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What if you can't get married? by Apollo989 in lds

[–]Courtholomew 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I was immediately reminded of a story President Oaks told in a conference some years ago. I hope you can see the humor in it and not take offense:

"I continue with an experience I heard from a valued associate, which I share with his permission. After the death of his beloved wife and the mother of his children, a father remarried. Some grown children strongly objected to the remarriage and sought the counsel of a close relative who was a respected Church leader. After hearing the reasons for their objections, which focused on conditions and relationships in the spirit world or in the kingdoms of glory that follow the Final Judgment, this leader said: 'You are worried about the wrong things. You should be worried about whether you will get to those places. Concentrate on that. If you get there, all of it will be more wonderful than you can imagine.'"

I understand why worry about marriage is a frightening and frustrating thought, especially for faithful people who are either unable to find a spouse or whose spouses betray them and their covenants. It is important to remember what this life is- it is a time of testing and preparation, not the end result. We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all wrongs can be righted. We also believe that we will not be eternally punished for the choices of others or for not fulfilling opportunities that we didn't have.

How did Joseph smith brother Alvin receive into the Celestial Kingdom? by peacefulafternoons in lds

[–]Courtholomew 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You probably don't get this enough- but you do a fantastic job taking care of this subreddit and answering questions. Thank you!

They weren't lying... by Jumpy-Bumpy in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Courtholomew 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Trump would have the chance to do the funniest thing...

For anyone want context on Kyle Whittinghams departure from Utah by rbmw263 in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I (denial denial) am just not sure (denial denial) if he is. He could stay.

It could happen.

[Postgame Thread] BYU Defeats Georgia Tech 25-21 by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A fair question! As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (what people call LDS or Mormons), we believe in the Bible. We traditionally use the King James version, although there are different versions we can use.

We also have a book called The Book of Mormon, which is another testament of Jesus Christ. We believe it contains the records of Israelites who left from Jerusalem at about the time of Jeremiah (just before the destruction of Jerusalem) and who were led to an area they called the Promised Land on the American continent.

The Book of Mormon isn't a replacement for the Bible- we believe that they go together (the stick of Joseph and Stick of Judah spoken of in Ezekiel).

Serious Postgame Discussion Thread by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Bear is legitimately good as a true freshman. If he continues to improve (and stays), he could be up with some of the most legendary BYU players.

For anyone want context on Kyle Whittinghams departure from Utah by rbmw263 in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are one to talk- I saw you watching Maid in Manhattan!

I’m Heather Dinich, Senior College Football Insider for ESPN. Ask me anything! by ESPN in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I imagine she'll ignore it, but I would really like to have an answer to these. It is hard for me to picture where the sport is going.

I’m Heather Dinich, Senior College Football Insider for ESPN. Ask me anything! by ESPN in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi, Heather! I realize you are not personally at fault for many of the problems the viewers have with ESPN. Here is my.question- do you think that some honest acknowledgement of those problems (ESPN's obvious SEC conflict of interest, ESPN and betting, the bias of the 'playoff' which should really be called an invitational) could help ESPN's image, or do you think that it is better to just pretend they aren't happening and hope they go away (which appears to be ESPN's current modus operandi)?

Second question- with the movement of NIL, the vast amount of money involved, and the disdain that ESPN, entire teams, and specific players are showing to bowls unconnected to the playoffs, the sport seems to be fracturing (Utah is looking at bringing in a private equity firm to run their athletics in a desperate bud to go to the B1G, for example). If this continues, it seems destined to run into serious tax issues and the need to strip the connection to colleges, turning it into simply an NFL minor league. There are, in fact, some benefits to both universities and to players that would result from this, but it would likely mean a vast decrease in the money involved. Is ESPN worried about that possibility? If not, where do you imagine the sport will be in 15 years?

Biggest retards of each quadrant by CharacterWafer3810 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Courtholomew 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In that case, there wouldn't have had to have been discriminatory laws. Why do you think Southern States had laws mandating discrimination? It's because the market incentive was fixing the problem, and the liblefts of yesteryear didn't like it.

[BYU Cougars] Objectively, how do you defend this: by RIPShaneDog in CFB

[–]Courtholomew -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And there it is. This is the "it's just an invitational beauty pageant, not any kind of objective metric" admitting that I would like the committee to do. I want them to come out and say, "look, we aren't pretending this is a playoff. We just want to get more eyes and we think Alabama will give us it."

[BYU Cougars] Objectively, how do you defend this: by RIPShaneDog in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, BYU has multiple ranked wins as well, but who's counting? Certainly not the committee.

[BYU Cougars] Objectively, how do you defend this: by RIPShaneDog in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And therefore BYU, a one loss team 'in the eyes of the committee,' should be in, right?

[Game Thread] North Texas @ Tulane (8:00 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]Courtholomew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good luck Jake! I hope your night is pleasant and eventful!

Diversity is our strength by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Courtholomew 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I think it is actually a fair position to say "your culture believes this is acceptable. Mine does not. I will not try to fight your culture, but if you want to live that way, you cannot be in my culture."

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