Category: witness
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Saints and Beer
I am confident at this point that beer is not against my religion. While Joseph Smith Jr was alive the early Saints were allowed mild (alcoholic) drinks. The Word of Wisdom specifically allows mild drinks, so I’m feeling less guilty about drinking a case (12 bottles) of Sam Adams Boston Lager every week. The THC…
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Thursday
“It must be a Thursday. I’ve never gotten the hang of Thursdays.” -Arthur Dent (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Movie) I’ve actually had a pretty good Thursday because I’ve been acting like it’s Friday.
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Don’t Reject Me
Christ was despised and rejected and acquainted with grief. I do not want to be. That is all.
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Those Gaps
Stephanie and I have a friend who is really into Star Wars. He is convinced that everything in it is possible once we have the science for it. I call this the science of the gaps. Atheists complain about attributing the things I don’t understand to the gods. They are right to a point but…
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Illusions
There is a strain of thought that our worldly existence is an illusion. The idea goes that we are only traveling through this life, but that our real beginning and end is from eternity to eternity. This is a mere blip in our existence. A cosmic hiccup from which we will soon wake. Am I…
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Revelation
A stranger on the internet recommended The Revelation of John to me. I rarely see any modern parallels in that book. I take a Corinthians 13 view of it. We know in part and we prophesy in part but when the actual events come to pass those partial prophecies should be done away with. I…
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Hard Day for Mormons
Today was Fast and Testimony Sunday. I wasn’t planning on going to Sacrament Meeting but I decided to fast anyway. I started my fast at 11 pm Central Time. When I woke up in the morning I got news that the prophet and president of the church had passed away at almost exactly the same…
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Changing Beliefs
Tonight I have been thinking about how much control we have over our beliefs. I don’t think it’s very much. I think we charge into reality and only start or stop believing something because the truth hurts. I get into so many arguments online. None of them really hurt. Nobody on the other side of…
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Let Them Govern Themselves
I talked with another person today about Joseph Smith Jr saying that we should teach people correct principles and let them govern themselves. The saying is generally well received because most people believe that they have correct principles and want to govern themselves. The problem of course is that people don’t agree which principles are…
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Am I Helping?
My homeless friend came again today. He got his replacement ID. I didn’t look but it probably still has my address on it. We talked and he, Ben, and I listened to Weird Al. While the song foil was playing he talked about someone who he was sure knew everything about the Illuminati. He said…
Latter Day Sinner 