High School baseball begins today. Hope it doesn’t snow.
Reincarnation
Yesterday at lunch I heard a great line from the Maharaja: “Reincarnation is only for the ignorant.” Made me laugh.
Reincarnation
Yesterday at lunch I heard a great line from the Maharaja: “Reincarnation is only for the ignorant.” Made me laugh.
Equinox
Observing the Vernal, Autumnal and Solstices was something done from ancient times, in ceremony and in ritual. Whole cities were built aligned to the cardinal directions of the compass and the lights of heaven. The lights of heaven were given to us first as “signs” and secondly as “seasons.”
Don’t let them pass by unnoticed. Otherwise you note less than even the plants and the animals whose life cycles and behavior acknowledge the passing of such events.
Raising the Bar
Calling this program “Raising The Bar” has essentially precluded a change. You can’t “Lower The Bar” without seeming foolish, or to invite ‘ner do well’s.
Nadab and Abihu
Genius
Amber Dubois
With respect to the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
I balance my deep respect for these men, and profound awareness that no-one is really equal to the burden which WE impose upon them, with the knowledge that I alone am responsible for confirming through revelation all truth. Now, I say “the burden which WE impose upon them” to distinguish between what the Lord and scriptures says are their duties on the one hand, and the mythological duties which we have put upon them. The scriptures and the Lord do NOT make them omniscient. As a group the Saints do. That is the first great error, and it is not the leader’s error but the saints’.
It is not an institution which will be saved. Indeed, the institution is doomed to be confined to this world, and not pass into the next. But, it is the individual who will be saved. Individuals, however, must receive what the institution offers to obtain salvation. Therefore respect for the church is necessary. It’s role is essential. It’s authority from the Lord.
My Scriptures
I have a “retired” set which is literally falling apart. I used that set to teach from 1980 to 2000. It is tattered, and has very little, if anything, marked or added to it. I keep that set in my desk drawer at work.
None of these sets have thumb-indexing on the pages. I HATE that stuff. It distracts me when I use the scriptures. Both of the first two sets were “Type A” sets which Deseret Book used to publish without thumb-indexing. You can’t get a “Type A” set like that anymore. I tried. Even talked with the management at Deseret Book. Can’t be done.
So I bought a “Type B” set, which is the same paper as a “Type A” but just not genuine leather bound. Much cheaper set. Then I took that set to Schafer Bindery in Salt Lake and had them bind it with a real leather cover. So I have a “Type A” set, without thumb indexing, and it only cost in total about $20 more than if Deseret Book made a proper set and sold them.
Alma 41:15
IMO (in my opinion)
Wo, wo, wo
Angels
-All of which is driven by the man/woman’s faith, repentance and holy works.