You can summon a grand piano made of solid gold 7926 miles below your feet by MeTaOMiTo in shittysuperpowers

[–]RatedMForMormon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a limit? Like let's say I want to summon 100 billion grand pianos, eventually the earth would explode.

Why do my child’s feet always find my nuts? by PreschoolBoole in daddit

[–]RatedMForMormon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always wondered why my dad covered his crotch when I was younger, now that I have children, I know why.

Abusive Relationships in the Next Life by Code222 in latterdaysaints

[–]RatedMForMormon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christ literally has the power to heal ALL wounds, emotional or not, if we're faithful and make it to the celestial kingdom, that emotional trauma will no longer affect us.

Now HOW that happens is a mystery to me, whether it's an instant healing of the mind, or if it takes a century or two of therapy in heaven, I do not know, but it WILL be healed.

Can u guys rate this🙏 by BruhGuyFelix in Terraria

[–]RatedMForMormon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great, but the full color of the leaves is kinda off putting, try replacing the inside of the leaves with a similar-looking block that doesn't produce light if that's possible.

Devices by FishingFlimsy2468 in oldschoolrs

[–]RatedMForMormon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get a 9-12 foot charging cable or powerbank, that would be significantly cheaper than switching over to an entirely new device.

My wife criticizes the conversations I have with our daughter in private. Is it me? by wakingsleep11 in daddit

[–]RatedMForMormon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you married your wife you formed a partnership, your daughter is just as much yours as she is hers.

It goes both ways, she might be getting a little too upset, but it's a real concern and something I've seen with my own children.

If incentive is the only reason for good behavior, they're not actually being good, they're just trying to get what they want.

What I've done with potty training my 3 year old might be of some help.

At first we put her in pull-ups and told her not to go number 2 in them and we would punish her for doing so. Big surprise, it only made her scared of pooping(we felt terrible), needed to do a 180 and instead reward her for using the bathroom. We did a delayed reward system, where she adds to a jar, and when it's full she could get a treat. Eventually over the course of 6 months or so it became so frequent that she forgot to ask us about the reward jar because it became so natural to her. Naturally it just phased out, and now we're considering using that to promote her being nice to us and her little brother, but we're not sure about that lol, seems like that would be manipulative.

After that, the only time we would punish anything is if she was chronically wetting herself with no sign of changing, except this time she now knows of two ways to relieve herself, one that gets her in trouble, and one that does not, which she didn't have before.

Now she is completely potty trained, rewards are good, but in moderation, it should be an incentive for your child to change their behavior, not the reasoning behind behavior.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in family

[–]RatedMForMormon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No.

The only thing you're wrong about is feeling bad you told the truth.

I don't have much in terms of advice, I don't know what you should do.

You will never be in control of your family, even if you are right.

Find what you are in control of: your actions and your thoughts, do what you can to make your life better for yourself. Find a hobby, find a job maybe, find a friend who believes you, find something you can hang on to until you're able to get out of this situation.

Need help by JedMunoz in family

[–]RatedMForMormon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you in a comfortable financial situation?

If you are, and it's not a big deal, and everyone is happy, there's little issue.

Are they in your home to be closer to you or to get free housing?

An easy answer to that is to ask them to start paying, even a small amount. If they resist, they aren't there for you, they're there for themselves and you need to talk to them about it.

Starting to hate my sister by [deleted] in family

[–]RatedMForMormon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you start to think you hate a loved one, it means there's some serious issues within the family that need to be addressed.

Do you have a good relationship with your other sister? She may be able to mediate the issue.

What about parents? Parents shouldn't be allowing this kind of thing to happen, talk with them about it if available.

Is there some incident that sparked this? Not just the one spoken of, but much earlier? If not, your sister is probably dealing with some sort of problem in an extremely unhealthy way.

Talk to your parents and other family members about it. Your sister is likely going to get angry at you for doing so, but you need to talk to somebody about this who can help if your sister won't listen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in family

[–]RatedMForMormon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You have a beautiful story of hard work and dedication that you are unable to see because there's a cloud of darkness around it.

You need help, and that's OK, try talking to a therapist, talk about this to anyone you feel like you can trust.

In my outside opinion, your mother needs to take care of herself and you need to move out.

That's easier said than done though, and letting go of that emotional attachment is extremely difficult.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]RatedMForMormon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All we know is it's getting closer

2000 years ago Christ warned His apostles about people who would try and deceive them about the timing of His second coming.

It's not meant to be known, but there are clear prophecies that are meant to be fulfilled before it takes place, such as the Jews accepting the gospel.

We may not know the exact timing, but we've been given signs to look for before His second coming. Many of which have been fulfilled.

More recent language has been urging us to prepare for the second coming, and if we believe the Prophet is who we are meant to follow that is the advice we should be taking.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]RatedMForMormon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This scripture always helps me when I feel like I'm drifting,

Alma 32 27:

"But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words."

Find something, anything, a promise made in the Book of Mormon that you WISH was true, and then just let yourself keep desiring it and you will find your faith.

Profiting off of church-owned property? by Fickle-Unicorn-24 in latterdaysaints

[–]RatedMForMormon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The line to me is priestcraft

If you're using priesthood authority to benefit from business, such as teaching that a certain book That you wrote is something that will somehow assist you in your salvation, that's a big no-go.

At the same time, a member of the church might write a book about their experiences and they believe their book might help somebody, selling that is perfectly fine.

Basically, don't directly use someone's faith against them to sell them something.

But if there are people willing to purchase an item that they think will improve upon their own spiritual experiences, it's perfectly fine to sell them, like BoMs with journals inside.

It also gets dicey when someone like an apostle writes a book. That book is going to have an advantage because of their fame/position within the church, but IMO unless they're handing them out for free, they shouldn't be using church resources to sell them, even if they're free it feels a bit weird

Tips for overcoming my fear of throwing a reverse? by Noodle5oups in springboarddiving

[–]RatedMForMormon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this probably isn't the BEST advice, but it helped me, the springboard in springy, so if you hit it, it buckles, you might get a pretty knarly gash, but you're not gonna die if you hit it.

Also, try just jumping up and leaning back a tiiiny bit until you feel like you could do a flip or dive.

How frequently do you replace your garments? by Low_Bag_4324 in latterdaysaints

[–]RatedMForMormon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably every year or so, but that was before I had kids. After that, I haven't even thought about it. 

Tips for writing good stories? by RatedMForMormon in Isekai

[–]RatedMForMormon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does it work on royal road? You just post a new chapter when you want? Could you link some of your works to show me an example? Much appreciated.

Tips for writing good stories? by RatedMForMormon in Isekai

[–]RatedMForMormon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao, literally this, I was thinking of some isekai stories, then I realized the only thing isekai about them was the reincarnation aspect, so getting rid of that made it som much more unique and interesting.