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Would this prevent families from buying smaller chunks of the large farms, should they ever be up for sale in smaller pieces? Not sure if that actually happens.

Mormon church’s $490m spending spree exposes trade deal blind spot Nationals leader David Littleproud has called for changes to the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement following a spending spree by the US Mormon church in which almost half a billion dollars’ worth of Australian farmland fell into foreign ownership in little more than six months. In August last year, the US church-owned Farmland Reserves bought Worral Creek Aggregation, north of Mungindi in Queensland for $350 million. In March this year it paid $68 million for the North Star Aggregation near Moree in NSW, and in April it bought Kentucky Farms at Forbes for $38 million and Carnarvon Aggregation at Gunnedah for $32 million. Sources told the AFR Weekend that Farmland Reserve has agents looking for more large Australian farms to buy. None of these sales were subject to scrutiny from the Foreign Investment Review Board because the AUSFTA, signed in 2004 by former Nationals leader Mark Vaile, gives US investors (and those from New Zealand and Chile) an almost unfettered right to buy Australian farmland. Buyers from the US can purchase farming ventures up to a value of $1.46 billion per venture, and there is a fear within the Australian farming community that the Mormons, with billions of dollars to spend, could change the face of Australian agriculture. For investors from other nations the cumulative total is capped at $15 million. Littleproud told AFR Weekend that “we need to revisit these parameters” of the free trade agreement with the US. “I don’t think it was the intent of the original agreement that we’d ever envisage that an organisation would take such a large slice of agricultural land in this country,” he said. “This allows them [the Mormons], who have significant capital backing, to outcompete Australian farming families,” he said. It could take a “significant slice” of the agricultural sector and “we should always be mindful of the risk of concentration”, he added. The CEO of Grain Producers Australia, Colin Bettles, said it was not in the nation’s interest to have foreign entities controlling large tracts of Australian farmland. “It’s totally unacceptable that a foreign entity, emboldened by significant tax advantages, should be allowed to accumulate significant volumes of farmland and cannibalise Australia’s food producing capacity,” he said. “This recent acceleration of a foreign entity’s purchasing power in Australia clearly demonstrates there’s an uneven playing field when it comes to retaining ownership of Australian farmland and our farmers should not be disadvantaged by lax rules.” ___________________________________________________ Would the church really be cannibalizing Australia's food producing capacity?

They might not have to if you want to preserve the original meaning of the song. "Oh come all Ye faithful" and "Cast Thy Burden upon the Lord" don't rhyme.

On June 18, 2018, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to publish a new unified hymnal. The new hymnbook, “Hymns—For Home and Church,” is a major, multi-year project involving thousands of employees and volunteers worldwide. The global hymnbook will become available digitally and in print in dozens of languages over the coming years. Languages and Roles The hymnbook language translation team is seeking talented individuals fluent in Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, European Portuguese, Finnish, Haitian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Thai and Ukrainian for three open roles: Translator or content reviewer (paid, independent contractor, 5+ hours a week) Singer (paid, independent contractor, 1–10 hours a week) Community feedback volunteer (unpaid, up to 1 hour a week) Latter-day Saints and friends of the Church with any background in translation, music, poetry or other creative writing experience in these languages are needed (additional languages may be added later), and all levels of experience are welcome to apply as soon as possible. Translation team members may live anywhere. See the link Call for Applications: Paid and Volunteer Roles for Translations of ‘Hymns—For Home and Church’ The trick would be making it rhyme in the other language. 🤔

Wondering if those churches can still accept donations using an online methods like our Church does.

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The fact that he said "Heavenly mother (or mothers)", to me means he doesn't really know, but only confirming that the idea has been suggested. If a man can be sealed to more than one woman; it suggests the possibility that it could be a true doctrine. We don't know the exact role women will have when producing spiritual offspring.

Cain was probably dead long before the flood of noah came. Genesis records that God cursed cain to be "a fugative and a vagabond in the earth" (Genisis 4: 12-14), but there is no indication from the scriptures that this condition would last forever on the earth; if so, like has been mentioned where was he during the flood when "all flesh died that moved upon the earth"(Gen 7:21-23)? Part of the curse that God put on Cain was not that he "could not die" in his outcast state; but that the mark placed on him would reveal his identity so that no one would kill him. The scriptures are silent on how or when he died, but I think we can assume that he may have lived a normal life span for that time and eventually died of natural causes or perhaps by some kind of accident, as recorded in the Non-canonical Book of Jasher. Although the Book of Jasher, mentioned in the Bible (Joshua 10:13; Samuel 1:18)is not scripture, it does appear to provide an interesting description of Cain's apparent accidental death: 26 And Lamech was old and advanced in years, and his eyes were dim that he could not see, and Tubal Cain, his son, was leading him and it was one day that Lamech went into the field and Tubal Cain his son was with him, and whilst they were walking in the field, Cain the son of Adam advanced towards them; for Lamech was very old and could not see much, and Tubal Cain his son was very young. 27 And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and with the arrows he smote Cain, who was yet far off, and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an animal. 28 And the arrows entered Cain's body although he was distant from them, and he fell to the ground and died. 29 And the Lord requited Cain's evil according to his wickedness, which he had done to his brother Abel, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken. 30 And it came to pass when Cain had died, that Lamech and Tubal went to see the animal which they had slain, and they saw, and behold Cain their grandfather was fallen dead upon the earth. 31 And Lamech was very much grieved at having done this, and in clapping his hands together he struck his son and caused his death. 32 And the wives of Lamech heard what Lamech had done, and they sought to kill him. 33 And the wives of Lamech hated him from that day, because he slew Cain and Tubal Cain, and the wives of Lamech separated from him, and would not hearken to him in those days. (Jasher 2:26-33)

IRS says churches can endorse candidates, which could impact Utah politics SALT LAKE CITY — In a decision that could have potentially big impacts on Utah politics, the Internal Revenue Service has said that churches can now endorse political candidates without fear of losing their tax-exempt status. The IRS made the declaration in a court filing in a Texas lawsuit involving an Evangelical media coalition that sued challenging what's known as "the Johnson Amendment" as a violation of their First Amendment free speech rights. Though not really enforced, the Johnson Amendment allowed faiths to weigh in on social issues, but prohibited religions from endorsing or opposing political candidates. "When a house of worship in good faith speaks to its congregation, through its customary channels of communication on matters of faith in connection with religious services, concerning electoral politics viewed through the lens of religious faith, it neither 'participate[s]' nor 'intervene[s]' in a 'political campaign,' within the ordinary meaning of those words," the IRS filing said, adding: "Bona fide communications internal to a house of worship, between the house of worship and its congregation, in connection with religious services, do neither of those things, any more than does a family discussion concerning candidates." Read more in the link above -------------------------------------------------------------- I doubt this will change the position of the church as far as endorsing candidates is concerned.

If Bigfoot is Cain he must have hid on Noah's ark during the flood. 😊

I think the Bishop would be safe in saying that, because it is highly unlikely that any higher authority would actually instruct him to do that. They normally leave such decisions up to the Bishop since he would know the couple and their specific situation and otherwise loyalty and faithfulness in the church. The only discipline that might be imposed is some kind of restrictions to holding any position in the ward, except for those that any non-member could do.

A general authority many years ago told an experience he had as a Seventy. He was supposed to speak at a ward sacrament meeting so he traveled there and realized he was late because the meeting had already started. So he decided to just walk up and take a seat on the stand. Then another speaker said something that made him realize he was in the wrong ward meeting, so he got up and left. Later there was a buzz going around in the stake that that ward had a visit from one of the three Nephites. 😂

Right. Consider how bad things must have been in Noah's time to cause Gods to eliminate just about everyone. If things keep going the way they are God won't need to do that because mankind will eventually cause its own destruction.

No because bishop can reprint. The one who did the original interview is the one who received the answers to the questions from the member so I can understand why it should be the same person. He might know something that the member told him in the interview that other Bishopric members do not know about. God's house is a house of order.

Must be otherwise why would we need to provide it?

I think they say the internet is not needed to show the recommend. The App stores it on your phone.

So it can only be paper or app and not both? What happens if your phone dies while on your way to the temple?

Mobile temple recommends soon available for Latter-day Saints SALT LAKE CITY (KSL.com) — Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon have an option to move one more card from their wallet to their phones as the church rolls out mobile temple recommends. “With this additional recommend option, the church hopes it will improve and simplify the experience for all who attend the temple,” a statement from church representatives said Thursday. The church said an electronic recommend will be available on the Member Tools app on phones and tablets for members who have been issued one. The mobile recommend can be scanned at any of the church’s temples worldwide. The option will become available in different geographical areas on different dates — for Utah, Europe and the eastern United States that is May 29. Much of South America and other western areas of the U.S. will have access to mobile temple recommends beginning Thursday, and areas in Africa and Asia will be added two weeks later. On Thursday, the church updated some web pages associated with the mobile recommends, which link to guides for members, bishops and branch presidents, and stake and mission presidents. The member guide specifies that members issued recommends can have either an electronic recommend or a paper recommend, but not both. Those who have a temple recommend issued by their current priesthood leaders can request to change the format of their current recommend, but members whose leaders have changed will need to begin a renewal process to receive a mobile recommend, the guides say. Accessing the temple recommend in the app will not require internet access, but the set up process will. Screenshots of the recommend will not be accepted at temples, according to the guide for members. The guide says members will need a profile picture approved by their bishop or branch president on the Member Tools App to be eligible for the mobile recommend, along with a device running at least iOS 16 or Android 8 and an updated version of the app.

Joseph Smith said the following: "I will say something about the spirits in prison. There has been much said by modern divines about the words of Jesus (when on the cross) to the thief, saying, 'This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 'King James' translators make it out to say paradise. But what is paradise? It is a modern word: it does not answer at all to the original word that Jesus made use of. . . . There is nothing in the original word in Greek from which this was taken that signifies paradise; but it was-This day thou shalt be with me in the world of spirits. Hades, the Greek or Sheol, the Hebrew, these two significations mean a world of spirits. Hades, Sheol, paradise, spirits in prison, are all one: it is a world of spirits." (Teachings, pp. 309, 310) So it is a world of spirits rather than specifically Paradise and spirit prison. I suppose there could still be some kind of separation within the world of spirits. We say that Jesus bridged the gap between the two places so maybe they aren't as separate now as they were before Jesus got there.

Is Spirit Prison really a place? Could be we will all be together in the same place but spirit prison is more a state of mind and/or spirit where people have distanced themselves spiritually from God.

I thought we already discussed this question. I could not even speculate an answer.

I did have one experience while working as an orderly in a hospital. The nurse and I went into the room of an old man who was close to death and pretty much unconscious. He had slid down the bed and so we both grabbed him and pulled him up to a more comfortable position. When we did that he lifted his head up off the pillow his eyes opened up wide and stared down at the end of the bed and got this big smile on his face, then laid back down and took his last breaths. The nurse and I both looked in the same direction to see what he was smiling at but saw nothing. We told his daughter about it later and she said he was probably smiling at his wife who had come to get him.

Jan Ships Obituary

1. Don't know 2. Don't know 3. Don't know Any other answers are speculation at best.