08-19-2008, 03:18 AM | #31 |
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You know, your comment that people don't get exed for thinking was so ludicrous and patently ahistorical you had me wondering.
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08-19-2008, 03:25 AM | #33 |
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LOL.
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08-19-2008, 04:15 PM | #35 | |
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Actually I think there is no way you will state it to your bishop the way you have stated it here, how you feel about the Prop 8 amendment. You will puss out and go all weak sauce about how you feel about it, telling him that you are questioning it, in a way that there would be no possible repurcussions, that's the way I think you will put it to him. If you came across to him as strong as you do in here, its possible you will see problems. Blast away, but you know that is the way you would do it. |
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08-19-2008, 04:28 PM | #36 |
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Bishops based on my experience are pretty sharp people. They are not oblivious to the fact that a good number of their congregation are not comfortable with the effort to marshall the troups.
On the other hand, Bishops are extremely loyal or faithful. In a situation like this I would call it loyal, but have no problem with those who want to classify it as faithful. Therefor they will fully support the effort and even if they personally have misgivings will not let that be known to their flock. Loyalty or faithfulness if you will, far outweighs personally feelings amongst most Bishops, IMHO. |
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I guess i dont get where you are going with this. When we are in our TR interviews, they are mostly wanting a Y/N response. When they ask about Chastity, they want our overall best answer. Maybe I am missing the boat, but do people go into extensive detail about every impure thought they have had since their prior interview? Do they express sincere repentance and shed tears because they may have not been completely honest in their dealings? I don't go to my TR interview to argue and debate. I simply go to answer my questions and say hi to the SP. I definitely plan on asking about how my stance towards Prop 8 would affect me in the Church. If you are claiming that I will not get angry and argue with my SP, then you are correct. That isnt part of my plan.
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Because you are not a hand, you do not belong to the body. And never mind that Paul goes on to write that, "On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensible, and those members of the body that we think less honoroable we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect; whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it." (1Cor. 12:22-26, NRSV) Wouldn't a deep, thoughtful discussion of this passage be refreshing right about now?
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Now of course you won't do that, even though you have NO PROBLEM doing it in here, see the difference? Show us that you aren't just a weak sauce pussy, that you are a man of conviction, that you aren't a lemming who just toes the company line, drop that bomb on him and then tell us the response you get. |
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