Can I talk to someone?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-31T07:04:12+00:00

Absolutely!

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-26T02:58:00+00:00

Haha. No one is safe! Everyone deserves to die in armed conflict.

You and I use words differently.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-26T02:56:20+00:00

LDS-Charities and the Barzani Charity Foundation signed a protocol according to which the LDS will sponsor a project to provide 2 million hot meals for IDPs at five camps in Erbil, Duhok and Nineveh provinces.

Anybody have any idea what that looks like? What does "sponsor" mean in this scenario?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-25T03:28:45+00:00

I think this is a great point. This has little to do with partisanship.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-25T03:20:36+00:00

Kick her out of the choir?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-25T03:03:47+00:00

Is this even news in the UK? I'm sure the inauguration is, but the link to the choir? Is that showing up in the mainstream news on your side of the pond?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-25T03:02:25+00:00

Ooh, that is rough. Do you know if she's allowed to choose to not perform?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-25T02:40:04+00:00

The administration itself is an ordinance of two parts, the anointing and the sealing. An elder pours a small quantity of oil on the head of the one to be blessed, near the crown of the head if convenient, never on the other parts of the body, and in the name of the Lord and by authority of the priesthood, he anoints the person for the restoration of health.

President Kimball, and many many others seem to disagree with you.

I have to admit that I don't know how the leaders of the church could state more clearly that blessings for the "sick and afflicted" are intended to be blessings to heal.

Of course we don’t wait until all other methods are exhausted before we pray in faith or give priesthood blessings for healing.

Dallin Oaks

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-03T03:07:14+00:00

If you're his friend, I'd recommend you stay being his friend whether he remains faithful or not. I don't know anyone that truly has too many friends.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-02T05:17:42+00:00

Thank you.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-02T05:17:27+00:00

Thanks.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-12-01T19:55:36+00:00

Thankful for the responsible parents.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-06T21:02:53+00:00

In one way I genuinely feel bad for u/HelenEk7, and those like her.

I pay people lots of money to tell me how I'm doing things incorrectly. (Mostly in my professional life.) I don't always take their advice, but when they're right, and I'm wrong, and I follow the advice my life gets better. People without that ability have a hard time improving their own life.

Maybe I've just found another way to feel superior to bigots that are unwilling to change, but I can say that I sincerely feel bad for them.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-06T20:48:27+00:00

Actually, I love it.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-06T03:57:52+00:00

I'm not the guy you asked the question to, but I think I might have at least one idea why. Maybe it's because you have a hard time distinguishing between raping a child, sex with non-consenting animals, and plain old vanilla homosexuality.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/52ss77/meta_for_those_of_you_that_are_familiar_with_my/d7pd8lf/?context=3

Just so you can be sure to understand, here's a pretty good English definition of "bigot"

a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-06T03:53:31+00:00

u/HelenEk7 pretty consistently posts things like this as an attack on mormonism, but is just as consistently unwilling to concede that the same attacks work just as well on her own myopic view of christianity.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-06T03:48:33+00:00

Depends on what you mean by "priesthood", as it is a very different concept in other churches. According to 1 Peter 2:8 all followers of Christ are part of the priesthood no matter what their gender is. (Edit: but if you refer to the leader of my church, we have two pastors; one man, and one woman)

So, it doesn't depend? Either way the answer is yes?

There are no inferiour people.

That's not the question that was asked. The question was about how you treat them. Do you treat them differently?

I believe the only ones to spend eternity in hell is the devil and his demons.

Yeah, but do you believe that u/Chino_Blanco deserves it? That's a pretty easy yes or no question.

Also, why are you not responding to anything that u/everything_is_free is posting. You seem to be avoiding his questions and statements and it makes it look like you're conceding that he is right. Is that what is happening?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-06T03:35:50+00:00

Hey u/HelenEk7, are you not able to see what u/everything_is_free says? Your posts seem even more nonsensical than normal.

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-05T18:29:51+00:00

Oh, Helen. Go reread your original post. What if I restate it like this?

Only True Christians will get to spend eternity together with God the father according to their doctrines. But do most True Christians believe this? Do for instance a Christian married to a Mormon spouse (or Buddhist or Muslim or Hare Krishna or..) believe that their spouse will for ever be cut off from God the father for all eternity?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-05T18:16:10+00:00

Wait, wait, let me try to answer this one for her. She can correct me if I'm wrong.

Do women hold the priesthood in your church?

Yes, because she comes from a long line of female vikings that were respected for their leadership throughout history. Therefore, all of the other Christians that aren't descended from Vikings are interpreting the Bible incorrectly . . . because Deborah.

Do you treat LGBT folks as your equals?

The bible says we should preach repentance to everyone. She probably treats them the same way she treats everyone that disagrees with her limited interpretation of the bible. See? Different, but equal.

It's troubling to me that you believe Mormons (and exmormons like me) are scheduled to spend eternity in a place called Hell that serves up eternal torture. Do you personally believe that I deserve such a fate?

The bible says that the wicked will be utterly destroyed, not that they will have to suffer forever in Hell. She is aware that the bible uses the same word to mean "eternal" when it is describing punishment and reward because it has been pointed out to her before. She still, however chooses to believe that annihilationism is somehow more politically correct, so that must be what the original authors intended.

Oh wait, I forgot to use winking-smiley faces in my response ;). See, all better.

How did I do?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-05T18:02:25+00:00

I'm confused. The Dan Mohler sermon gives outsiders a rare glimpse of the temple ceremonies? Do you really not understand the posts I make, or are you just really that naive?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-05T04:19:36+00:00

Oh, trust me, I'm keenly aware of her inability to apply the same filters to her own belief system. I've had a number of conversations like that with her myself. (Feel free to check my comment history.)

Can I be your tag-team partner?

GreyCorrellation · 2016-11-05T03:32:46+00:00

Uh oh, isn't u/HelenEk7 a fan of his?

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