Were any of you taught that Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were "pure" in the sense that supposedly all their ancestors were Ephraimites and there wasn't one drop of gentile blood? I seem to remember being taught this as a kid in Seminary, or was led to believe it? Of course with the ready available genealogy and computers now of course we know that people from Great Britain are a m
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i spent most of my time at work so I didn't watch much
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Among the reasons (and don't get mad at me, it's straight from the article), "compassionate conservatism" the article notes. Anywhere where there are a lot of "stick it to the man" special snowflake Democrats there is going to be a lot of poverty. Just look at LA? Refusal to pay a lot for education. pack them in, teach them cheap. Sounds fine to me. (No one learns much in
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the last virus I got was what's called the thor virus. It's where people in India (or some other smart alec place) override your hard drive and encrypt your files one by one. Then later after a few weeks they demand ransom money to restore your old files. It can be infuriating when this happens. precautions include not opening any emails from unknown persons, don't download or save any strange fi
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I heard Hollands talk, he admitted struggling with depression in his life and that it is a real illness for people struggling with it. This is a major step forward. I remember years ago MCKonkie saying it was all of the devil and depressed people were being tempted etc. He also said everyone is welcome in the church Childless couples and especially "Gays." Just so long as they keep the
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I know down the road a bit as you come over to the Utah side. The Brigham temple has been good for the restaurant economy particularly for the fast food chains (they forgot to put a cafeteria in the temple) Mormons are hungry and Arbys is right there.
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I think it was Nelsons talk you heard, Ballard hasn't been on yet.
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this is a great place, full of all kinds of intellectuals. the stories are fun to read
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Uhops--> sa-weeeeet jesus Jews--> Messiah Mahamadans--> Allah! the great and powerful!
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Pretty people seem to get along further in this life. Appearances are all that matter in YSA wards. They have a leg up which seems to propel them further in making competitive decisions. Perhaps they have less things to be depressed about and don't get side tracked or start on lower socio-economic tracks like minorities or immigrants might?
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interesting that there are always boys bands around, but girls bands just aren't the thing the public doesn't go for it, kinda like women's basketball, just not the same? lol!
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interesting findings, taller people have more children in Holland, though it didn't give any reasons, and I don't feel any smarter after reading article. But if article findings are true then in Mexico shorter people have more children than tall ones. The reasons could be shorter people fit better through door ways and can run faster when confronted with danger? So they could survive longer?
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Welcome back! welcome back to all the momo gossip and slap-dashery.
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Mexicans like to name their kids Jesus. which I think is embarrassing. But what I don't get is all these post mellenials getting named last names for first names. like Madison, Jaxon (spelled wrong on purpose). Grayson, Tyson, Lincoln. And of course there are all the nitwit parents naming their kids Roman names when the kid is English like Mia, Olivia, Sophia, Magdalena.
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bishop being the highest a person can go if they didn't go on a mission? What about Monson, Eyring, Ucdorf? Maybe this is a new custom I'm not familiar with....
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interesting topic. I think most mormons don't go for it. but as for the OP posters comment about pedophile scoutmasters, it's a small world I had one of those too when I was a blazer. back in the 90s. It was an inspired stake calling too, that was made clear to us boys from the priesthood leadership at the time.
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you'll have to tell us more about this bike trip to Europe. How to do it? stay in motels, how do you communicate to buy stuff? Saddly I don't get much past St. George when I travel.
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interesting link, it says anywhere there is lots of black people the upward mobility is bad. And they got the scientific data to apparently back that. I lived in the Old South for a while where there isn't upward mobility (according to the article) and what I noticed is that there are lots of nice people who love their beautiful pleasant counties, and don't want to move to the city. Big citie
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S. California sounds like it would be so fun! If the brainwashing gets heated up remind your folks that Utah is very cold, winter is depressing, has a high rate of depression, porn use, prescription drug use, boob jobs, and your not from there but are from S. California and like the sun, diversity, Hollywood liberalism, and being close to Tijuana. This should start a good conversation rolling
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It sounds like you may be christian and your friend obviously is. So if that's true then you could start with some common ground. Start with some Pauline advice, 1st Corinthians 7. And tell her it's good not to marry but for most people its better to marry. And he who forbids marriage is not of God. And remind her that if a christian is married to a non christian, Paul says to stay married, and d
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I think the founding fathers really did plan for the future. That's why smaller rural states get more representation than what their population equates in the electoral college. It's our duty to preach politics and slowly convince people to live up to certain values. The diversity and minorities in the big cities over time when as they work hard tend to prosper, when this happens and they sta
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john ford, I'd like to say..., who doesn't love a good ole western where the duke stands for the "right" and the women and minorities adore. Make america great again!
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my tradition is that I do something else at conference, usually at work or bike riding or something.
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very true. money is the business of the corp. of the president
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Utah valley is diverse, a year or two ago I looked up the statistics of Provo High, and yes there is 30% or more Mexican. But like the rest of Utah not many blacks (though SLC and Ogden have a few). But as you move north up into Alpine, Lindon and other such gentrified areas then the minorities are negligible. Other Mormon hamlets that are like Aryan nation are Star Valley Wyoming, no diversi
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and the article says it's the "republicans" who are against this. Let's blame them for all societies problems. The trouble I see is that the book promotes something that may cause trouble. To some extent youngsters need to fit in the world they are born into. I know I couldn't show up to work in a pink-tutu and be taken seriously.
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Could the rearranging of boundaries perhaps be so certain wealthier wards would associate together in special stakes. This is notorious in Utah all designed so Mormon royalty will marry within special clans.
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yikes! that's terrible.
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Interesting ideas, but here's why I have a hard time believing in the evolution described by OP: If this is true, what leads to other traits such as why are the Dutch the tallest in the world? Why are Central Americans short? It should be the other way around Guatemalans have the better climate and fresh food more available with vitamins. Northern Europeans have relied on processed food, and s
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http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/statistics/unit/heber-city-utah-stake/
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