Tag: God
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God and my Wife
I gave a piece of advice to my oldest son Brandon today. His girlfriend wants him to be more holy. I agreed with her. But more importantly I think God agrees with her, so I told him if God and his girlfriend agree that he’d better pay attention. This theology has created a stable marriage…
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Map Editor
I’ve been playing a lot of Colonization Classic. I like exploring. I like founding new colonies. I don’t like fighting with random maps. Some maps just don’t have enough land. That’s apparent pretty quickly. Some maps don’t have the right diversity of land. That takes longer and more exploration to decide. And some maps after…
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Worth and Worthiness
I don’t believe people are created equal, I think it is provably true that we don’t end up equal, and I don’t think we should try to reverse engineer equality. Some people are smarter than me, some people are more creative, some people are more generous, and some people have more influence. Those aren’t the…
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Being Watched
It is my understanding that people behave better when they believe they are being watched. They don’t have to actually be watched for them to censor behavior that they wouldn’t do while being watched. This is why I am pro God whether there is a God or not. A person who puts his hand on…
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Public Speaking
I could never be a public speaker. I drink too much and I pee too much. I have my greatest thoughts in front of the toilet. For instance today I thought, “I stand with the proclamation by Joseph Smith Jr. that ‘The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book and a man…
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Peacemakers
The Prophet wants me to be a peacemaker. He wants me to stop being contentious and using foul language. But mostly he wants me to worship Jesus Christ. Even on Easter I don’t feel particularly Christian. The verse of the day was John 3:16 and it’s not much comfort. I keep asking myself, “Do I…
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Not a Saint
I am not a Latter Day Saint. I am a Latter Day Sinner who declares his unworthiness before God.
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Mediator
One of the things which I am more convinced than not about Judgment Day is that Jesus is the mediator not the judge. For some this is a contentious point of view. The Book of Mormon teaches in some verses that Jesus is in fact the mediator for us with the Father and in others…
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Suffering, Struggle, and Gratitude
I have an online friend who wants to eliminate suffering. All suffering if possible. I reject the idea that this is possible. She and I for instance agree that we live in a war universe. We also agree that war is chocked full of innocent bystanders. So my argument is that we would have to…
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Pharisees
I have the unpopular opinion that the Pharisees get a bad rap. There are things on which they were correct. It is better that one man die than for a nation to dwindle in unbelief. They were certainly as history shows mistaken to aim that at Jesus. But I think the principle is sound. It…
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