LoudLizard

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  1. I have discussed this with friends and we marvel at the timing it was revealed. As the people of this country were beginning to start pushing for homosexual unions with the equal rights of married folks. Now we are past the tipping point on this issue. Majority in USA favoring the world's redefined marriage structure. The fact that it came before this blitz attack on marriage tells me it was revelation. Now my point is that the church released the Living Christ. What is coming concerning our faith in a real living being that literally died for us all.
  2. Lds doctrine states that God created animals, fish, birds and insects etc. It does not say by what means these animals were 'created'. I have read that a prophet or apostle stated that evolution only happens within a species. Not one species changing into a different species. Science gets some things correct and some things wrong. I love this topic.
  3. I agree to some extent. School is government. Government should not teach the topic of sex to young tender minds. Neither people nor organizations can agree on appropriate or inappropriate forms of sex. The problem and conflict is public health issues with STDs, teen pregnancy and misinformation.. The public needs to be informed about these health issues and schools just happen to be the best location and age that need to hear this. So opting out of those health lessons is allowed. These lessons can be mingled with worldly views on masterbation, homosexuality, and abortion.
  4. My opinios are: Porn and masturbation are selfish by nature. They are sinful in marriage and for single people. My opinion is that my marriage is a covenant not only with my spouse but with God. Women could give their consent to their husbands to self indulge but the truth is there is great potential for alienation, the destruction of the marriage, and possibly broken covenants. If the original post was about drinking a beer every now and then and being able to handle it without over consumption. Wouldn't that seem like justification for sin. Maybe the wife could give consent for the husband to drink a little beer. Wouldn't he still be breaking the word of wisdom? All things in moderation is a lie. The idea of sex with someone else even if only in our minds means we have already committed adultry in our hearts according to the savior. Sexual sin is grievous and not to be made casual.
  5. My opinion is that China likes nk testing the waters. North Korea likes having China back its play. From the movie mad max beyond thunderdome. Master blaster comes to mind. So my fear is nk attacks sk or Japan with a wmd to provoke us and to attack their enemy. Realistically they will not attack us unless they are given russian or Chinese tech. A lot of posturing. Again my opinion.
  6. The house of hair baby! Yeah! Cool to get noticed.
  7. If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it did it make a noise? Nobody there but me. I would scar somebody for life otherwise. Lol. My wife knows I did.
  8. One parent, who did not want to be named, said ... let's shut the whole programm down because one parent wants promiscuous kids. Teaching kids to say 'not yet' is healthy. Kids doing it anyway is not new. Shame and guilt are natural responses to sin.
  9. Good points on stewardship. BTW I am not a nudist but I have skinny dipped before. (And I liked it)
  10. Not sure but the feed started with the Nashville Statement which is very similar to the Proclamation to the World on Family. The PttWoF came out 20 years ago so i am not sure the LDS stance has changed since then nor has the Christian authors of this Nashville stance changed. Now it is put in plain terms. Some might think the church is softening on the LGBTQS issue but I think it is extending the arm further into the abyss to help people come back. But the LDS stance is still firmly against sin. My opinion.
  11. Cool. I guess it is open and freeing to know they are that way. On the otherhand if a person i know, but i assume is straight, sees someone they are attracted to and does a double-take, or stares a little too long at a person they find attractive suddenly this gets wierd. Now I suspect - are they? Arent they? Do i ask? Do i pretent not to know? Does it matter? Telling people you are attracted to the same gender is optional of course. Just like telling someone "I live in a nudist colony (clothing optional resort) every summer." If I know them pretty good and i don't tell them and they find out it gets wierd. But if I tell them it is weird too. I get upset with the whole 'proud to be gay' and 'entitled to be adored by everyone because of my awesome gayness' attitude that is prevalent but I am okay with being told and I am okay if they keep it private. The LGBTQS movement is not all in agreement with each other on all issues. Rational down to earth civil LDS members are the ones that I am generally thinking of when this issue comes up. I have sisters that go to Gay pride parades and are Apologetic and in denial about the LDS proclamation on the family. I detest the progressive left the way they claim that they no longer follow the 'foolish traditions of our fathers'. They act like these issues or their views are new. Like our way is old fashioned. Deviating from gods plan goes back to the war in heavan. Sin is not progressive or progression. I would not disclose a porn addiction if I had one either but I would try not to judge someone if they told me they were addicted to such a thing. Some people want to be open and not ostracized. Others want their sins to piss you off.
  12. Okay I am LDS and active. I follow what the prophet says to the letter. I am a sinner and do not pretend to have all of the answers; the LGBTQS movement is complex and is a civil rights issue. -Seperation of church and state here - civil and civics are public sector not religeous. So if you are gay and you disclose this information in an application or it is obvious because you wear your lifestyle on your sleeve; and you are denied employment, admission to a position, school, or residence based upon your sexual orientation then your civil rights by law are being violated. Certain cases this does not apply. Like when it is not equal opportunity employment, private institutions, etc. Everyone deserves protection from discrimination.
  13. To respond without quoting anybody... If someone tells me they are gay it means they are attracted to their own gender exclusively. It used to be taboo to tell people this. Our awareness and enlightenment on the matter allows more people the luxury of saying it without reprisals. The statement to me does not sound odd anymore than if someone said they are an addict. Not that these are the same. Saying you're Gay is just a disclosure. Being LDS I am inclined to believe that if the person is 'Out' about it they are at peace with this aspect of their lives. They are no longer suffering under the turmoil of what should I do about this 'Problem'. I need to seperate that out this disclosure in my mind as they are attracted to the same sex but that does not mean they are a sinner. Anymore than I am for disclosing my heterosexuality. If they are living an actively gay lifestyle I am a third party observer to this. Their sin is between them and God. I can choose to be myself and treat them the way I want to be treated. (Like royalty) or I can focus on their sin and bury myself in the burdens of judgment that are too heavy to carry around with me. I would rather let God sort things out and focus on my own troubles, you see. Work out my own salvation with fear and trembling. If they ask my beliefs I express them lovingly and unapologetically. Which is what all people truely want. Never tell people what, you think, they want to hear.
  14. I guess that makes us 'Progressives'