The whole metaphor is an unfit parallel, establishing early unconscious acceptance of cognitive dissonance. Parents don't consume meat in private. They do not hide it. Infants see us eat it, they smell it, see it's use advertised in popular culture, and grow up with it as part of the family dinning experience. They taste it in their mother's milk. Accepting the parallel, even passively, is
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all we need is a Rosa Parks
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Or even just NOM's, or the sisters, or the bishopric? Sit in at the Baptismal font?
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Isn't it Heavenly mothers?
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Not all truth is useful
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Dad put the altered picture back in the Bom's. Perhaps I'll find one at a garage sale someday. Funny note: While I was visiting my mom about 6 years ago, I found one "unaltered" BoM on her shelf - she had kept one herself...
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Yes. She actually read my request first - forcing me to follow through. Unfortunately it was before I knew the critical literature, so I recommended a mild autobiography of a person with an alternative world view. It had shock value and I din't think she would get through it, but she did. When I told her I was studying, she sent me my father's library, including the BY discourses. It included pri
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Today they would of just used photoshop :)
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There was another post a few years back from a COB whistle blower that explained the reasons for this church sponsored project. Apparently they had a new edition to print (I think the one left over at the time was the 1974 version - the one with "light and delightsome"). So COB put out a mandate for the member buying program to clear the warehouses of the old edition. I couldn't find th
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80 years old and TBM to the bone.
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This was my final "a ha" moment and the last time I went to church. I was 17 (I'm now 40) and my SP-Dad bought 25 or so BoM's and glued a family picture and testimony in the inside cover to distribute to the Ward Missionaries. He presented the items proudly at Family Home Evening and unknowingly compelled me to act. I told my SP that I didn't have a testimony and refused to be associate
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It's been done...Battlestar Galactica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica
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you get to sample celestial viagra...
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n/t
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especially with words like "hastening."
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Can you post a link to the article? I can't find it online.
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A two-year-old academic record will significantly impact opportunities for merit-based scholarships. It will also hurt those interested in technology-centered majors.
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As a professor, I know that a first-year student may only defer for one year. So, male mishies will be forced to apply after they return. Will Mission Presidents support filling out applications in the field (unlikely)? If not, mishies will be set back three years in most cases. I'm sure BYU etc. will have some kind of early admission process for mishies, but I doubt other schools will follow
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