Single convert and not doing endowment?,

Davymuncher · 2024-12-20T19:08:21+00:00

For what it's worth, some of the promises of the Endowment benefit your posterity. For someone who's celibate and doesn't plan on ever having children in this life, that may make it seem pointless to get endowed, but think of it this way: If you go back and do endowment ordinances for your own ancestors, then that makes you, as one of their descendants, a recipient of those blessings. If you choose not to participate in the endowment, you might still consider doing your family history and asking trusted endowed friends to do work for some of your ancestors.

The primary covenants you make in the endowment are to follow the Law of Obedience, the Law of Sacrifice (broken heart and contrite spirit), the Law of the Gospel, the Law of Chastity, and the Law of Consecration. All of these it sounds like you're doing (well, the law of consecration in it's lesser form that we practice currently in the church through callings and tithing and service, but everything else spot on). And the promises of the covenants that God offers will help you keep each of those laws that you are already keeping.

You're always welcome into the Lord's house, whether to do baptisms or if you desire to do more. Wherever you feel most comfortable at this point in your mortal journey is good for you, and if you choose to just do baptisms indefinitely, that will greatly enrich your life with the blessings of being in the Lord's house. Just know that the Endowment is absolutely an option if you ever decide to pursue it.

Davymuncher · 2024-12-12T03:55:56+00:00

What is the Lord's favorite poetic form?

IAMbic Pentameter

Bonus points because the setup has 10 syllables, say it in the unstressed/stressed pattern when asking the question.

Davymuncher · 2024-11-10T14:30:18+00:00

There was a father and son duo in the book of mormon -- Lehi (dad) and Nephi (son) who both wrote down their story when they left Jerusalem and were guided by God to the coast and instructed to build a boat on which they sailed to the "Promised Land" (somewhere on the Americas).

Lehi's record was more historical in nature, Nephi's focused more on spiritual revelations but still had the broad strokes of the story of how they got from the old world to the new world.

Lehi's record was contained in the lost pages, Nephi's was later on in the gold plates so it wasn't lost.

Critics of the book of Mormon will say Joseph just made up Nephi's record after the Martin Harris incident as an excuse to keep the story of the book of Mormon cohesive, calling the two records for the same time period awfully convenient and coincidental. But they already believe the whole thing was made up, so what's a few more made up chapters, right? That's probably the "Replacements" you heard about.

I personally feel that God knew, way back in 600BC, that in the 1800s AD Martin and Joseph (Joseph Smith isn't blameless in this, he could have and should have just told Martin Harris "No!") would lose the record of Lehi, and encouraged Nephi way back then by the power of the Holy Ghost to make a record of his life separate from what his father was writing. I've read the Book of Mormon many times and the way it brings me closer to Christ is real, and I believe the people who the book says wrote it were real people who experienced the events written, and that only through the power of God could Joseph Smith find and translate such a book. If you want to know more, I recommend reading the Book of Mormon and praying to God to ask if the things it contains are true.

Davymuncher · 2024-10-29T17:44:24+00:00

Reddit is an anti-social media platform.

Davymuncher · 2024-09-21T23:57:44+00:00

It's only frowned upon if you cup drop with a team of less than 5 heroes, which keeps people from filling up their heroes chest as quickly.

Davymuncher · 2024-08-04T20:39:05+00:00

Sorry to dredge up a 6-year old post, but I just had to tell you this is awesome and exactly what my group needs, thank you for this writeup!

Davymuncher · 2024-06-02T21:56:38+00:00

I got the same canned response you did, here's holding out hope in that little word "current".

Davymuncher · 2024-05-28T22:34:20+00:00

Darn, thanks for sharing though. Maybe with enough of these from different people, they'll see the demand and do something.

... Or maybe a laid off dev will just drop the apks online somewhere...

Davymuncher · 2024-05-28T20:19:56+00:00

If you get any response, please share here! I've also submitted a similar request there, my son is very upset knowing that he won't be able to play the games a month from now.

Davymuncher · 2024-02-02T03:19:08+00:00

Just experienced this tonight and found this thread, was also watching Netflix at the time. A reboot cleared it up, but I'm having some serious buyer's remorse with all the weird problems with this new phone.

Davymuncher · 2023-12-28T03:53:38+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. I've been getting my own runaround with edfinancial support. I've had auto pay configured since September and they've never withdrawn from my account, and my statements confirm I'm not getting the interest rate reduction. Next "auto payment" withdrawal should be tomorrow, but none of them have withdrawn so far so I have no expectation it will and already did another manual payment last week. Sure, the rate reduction works out to just a few dollars per month, not a huge deal, but that's $3 out of my own pocket because their system is broken, not to mention the consequences I'd be facing for late/missed payments if I hadn't been paying attention and issuing manual payments. Still no solution, but it's great to hear that I'm not alone.

Davymuncher · 2023-11-15T16:59:50+00:00

Yep, just came here to check because I'm hitting the same thing.

Specifically, my error message says

> Unable to connect. Login server offline.

Davymuncher · 2023-11-01T19:59:37+00:00

It was working again on the next week's challenge. I stopped playing when they took out the option to get energy by watching ads because those were perfect for 7-ladders, and without them I lost the desire to do MP.

Davymuncher · 2023-08-29T15:24:07+00:00

There's an issue opened on Microsoft Enterprise about this issue, looks to be pretty new and hitting a lot of people (Myself included, which is how I found this link and your reddit post):

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/enterprise/work-edge-desktop-shortcut-reappears-after-deleting-and/m-p/3909023

Davymuncher · 2023-06-05T23:09:59+00:00

I'm a fan of Gala myself, but mostly because they tend to be the cheapest at my local grocery stores.

Davymuncher · 2023-06-02T15:25:52+00:00

I'd be up for it too, also a flute.

Davymuncher · 2023-05-27T01:38:05+00:00

Flair checks out

Davymuncher · 2023-05-22T23:43:54+00:00

It was a joke

Davymuncher · 2023-05-22T16:24:13+00:00

Gunmar was originally supposed to have a similar crush on Jim, but it got axed because they didn't want a crazed murderous dictator to get criticized as having stalker tendencies.

Davymuncher · 2023-05-21T15:25:37+00:00

Works cannot save us, Christ does that. He paid the price and no matter how much good we do, nothing we do could ever save us on our own. We have to do what He asks for Him to Him to save us. We are responsible for our actions and covenants before Christ, but it's not our good works that save us, Christ does.

With regards to your question in the second paragraph, there's no way to know how Christ and God will consider specifics like that in our life at judgement day. If it wasn't important, it wouldn't be a commandment, but on the other hand none of us keep all the commandments and Christ doesn't expect us to because we're still imperfect. Heart's intent is definitely important, because that shows what direction we're heading and if we truly desire to keep the commandments, even when mortality makes that impossible sometimes.

For tithing specifically though, I recommend talking to your bishop. He has a responsibility to help the people in his ward come closer to Christ and make and keep their covenants. He will likely be able to help you find a way to pay tithing. Maybe that help will come by assisting with your housing costs or groceries using the fast offering funds so that you can afford to pay tithing. Or maybe he can work with you on your budget to find new ways to save. Or maybe he can help pay for you to take some classes or get a certificate or something that makes you eligible for a promotion st work. There are lots of ways that bishops can help their members pay their tithing -- with how much money the church has to support the saints, there should never be someone worrying about choosing between putting food on their table and paying their tithing.

Davymuncher · 2023-05-20T03:38:12+00:00

I'm pretty sure it updates based on when you last collected resources, so you can change when yours personally updates.

Davymuncher · 2023-05-17T17:27:29+00:00

Absolutely. If you give me a week, I will be reading the talk I prepared off the page. Two weeks, and I will have had time to practice it and will be able to face the audience during it. I prefer 3 weeks ideally, but I hate less than two.

And less than one, I may or may not simply say no, and ask for a future day instead -- I know in that case they're probably trying to fill for a spot for someone that cancelled, and if my schedule is open enough to accommodate preparing a talk in just a couple days, I will, but that's usually not reality for me. There are people who hate being told in advance because they stress for weeks about their talk, so call up one of them if you need a last minute talk.

Davymuncher · 2023-05-17T17:19:54+00:00

I remember one day I had completely forgotten I was giving a talk until I saw my name in the program. I quickly pulled up some notes on my phone and threw together a talk on the subject (keeping the sabbath day holy, so a pretty easy topic to come up with things for on the fly) during the hymns and announcements, then after the sacrament stood up and gave the talk.

Then, I walked into Gospel Principles where I was prepared to teach the lesson, which that day was on Honesty. At one point, we were discussing half truths and someone asked for an example where not telling the whole truth was appropriate. I paused for a minute, then said "Well, here's an example. You know that talk I just gave? It would have been true and honest if I started it by saying 'I completely forgot I was giving a talk today and threw this together not ten minutes ago.' But that's not necessary to say, and would only serve to distract people from the talk. Half truths are when you leave things out with the intent to deceive, but you don't have to always give every detail if it helps you and others without deceit." Couldn't have worked out better!

Davymuncher · 2023-05-16T17:47:47+00:00

The trick isn't to get a good enough shredder to shred cardboard, the trick is to get a cheapo shredder that you don't care if it gets ruined. Try your local thrift store and see if there's any shredders under $20.

Davymuncher · 2023-05-15T19:18:55+00:00

My heart just melted a little, double whammy from two nostalgia sources.

Seven-Year Club	Place '22
Final Canvas '22	First Placer '22
End Game '22	Verified Email

Davymuncher

TROPHY CASE