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1 hour ago, CV75 said:
now translated
correctly one would hope !😏
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Just heard a rumor that Salt Lake will be transfering authority for choosing bishops, ward boundaries, etc. in Canada to headquarters in Toronto Canada. I checked the Newsroom and could not find anything related. Is this a trend world wide ? Anyone else know about this ? Am I that far out of the loop ?
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37 minutes ago, bluebell said:
he taught it was a mistranslation.
I have always thought that paradise = spirit world part that is not spirit prison. If there is another word for that place , I can be educated.
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Was the thief on the cross beside Christ baptized ? I think not. Baptism for entry into the Kingdom ,sure. For entry into paradise , no. If the manual says this they need to rethink it.
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When the Lord told Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of knowledge or " in the day thou eatest thereof ye shall surely die " (paraphrasing ) did He lie ? Well, Adam lived less than 1000 years which is a day to God , so not really a lie. ( yes , Adam did suffer a spiritual death quickly after he ate ) Modern scripture says the Lord is coming " soon " . In the early days of the church the members were excited and ready for the return ,hoping that it would happen in their lifetime. God could actually say to the prophet that He will return ' tomorrow ' and not show up for 800 more of our years. His ' soon ' is not necessarily our ' soon ' .
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" to come forth in the morning of the first resurrection " implies what ? That there is an afternoon and evening of the first resurrection, and that there may be several events called the resurrection which may take place over years/decades/millenia. Personally , I think all who have experienced mortality will eventually resurrect but only after they have repented and been judged. Mind you, I have been wrong before. Once when I thought I was wrong and I wasn't.
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Life is sacrifice .
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Is Utah an ' at will ' state ?
If you want a degree in gender studies or underwater basket weaving , BYU is probably not your best choice to attend .
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To Mfb. what is the situation with members and church buildings if you know ?
9 hours ago, Mfbnew said:properties in Pacific Palisades
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3 hours ago, Calm said:
How are insurance companies going to cover the losses though?
Many insurance companies cancelled the fire policies some time before the fires. Apparently , this affected thousands.
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35 minutes ago, Calm said:
innumerable are they unto man
Innumerable because we don't know about any others ? OK
Otherwise , we can make some VERY large numbers using our numbering system.
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What would be the size of a population center in order for it to be considered a " city " ?
100 people ? probably not
1000 people ? maybe
10,000 people ? likely so.
One thing for sure, Moroni was not building cities the size of New York today.
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The southern border is about 2000 miles long. There are 50 places where people can legally cross. If these were evenly spread along the border ( which they definitely are not ) that would mean there are about 40 miles between stations. Securing that distance is darn near impossible without thousands of more border guards, or the military.
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On 12/29/2024 at 9:49 AM, The Nehor said:
Having to go back 50 years
I have not heard about missionaries doing any " shoe dusting " for decades either.
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Every Mormon believes in at least one Ghost.
The scriptures are clear that spirits, good and evil , exist and can interact with the mortal plane .
The D&C even gives tests to tell the difference between types. If one were to poll members outside of the west , it might show quite a different result for beliefs in spirits.
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Just what we need, a super intelligent mosquito or earth worm, yikes !!!
Remember " Tremors ?"
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I may have said this before, but I wonder if the Church would still be practicing plural marriage if the culture in the US had been more like some areas of the Middle East and Africa today.
The FLDS have shown that , over time, the flaws appear when practiced in a relatively closed society. Mind you, China's ' one child 'rule demonstrates what happens when policy tries to override nature.
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One does not have to go to polygamy to be told that one should follow the command of God even if one is told to do something that really goes against one's moral beliefs. The story of Nephi and Laban in the first chapters of the BoM brings that message clearly. IIRC Hugh Nibley tells the story of one of his foreign students ( Arab I think ) asking why Nephi even hesitated to kill Laban. In his culture , the action would have been seen as not only acceptable but required .
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Mature minds often have difficulty with the doctrine and behaviors regarding polygamy. What age group are these current lessons aimed at ?
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Just reading Turley et al ' s book. Makes me sad , really sad , as I read the list of names of those killed and how many were under 16 at the time. The book does do a good job in laying out the historical and societal background around the massacre and all the actual conspiracies between the militia / Mormon leaders and the natives.
I don't hold out much hope that the movie will get much accurate as they rarely do. It would take a 12 part series with 90 minute episodes to even come close.
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I have a hard time thinking that those children who died shortly after being born have somehow sinned. Once they become toddlers, however, all bets are off. 😉
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I know that I am not the only one praying for peace in the area and hoping people will find a way to forgive others . It cannot be that hate , war , and destruction are looked upon as good because it signals the Second Coming.
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Sorry, could not resist!
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Salt Lake Temple Re-Opening Date
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They may have to " renovate " the floors after.