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- Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:13 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Abortion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3060
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:30 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Vegetarianism and LDS doctrine
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2921
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:00 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Vegetarianism and LDS doctrine
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2921
Vegetarianism and LDS doctrine
Reading the church doctrine on this (e.g., the word of wisdom) it seems that one possible conclusion is that we should be vegetarians. I mean, we're taught to eat meat sparingly and only in times of famine, and with the ability to get food grown from a variety of different places around the world, r...
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:24 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: A question stemming from Board Question #54287
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3943
I have been aware of the proceedings of several church disciplinary councils (note: they don't call them courts anymore), and have realized that, at least in the ones I've been aware of, excommunication is a last resort. However, this is the Lord's church, and the policies and procedures therein are...
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:12 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: Abortion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3060
The argument that's always made the most sense to me is this one (although, I was looking for the reference, and couldn't find it, so maybe someone with better searching skills could?): Without the spirit, we are just lifeless husks. We cannot move, act, or do anything. Hence, once an unborn child i...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:30 am
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: What girls find attractive in guys (53162)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13539
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:27 am
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: What girls find attractive in guys (53162)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13539
Not at all. I'll give you an example. My mother is a convert to the church. My grandmother, a member, was baptized after the death of her first husband, and has since remarried to a man who is not LDS. He, now deceased, drank, smoked, cursed, and generally did most of the things that we in this chur...
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:44 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: #53721 Disobeying "unjust" laws
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2436
It might do well when considering such (that is, when we desire to use our allegiance to God as reasoning for disobeying earthly law) to be absolutely certain that is why we are disobeying this law. I think only direct conflict with revealed doctrine (whether revealed through the prophets, scripture...
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:44 pm
- Forum: Reader Response
- Topic: What girls find attractive in guys (53162)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 13539