasteful.

The quote you’ve cited from President Hinckley refers to Joseph Smith. When the light rested upon me I bsaw two cPersonages, whose brightness and dglory defy all description, estanding above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My fBeloved gSon. Hear Him! https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1?lang=eng

At what age, then, does a child become an adult? 25 is the age that I've seen mentioned for full brain development.

The idea of Billy Zane playing an evil king does have it's appeal.

Sounds like something to pass on.

"The film begins with a moody shot of a tree-canopied shoreline, then: “Legend tells of an ancient grudge.” What follows is a 100-plus-minute romance between the Nephite warrior-prophet Moroni of Book of Mormon fame and a woman, played by part-Choctaw actress Nora Dale, from an enemy group known as the Lamanites. Written and directed by the Latter-day Saint actor Darin Scott, who stars as the film’s hero, “The Oath” will hit more than 650 theaters nationwide Dec. 8. For Scott, the project, more than a decade in the making, represents a sacred work, one that demanded nearly everything — including, at one point, his house — from him. For some scholars, who haven’t seen the movie but have viewed the trailer and read a plot summary, the resulting story is a mashup of modern conservative politics and tired stereotypes about Native Americans. The outcome isn’t just predictable, they say, but a perpetuation of racist tropes." "Instead of big-budget battle scenes, the movie depicts the Moroni found in the scripture’s final pages, an army general and the last surviving Nephite, offering shelter to and ultimately marrying a battered woman he finds injured in the woods. Named Bathsheba, she is a runaway from Moroni’s greatest enemy, an evil king played by the actor Billy Zane. Along the way, Moroni teaches Bathsheba his language, how to dress more conservatively and — after her failed attempt to seduce him — the importance of chastity. She converts to Moroni’s Christian faith and, after their marriage, becomes pregnant."

I'd say it's the other way around - innocence results in no children. If you don't notice that the woman standing next to you is attractive and not even wearing the proverbial fig leaf... Real life example. When I was 6 or so I remember running into one of my classmates in a grocery store. While I was talking to him he took a candy bar off the shelf and stuck it in his pocket. I had no idea that he was trying to steal it until one of the store employees put his hands on our shoulders and had a very stern talk with us.

Who then leads Gods Kingdom on earth today?

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that the church today is led by prophets and apostles who speak with and for the Lord. We believe that the Lord reveals his will to prophets, apostles, as well as local leaders and individuals. In that regard it doesn't really matter is the bible commands members of the church to pay tithing. The bible is not the source or commandment or revelation, it is the Lord himself.

Why? The church has no position on this at the moment. It's left up to the individual tithe payer to determine if they have payed a full tithe or not.

The information I have is the property of mine as well as a national organization we belong to. Not to take a cop out, but I'm not authorized to speak for either of them.

I don't think I'm at liberty to divulge that, but I'm speaking from personal knowledge. I work for one.

This is a fraction of what the church does for food banks across the country every week.