Test the water first. Just ask her questions about the letter. Ask questions and wait for her to answer. You don't have to tell her anything yet.
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The Book of Abraham. I was on my mission visiting an LDS bookstore. I saw a book with a picture of the BOA scrolls. I had previously thought they were lost (probably forever). I turned to my companion and asked, "why don't they translate it and prove it to be true?". When he told me they had and it was nothing more than a common book of the dead I thought, " my gosh! It's not
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Maybe he was referring to teaching people English for free...
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That was a lot to take in...
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I would love to KNOW what happens. Regardless of what is waiting for us after this life, I suppose it would not really benefit us to know. Maybe that would even be part of the appeal. It's a chance at an entirely new experience.
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there is meaning to life. Look into the face of your child and you will know there is more to it than just having as good a time as you can every day. Maybe we don't know what the meaning is, maybe it's something we will discover when our life is over. In the meantime do everything you can to give that kid the best possible chance in life, that is meaningful by itself.
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I think it's more complicated than that. I think some of them believe, and others pretend to believe. I met a member of the presiding bishopric on my mission. He struck me as someone who didn't really believe what he was telling us. Maybe he did and I am wrong, but I honestly think it's a mixed bag.
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Planes Trains and Automobiles is a great movie... I am sorry, I could not help myself. Good point though. Nothing in this life is equal or fair. People are born with varying degrees of intelligence, and a myriad of circumstances. It all seems very random.
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suppose we do reincarnate, what really happens after we die? Do we choose the parents to which we will be born? Are our circumstances in the next incarnation based upon karma as taught by several religions? Or do we take whatever life happens to be available? Why do we reincarnate at all? Is there some sort of authority that governs the process? I have wondered about this ever since I was f
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I had to endure two years of wonderful weather in California lol
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I have to admit that childhood was great. Not a worry in the world. However, I have never looked back at any past age with jealousy. I think I like my modern tech too much.
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It means don't laugh at the old man hitting they guy playing Satan during the endowment with his Cain... lol
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That was a leftover from the time that there really wasn't anything but the church, those good old pioneer days when King BY had absolute power over the people. Yu know what they say, it is better to be feared than loved...
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This just proves the level of inspired revelation received by these "leaders".
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Excommunicated for marrying a non member. Sounds like I am a worse sinner than I ever imagined. I married outside of race and religion. She isnt even Christian! Go ahead I say, excited mmunicate me!
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That's one little piece of the BOM story, and it may or may not be what is meant there. What about all the rest?
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Let go of your LDS judgemental attitude. That was exactly how I thought while a TBM. Release your anger, and your journey toward the dark side will be complete!
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The church (I think younall know which one) does provide a deeper meaning to life. That is what attracted so many people to it when I was on my mission. Everyone, at some point in their lives, looks around and asks what the meaning of it all is. We want a deeper answer, something to give deep purpose to our lives. The church did that for a while, but it turns out they are not an authority on
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Doesn't that provide evidence to support evolution?
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I left the swamp for a Communist swamp in China. I grew up in Northern VA. Great place, everything said here is true regarding weather, be prepared.
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Hope you get feeling 100% in no time
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You have to get out of there if you haven't already. Even the church is better outside of Utah. Lol
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Do you live in Utah?
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If only you had included their unrelated issue in your cartoon. Yu should just retire now before you forget any other unrelated statistics or issues. When writing about guns, you should never forget to mention the evils of alcohol...
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He isn't pretending...
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Christ also called out hypocrites. They should be ashamed of themselves. I have had to deal with that very sort of fake Mormon. Supposedly a great go to church guy. He was my wife's boss at work. Then he starts sending odd messages to her. Apparently he has a thing for asians after coming back from Thailand. It progressed into him asking her to send naked pictures to him (he worded it as h
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Utah... I lived there briefly. It's fine as lon as you don't have to interact with people much. I still remember getting dirty looks for buying energy drinks. I guess Monster is against the wow in Utah. I worked for a guy who claimed to be a fantastic business man, he never paid me, and later I learned he walked off with all the company assets and his partner was forced to sell his house to
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I had a lot of incredible experiences on my mission. I felt I was sent there by revelation. Now I know that none of what happened reflected specifically on the church and wether it was true or not. It just proves that there are things in this world we do not fully understand. I say it often, it's too bad it turned out to be fake, what a beautiful lie they made it into...
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Lol, that's funny. I remember waking up and always thinking it was morning when I was there. Unfortunately it was almost always the damned street light thing right outside the window.
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I am going to start swearing more... I don't want people to think I am a $&@&ing liar!
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