Cherubs have SIX wings. Each. It says so in the Bible. I don't know if there are angels in the BOM, but if there are, I am sure they have wings.
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Eliza Roxcy Snow was childless. If you know differently, please tell your story. If she did have a child, who was the child's father?
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Hmm wonder if singing helped Buffy Sainte Marie get over living a lie with nothing inside. Is being authentic really worth it?
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Her birth certificate was easily attainable. All the investigating reporter had to do was walk into the town hall of the town where she was born and ask to see it. Wonder why Buffy didn't think to do that. She was born to a father of Italian descent and a mother of Anglo descent. She bears a strong physical resemblance to her mother and her father and her siblings. She was most definitely not
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I should have mentioned -- I started my career as a court reporter when I was 45 years old. That's 15 years older than you are right now. 45. I thought I was too old to start a new career. I was wrong. I am now 70, still working. When I was 45 I never in a million years thought I would still be working at age 70. Wrong again. 30 is not too old for anything. You are still wet be
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry. FYI, 30 is not "old." I am 70, which to someone like you must seen impossibly ancient. I do not miss my "youth," since when I was "young," I was depressed, anxious and in bad health since I didn't take care of myself. So don't beat yourself up because you are not young. Start tackling your problems starting with fin
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If Assorted Gems of Priceless Wisdom won't do the trick, then you're going to need a miracle. A for-real miracle. So you start searching your brain. That time you couldn't find your car keys, but then you found them after all. Could that qualify? It seemed like a miracle at the time, but you really need something more dramatic for your two-and-a-half. How about you got sick but then you
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what's the big deal? You just read a story from "Assorted Gems of Priceless Wisdom." You read it as fast as you could, so it was more like a one-minute talk. Lois
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You have explained your name before, but when I see it on the screen I always think "Carolyn Lynn the Second." You both went thru horrific marriage ordeals that were 100 hundred percent preventable. And you both lived to tell the tale. Lois
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I chose my name because my last name is Lane, and I am a court reporter. So I thought I would be Lois Lane, Girl reporter. I kinda like it. Lois
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I am grateful to James Pace for getting my ancestors safely to the Valley, where they could be members of the Church Militant on Earth, and explore the relationships of Blacks and Whites in 19th century Utah. I'm sure everyone here is familiar with BY's statement that the punishment for Blacks and Whites (if I'm gonna capitalized Blacks, I'm gonna capitalize Whites) mingling their seed was INS
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One curious thing about this story is John D. Lee's account of his conversion of the Redd Family. He states in his diary "I converted six people into the CHURCH MILITANT ON EARTH." I may not have that quote exactly correct, but the words CHURCH MILITANT ON EARTH, are correct. JDL never says "Mormonism" let alone the CoJCoLDS. He says CHURCH MILITANT ON EARTH. So has
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Here is an account of my Great Great grandfather's family life. Until recently, I had NO IDEA that all this happened. Great great grandfather was NOT a polygamist, although I guess he was, if you count the black slaves, which you probably should. I guess GGgrandfather might have converted to Mormonism so his black concubines could be counted as wives, and his black children could be counte
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Ah, come on tell. I'm begging you. I probably won't get it anyways.
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Spending the day at Lagoon???? Actually, I don't see how the SA creates more opportunity for fun. Lessee, when I was a little girl on rare occasions I would be taken to Snelgroves for a Hot Rum Sundae with a little glass pitcher of hot rum topping on the side. You actually sat down, looked at a menu, and a nice waitress would take your order. It took a LONG time to get your ice cream,
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Is Tim Ballard doing anything to rescue the underage brides of the FLDS, the Kingstons and other polygamous fundamental groups of HIS religion? Yeah, HIS religion. Despite the Mainstream LDS protests to the contrary, they are all followers of Joseph Smith, who was a sexual predator if ever there was one. I'd like to see him rescue sex crime victims closer to home. Bet that's a movie a lo
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The thing that I would do that is not righteous is tell everyone I had been through the second annointing.
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You can get absolutely anything on Ebay. Old lesson manuals, old Improvement eras -- anything. No attempt to destroy all copies of a publication has ever succeeded. If just ONE copy remains, more will be made. Just ask the Tanners. And don't forget BY tried to gather up and destroy all copies of Lucy's Book. That didn't work either.
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Mormonism had a LOT to do with this case. Specifically, the notion that men can become gods, and that once you have become a god you, literally cannot sin, even if you murder your own children. It isn't a sin, because you are a god, and therefore not subject to the laws of the land. Either through the SA, or by turning into translated beings, Lori and Chad decided they had turned into go
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Is there a relationship between Angels and Insects? Someone wrote a book called "Angels and Insects" but I haven't read it yet. Isaiah talks about the "Seraphim" who have SIX wings, so that sounds kind of insect-like. Two sets of wings are for covering body parts. The third set is for flying. Cherubim only have one set of wings, but they get to guard the Ark of t
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Thanks for backing me up. Even as a little girl, I knew that that couldn't POSSIBLY be true. Everyone knew angels had wings same as everyone knows Tinkerbell has wings. They wouldn't be angels if they didn't have wings. So I kept my ears pricked up for other suspicious stuff we were supposed to believe. As for me, I made a resolution to stick to my guns. From now on would believe
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I remember when I was a little girl, I asked someone what Mormons believed. I wanted to know, because I wanted to be a good Mormon, so it was important that I believed the right things. The answer I got was priceless. I was told that Mormons believed in TRUTH. If something was TRUE, we believed it. If something was NOT TRUE, we didn't believe it. I went away feeling VERY happy with
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I will repeat what I have said elsewhere. The 144,000 must be descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel. 1,000 from each tribe. And they must be MALE, so if you are female you can forget it. AND they must be virgins. So if you have ever had sex, you can forget it. read the Book of Revelation. It's all there. Even with those restrictions, I'm sure those 144,000 slots were filled up a lo
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Chad Daybell was not rich. His books did not sell very well and his company went bankrupt. Chad's brother, who also lived in Rexburg, was very well off. The two families did not get along. The three part interview on youtube by Hidden True Crime of Daybell's sister in law is very enlightening when it comes to family dynamics. Chad's SIL is articulate, and forthcoming, and she ended up leav
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The "fullness of the gospel" refers to polygamy. It is traditionally spelled with one "L." If you do not live the "fulness of the gospel" you are not getting into the highest level of heaven. Those evil gentiles are promoting the evils of monogamy. Monogamy is bad. Polygamy is good. Polygamy is godly. Another code name for polygamy is "the new and e
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In primary we always got a sticky star on our forehead when we were good. So maybe we could do stars. If it is a 5-pointed star, the odd point must be pointed UP, or it is a symbol of satan. You can't be too careful.
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A couple of months, at least. Then it's Chad's turn.
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There is a great 4-part interview on Mormon Stories featuring the daughter of Harmon Rector, Jr. This woman is forthcoming, engaging and very articulate. She tells it like she experienced it. Much of it was not what I expected (her father drank caffineited sodas, cussed,and watched R-rated movies with his children.) They didn't sound like they were particularly well off, and her father wa
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I hate lots of people. I always have. I always will. I have struggled with it, always have, always will. I finally decided not to fight it. I am responsible for my behavior, but not my feelings. If I am in a hateful mood, I let the hate stay with me a while, until I find something more important to occupy my mind. As long as I don't act on my feelings I figure I'm doing okay. So if a
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Thank you for that. This is HUGE for me. I could never get it below 9. Scary stuff. Plus I almost went blind. Retina treatment saved me. In fact, it was my retina doc who diagnosed me. He said I had diabetes. I said how do you know, you haven't even tested me. He said he knew because I had diabetes retinapathy. He was right. I was a big believer in natural remedies, but not no more.
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