You get to believe in whatever you want and define yourself, or better yet, don't, however you would like. I am sure there are other atheists who believe in karma. I don't believe in anything supernatural. No gods, luck, karma, chi, prayer. Nothing. I also don't call myself an atheist any more.
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I am all for equal rights under the government for all gender and sexual identities. In the military , in unions, call it marriage or what ever. However, I think Boy Scouts is different. We all have a right to decide how we are going to teach our own children. If you don't like the way an organization is going to teach your son, THEN BY ALL THAT MAKES SENSE in the world, don't have your so
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I too also love their chicken. And in San Diego they are just about the only place to get real sweettea. I think it is hilarious and people who were in such a hullabaloo over Chic-fil-A being "a hate group" should be embarrassed that they jumped on the band wagon. You don't like a company? Don't patronize them. Cool with me, but that should have been the end of it.
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I agree. Wow!
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That is something to make a recording of for future court appearances. As her mother I would not only tell her father that it was not ok, I'd personally call the missionaries and their mission president. We can't really blame 19 year old boys who have been taught this their whole lives and who aren't being told that it is wrong and why it is wrong.
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Groomsmen do not have any role in the temple ceremony. Nor do they have much of a role except support in any ceremony. I was "in" my cousin's wedding but never went in the temple. If I were you, I'd use the recommend and go to the wedding.
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Please point out one of these women that rival their male counter parts. I never saw ONE while I was in the Marines that could have humped a combat load pack, their personal weapon, PLUS often part of a crew served weapon, for an 18 mile hump. Never saw one. I know a LOT of veterans too, none of them can do it either. If they exist their number is so small that it does not justify a shift in
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"Regardless, women will still be required to maintain the same standards as their male counterparts." That is already NOT true. Women already have relaxed physical fitness requirements. If they want to be a clerk or a mechanic those relaxed requirements do not bother me. HOWEVER if they couldn't fireman carry my 190lbs plus gear out of a bad situation, then they don't belong besid
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Absolutely! I don't believe anything I have heard until I research it. I have been burned one too many times believing things that I shouldn't. When someone is in position to make money, like this mother, or propagate a religion, like this mother, then I never believe them.
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Your sister's god sounds like an asshole.
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I love this type of question..... I'm a convert so I'd probably still exist without mormonism. I would miss some of the people I am still friends with. I think I would be a vastly different person if I'd never gone in. I think I would go back and pull the plug if for no other reason than just plain curiosity.
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I had no desire to watch the inauguration. None. I doubt VERY much that anyone who didn't vote for him watched it. The inauguration isn't like the state of the union address that actually means something.
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I do not believe it is going to happen.
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I would guess that a comp league and a rec league wouldn't be anything alike. Are you still practicing with your kid? Are you still doing anything to make sure he is having fun with you? I don't see anything wrong with a coach or a parent wanting their kid to be better. Every coach I had yelled and grabbed face masks and was rather animated. Had to learn really quickly not to take it person
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Why ask all the questions about intent to eat or not to eat. Hows about they just do away with the idiotic rule all together?
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I wonder if we Know the same guy. Russia?
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I know a guy who was exed ON his mission. Had sex with a ward member. He was in Russia. Some American general authority was at the love court and the soon to be exed guy had to translate.
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NOT anywhere near serious enough. I'd call the cops. NOt emergency but go and make a formal complaint that so and so was alone with your kid behind a closed door after you had told them not to do it. First, it is not a request. It is a demand that will be followed. Make it more simple. I have told you in the past that XXXXX is not to be interviewed without without me present. He was i
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I live in Clairemont. I saw sisters in City Heights all the time. (They put sisters in the practically ghetto part of San DIego.) I also had sisters flirt with me in Linda Vista, then ask if there was anything they could do for me. I think there are also sisters at the temple. MoBat is a cool place if you've never been to take the tour. Any other San Diego ExMos?
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I went into the Marines as a enlisted man when I was 25. Most people join when they are 18 or 19. I never had an issue with age. Age has zero influence in the military. Seriously I never thought about it once. People of higher rank were of higher rank period. My cousin's husband took a commission when he was done with his doctorate so that makes him....30ish.. He doesn't have a problem e
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I am the one who found the group of missionaries caroling here at Christmas. Anyway I had an emergency call from my boss early Sunday(7:15am) morning. When getting to my truck I saw the missionaries coming out of their building. They obviously were not getting along very well. One missionary was about 15-20 steps ahead of the other and making no effort to slow down and the one in the back w
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Do you like him? Would you enjoy seeing him before he left? I think fostering a relationship between cousins is a good thing. His farewell should be at least a little in advance of his actual departure. Ask him to neutral ground. McDonalds or someplace. I think that just that simple gesture without any other spoken petition should be received loud and clear. Just before saying goodbye I
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I don't have any reading material advice. I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. Although I don't hear this subject brought up exactly like you just did, similar topics are talked about here. I feel very similar to you. My "sexual age" is MUCH younger than my actual age. Its frustrating because I don't know how to mature.
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I have never made it all the way through Napoleon Dynamite. I have tried a few times. I just can't stand it.
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You are the first person I have ever heard not having fond feelings toward that movie. I have never thought that it was a mormon thing. I watched before I was mormon, and own and watch it at least twice a year.
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I like it. Sounds very masculine. I like all names tho. Even those Bible and BOM mormon ones are ok by me.
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It's only been a day since SIL talked to your wife? It might take awhile for your SIL to talk to your brother about it. She certainly will though. So, he will know that you know that he knows. Hence, the ball is in his court. If he wants to talk to you about it he will. I'd wait if I were you.
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Since when do employees have a right to health care? I don't have employer provided health care. I knew it when I started the job, expected it, and do not expect it to change in the future. I never said religious freedom. I said freedom from the government dictating morals. A any employee who is not comfortable with their employers healthcare can get another job. Why would someone who w
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Good for them. I am an atheist who thinks birth control isn't used enough and should be forced on anyone on public assistance. It is my morals to believe that. BUT I cannot bemoan being forced to endure all the religious moral legislation attempts and then tell someone else "MY morals are right so I AM going to legislate them." Which is what we are doing. There has to be a cut
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The world is going to end but they are doing home improvements?
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