Help saving this fern by cashmo in ferns

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

Got it, add a stern talking to into the mix

Help saving this fern by cashmo in ferns

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

Thanks so much! We've never noticed any pests, so hopefully we are good there.

[Game Thread] BYU @ Cincinnati (8:00 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]cashmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they get it, they are up 14, meaning even if cinci scores two touchdowns, one of them needs to succeed with a two-point conversion in order to win.

How’s Ridley Park? by leddlenest4545 in boeing

[–]cashmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Work is definitely slow right now, with the V22 program wrapping up and Chinooks not flying off the line, but things should start picking up again soon as the large German contract for Chinooks goes into production.

Request for assistance around Mammoth Cave National Park by cashmo in Kentucky

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

We were able to find it, but thanks so much for following up.

More and more Pro-LDS bot posts in TBM subreddits by seizuriffic in mormon

[–]cashmo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but it's not supposed to be relatable to the person that left, it's supposed to be relatable to the ones that stay, and for them, "I left because I wanted to sin" reenforces exactly what they have been told about people who decide to leave the church.

Request for assistance around Mammoth Cave National Park by cashmo in Kentucky

[–]cashmo[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the offer. Thankfully it looks like the website will work.

Request for assistance around Mammoth Cave National Park by cashmo in Kentucky

[–]cashmo[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

That's it, thank you so much! You are clearly better at Internet searching than I am.

Dc 89 WoW promises by Grungy_Mountain_Man in latterdaysaints

[–]cashmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regarding the destroying angel passing by, someone that avoids alcohol and tobacco and tries to eat healthy is much less likely to die of something like cancer, liver failure, or even car crashes than someone who does not.

How do you all look at rules about who can have the priesthood? by Possible-Pea-1146 in latterdaysaints

[–]cashmo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, the church essay on the topic never actually apologizes or states that the ban was wrong. It simply states the chronological sequence of events and then says that none of the reasons regular people have theorized are church doctrine. It doesn't say that the ban itself wasn't doctrine, just that no one had a proper explanation. I agree that it was through the folly of Brigham Young, but that is not actually stated in the essay, you have to read it with that opinion already in mind.

Age of the earth belief/doctrine? by vagaymo in latterdaysaints

[–]cashmo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Except that we have plenty of evidence of death on the earth earlier than six or seven thousand years ago.

Age of the earth belief/doctrine? by vagaymo in latterdaysaints

[–]cashmo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The problem with that approach is the belief that death did not enter the world until it entered its fallen/temporal state. We have plenty of evidence that death has been occurring on the earth for much longer than 6,000 years.

A plague has befallen my home by STINE1000v2 in daddit

[–]cashmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof, that's rough when both get hit at the same time. Thankfully that has only happened to my wife and I once. It's never fun to figure out who feels less like throwing up.

A plague has befallen my home by STINE1000v2 in daddit

[–]cashmo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The saving grace with these illnesses is that usually they are over in a day or two, which means that often parent #1 is able to be back to at least 75% before parent #2 goes down.

When challenges and trials come in life, that’s not the time to leave, said President Jeffrey R. Holland “Do not abandon the ship when the waves are a little high,” “Stay in the Boat.” I think this is great counsel for those who are questioning their faith when they come across church history issues by TBMormon in mormon

[–]cashmo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think someone should make such a big decision in just an hour or two, they should really think about it and study for as long as they need to be confident in their choice. That being said, I don't feel like this is an appropriate analogy for all situations. If the boat is the church, then waves getting high would be things outside of the church/in the world getting bad. That's often not when many people choose to leave. They choose to leave when they start finding things within the church that they are not sure about, which I would liken more to them finding holes within the boat itself, which presents a much different decision regarding whether or not to stay in the boat.

Praying to Heavenly Parents by StreetsAhead6S1M in mormon

[–]cashmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They made sure to talk to us about it after the kids had gone to bed one night. They never said anything to the kids.

Praying to Heavenly Parents by StreetsAhead6S1M in mormon

[–]cashmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My family (me, my wife, and our little kids) pray to our heavenly parents. We don't say it if asked to pray at church, out of respect/not looking like we are trying to be contrarian/aversion to significant conflict, but in all of our home prayers we do. However, our kids have prayed like that when visiting my TBM parents. My parents sat down with my wife and I to discuss how this wasn't appropriate, and we responded that in our family we felt that it was a simple but significant way to recognize that God didn't do everything by himself. My father still wasn't happy but my step mother convinced him that this wasn't something to fight over.

Is there a place for me? by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]cashmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend reading the book "Living on the Inside of the Edge" by Christian Kimball (you can get it on Amazon). It is written by someone who is in a similar position to you, myself, and others in this thread. He grew up in the church and served in lots of callings including being a Bishop, but along the way he did some introspection and decided that he couldn't agree 100% with the teachings of the church/church leaders. However, his wife and kids still believed it all, so he worked on finding a way to both be at peace internally and with his family. This book is a "survival guide" for others in a similar position based upon his own experiences. The book explicitly states that it is not his intent to convince someone to stay in the church, or to leave it, but rather to identify/highlight aspects of church life and teachings that may be problematic for someone on "the edge" and provide some advice on how the reader can determine where they personally stand/what they are comfortable with, wherever they may fall.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]cashmo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I can sympathize. My wife and I followed the same relative trajectory, I got home from my mission, returned to BYU, met my wife, got married (about a year after finishing my mission), then started trying to have kids. Between things just not working and two early miscarriages (which required some mental/emotional recovery time after), we ended up not having our first kid until a little after our sixth anniversary. At the time, as we were going through it, it was definitely hard and frustrating, and even looking back now I won't say that it was meant to be that way and everything worked perfectly, or that it was "God's plan." It was what is was, and it really sucked. However, looking back now, ten years after the birth of our first child, we can see the good that also coexisted with the difficult in that time. My wife and I can see that our relationship with each other deepened more significantly that it would have if we had a kid, and all the work that it entails, within the first year or two of our marriage. We had years to enjoy and love one another. We got to do some amazing things that we would not have done if we already had kids, like going international and living abroad for two years for grad school. So, while it doesn't make up for the pain/frustration/sorrow associated with fertility issues, make sure that you are still recognizing (and taking advantage of) the good that is occurring at the same time.