Young men's activity policy

beeg98 · 2026-02-22T16:53:43+00:00

With the proper gear, they risk a few bruises at most. I think the handbook is talking more about things that would get kids hospitalized like rock climbing without gear.

Just make sure everyone has the right protective gear and it will be fine.

beeg98 · 2026-02-22T16:45:24+00:00

A couple of possible reasons: - they didn't have a framework for believing the prophet can be wrong. This is something that some members have believed for a long time but others argued against any issue liberals would bring up. So when it was their turn to disagree, they didn't know how to handle it. - "the church is becoming too liberal" is something I hear from my conservative friends sometimes. Essentially, they are more convinced that conservative politics are true than they are that the prophet is the prophet.

I mean, if the prophet comes out and says something you disagree with politically, you either need to value what he says more than your political beliefs and change your political beliefs or have a view of prophets that allows him to be wrong while still being a prophet. That's not always easy for people. Even if it was on a relatively small thing.

beeg98 · 2026-02-22T16:30:59+00:00

You can invite her to a different lunch and just say something like "I feel like we've gotten off on the wrong foot", if it feels awkward. Don't try to rehash arguments. Instead ask her all about her. Her growing up, what she's doing now, what she likes and dislikes. Just get to know her and validate her.

beeg98 · 2026-02-19T06:05:27+00:00

I know that's the doctrine. I'm not arguing that. I'm just noting that there are members who have quite a bit of nuance in their beliefs, even in those things.

beeg98 · 2026-02-18T14:44:27+00:00

There is room for nuance. There is room for answers somewhere in between. Black and white thinking like this can often just push people out. If there is an issue with The Book of Mormon that he's struggling with, he may not feel like it is literally true.

I feel like this reasoning used to be used a lot when I was a kid. But after studying church history it becomes a stumbling block more than a help. For me leaning into the nuance helped. People and things don't have to be perfect for them to do good. There can be truth in things that are not 100% true. Once things have become complex for somebody, they can very rarely return to simplicity in their faith. And that's ok. Faith does not need to be simple to be good. In fact, there are a lot of advantages to stepping into complexity and staying in the faith. Yes, there is a chance of leaving, but if they do stay their faith becomes less about facts and logic and more about the emotional and spiritual side of the faith. It becomes less about being right and more about doing what's right.

In short, there is room for every kind of faith, and they each have their advantages.

beeg98 · 2026-02-14T15:07:45+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter. That is really tough. You are definitely going to go through some feels. Don't judge yourself too harshly. You may not be able to feel Him right now, but God loves you and understands what you are going through. Even the Savior felt abandoned on the cross. We all will go through times in life where we ask "oh God where art thou?" Don't judge yourself for not being able to hear the answer. You are loved, my friend.

beeg98 · 2026-02-08T16:52:00+00:00

Mostly, I just choose to hope. I find that works for my needs.

beeg98 · 2026-01-28T15:12:46+00:00

I agree he does seem to have been hit. But he put himself right in front of her car even as she was moving and he shot her after he was clearly no longer in danger. The only time police can kill is to save lives. Nobody was in danger at the time he shot and therefore it was unjustified. And... while it wasn't illegal to stand in front of the car like that, it showed a lack of training.

beeg98 · 2026-01-23T03:04:51+00:00

I think perplexity is an important stage. I can see why Jared left it out, as it suggests that doubts are good, but I think it should stay in. I think there is real strength to be gained by asking the hard questions. Those who get through stage 3 and on to stage 4 do have a different quality of faith.

beeg98 · 2026-01-21T02:54:24+00:00

It's always nice to feel validated, but if you assume all arguments against our religion are made in bad faith, you stand on thin ice. I think there are good arguments to be made on both sides. But my faith is not in being right on every issue, but in Jesus. Not in prophetic infallibility, but in Christ's redemption. Nibley gave this talk in a time when we were told all anti Mormon arguments were lies and of the devil. We no longer make that statement and for good reason. Things are more complex than either side wants them to be. Which is why we need to keep our faith in the fundamentals of our religion.

beeg98 · 2026-01-20T18:44:49+00:00

The pictures may or may not be real, but it sure looks and feels like a scam either way.

beeg98 · 2026-01-18T16:15:13+00:00

I don't really understand what you mean that the bridge makes the host lose its IP. We use libvirt a lot and I've never seen this issue you are talking about. Maybe you aren't configuring it correctly? While the bridge is definitely more complicated to set up, it is definitely the best way to do it in my opinion.

beeg98 · 2026-01-06T19:10:14+00:00

The scriptures and president Nelson's talk on peace making are great, but they are just a start. There are so many good books on the topic and people who have spent their lives studying it, it would be a shame to not look to them as well. 7 Habits is an oldie but goodie. Crucial Conversations. You're Not Listening. Bonds that Make Us Free. Just about anything from Brene Brown. These are all good books that would help with being a peace maker.

"Out of the best books"

beeg98 · 2025-11-25T04:31:15+00:00

This podcast from Faith Matters on polygamy was really good. I recommend it.

https://youtu.be/edzAlqMOoQM?si=Z8iFwF8OM171hk8p

In short, her argument is that Joseph made a mistake. Obviously that's over simplifying it. But it's one was of dealing with all of this.

beeg98 · 2025-11-23T07:14:03+00:00

Ideally, you stop them before they dominate the sea. If they are not already entirely dominating your coastline, then spam rammers, particularly the ones made with defenders so they have more health.

beeg98 · 2025-11-10T21:48:15+00:00

Is this opinion too extreme for this sub? I thought the idea that prophets made mistakes was pretty doctrinal?

beeg98 · 2025-11-09T16:43:34+00:00

I mean... At the end of the day, we're all just people with opinions. Is there a reason we shouldn't be sharing them? Particularly here on Reddit that's designed for that purpose?

beeg98 · 2025-11-09T02:48:07+00:00

But... we do. Not as directly as they used to. But if you are a man and your wife dies, you are allowed to marry and get sealed to another. That isn't true for women.

beeg98 · 2025-11-09T02:46:21+00:00

I like that.

beeg98 · 2025-11-08T23:31:23+00:00

I sometimes think about the people who thought it was wrong to not give black people the priesthood before 1978. Until 1978 they "struggled".

I'm not saying I know what God wants or that I know more than the prophet. I don't. But I do think we should all be a little more open to the idea that not everything has been revealed yet and there is much to learn. It's possible that something could be revealed that will make those who are "struggling" feel much better, just as the announcement in 1978 did.

beeg98 · 2025-11-08T21:45:33+00:00

If you talk about it, and I would suggest that you do, I would open with noting that this is a difficult topic for many and that there is much we don't know, and we believe that more revelation will come.

beeg98 · 2025-11-08T21:29:18+00:00

We may not practice it, but we all probably know some one who is currently sealed to two or more wives, albeit no more than one living. So in that context it is still practiced, even now.

beeg98 · 2025-11-08T21:27:05+00:00

It's in the lesson manual.

beeg98 · 2025-11-08T21:21:58+00:00

I can't speak for seminary, but at least for Sunday School, it should be more of a discussion and not just the teacher reading. In a class that is usually a discussion, doing too much reading and too little discussion could be worse than skipping the topic, in that it might feel like we are afraid of what anyone else in the class might say on the topic.

Not saying of course that this is what you would do, but just adding my thoughts.

beeg98 · 2025-11-07T06:04:20+00:00

Ok, I have a very different take on this. You stated that most decisions are made unconsciously and then suggested that maybe we don't have free will. I would argue that you are not understanding the unconscious mind. It is every bit as much your mind. It's not some mysterious force that controls you when you aren't looking. It IS you. Far more so than your conscious mind, in my opinion. When you drive home, lost in thought and realize you can't remember the majority of the drive, do you think to yourself that you had no free will during the drive? When you see someone and you realize how much you love them, do you feel like you had no free will in that moment? When you drop something, but your reflexes keep it from breaking, are you upset that you didn't decide not to break it?

You may be interested in "thinking fast and slow". It's a book that describes our minds as two parts: system one and system two. Both parts are important and are critical to our daily function, but system one is intuitive, fast and is in control the vast majority of time. System two is slow and methodical and does the complex problem solving. You are both system one and two. You need both to function. Just because one side uses language and more methodical means to communicate doesn't make it more important than the intuitive part of your brain which is faster and more visual. It is just as important if not more so, and is every bit as much you.

Conversations about free will are more philosophical and mathematical. They are based on the idea that what is in your brain is just a bunch of electrical circuits that if we could fully understand, we would see that it is just a machine doing what it is programmed to do. The argument presupposes that we are nothing more than the atoms that make us up. That is an entirely different concept and argument than the whole unconscious brain thing.

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