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It is true we have no statement from Peter making this claim. That fact would be more significant if we had statements from Peter omitting or denying this. We have no such statements. We just have Paul's report. With Peter's track record in the "denying" department, not sure we'd be able to rely to...

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you, Dr. Kish, as well as to everyone here on the forum

Per the OP's Source Article in Deseret News , Japan will be opening up a new mission: Asia North Japan Sendai. The Japan Sendai mission was its own entity for a good 40 years until it got absorbed into the Tokyo North and Sapporo Missions in 2019. Five years later, it looks like it will be back in b...

I'm a counselor at an in-patient treatment center for adults with substance use disorders. Most of our clients are either referred from off the streets or from the Department of Corrections. What you have been describing is not uncommon where I work. I know that what you are going through is no fun...

Last night I had that sleep thing again. Although not as bad. I could hear the kids playing but I knew it wasn't real because they were in bed so I just tried to ignore it. Then I heard foot steps approaching and heard the bedroom door open and then the wave came over me with the buzzing and tingli...

7. At the same time, Christianity does hold onto Judaism’s religious exclusivity and rejection of other religions and gods. This results in the Roman god Jesus ejecting all of the other gods from the Roman pantheon, leaving Jesus as the only Roman god. Why did all of the other gods vacate the premi...

For numerologists, it may be notable that Nelson's badge number 60278 is June 2, 1978. That date is 1 day after the June 1 revelation to end the priesthood ban was given. The revelation would be announced on June 9, 1978 at general conference. Perhaps, in the course of events, Nelson was consulted ...

In the latest GC, Pres. Nelson told a faith-promoting story about paying tithing. The story goes, he was earning a meager $15/mo as a medical intern when his wife, Dantzel, asked if they were paying tithing on that stipend. He said no, was challenged to do so, and began paying $1.50/month. The act,...

Gabriel, You’ve posted some beautiful examples of Cézanne‘s work. Thank you for highlighting his talent. : ) Ditto! Great thread, Gabriel. Thanks Guys. I am certainly no expert on Cézanne; but lately, during the course of my reading I have been noticing his name pop up more and more – Hemingway and...

Compress_20230920_081626_6265.jpg Ernest Hemingway compared his writing to Cézanne’s landscapes. As he describes in A Moveable Feast , I was "learning something from the painting of Cézanne that made writing simple true sentences far from enough to make the stories have the dimensions that I was tr...