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I don't believe the first century head of the church who was Peter was known as a Prophet. Prophets' and Prophetess' were part of the Hebrew Bible. More likely James the brother of Jesus was a head of the Jerusalem assembly. The gentile assemblies were led by Paul (until they abandoned him). The Je...

I don't think those in Nauvoo could say a public nuisance outweighed freedom of the press. Nauvoo was allowed to obtain a charter as long as they passed no laws that violated the laws of the State of Illinois or of the United States. Abraham Lincoln voted to approve the charter.

It's going at warp speed now. Who ever did it thank you.

Right now there is Brett Ripley, myself, and 238 guests online. How many of these guests are operatives of the Strengthening the Membership Committee? Does this popularity have anything to do with speed? The NOM site keeps going down. Are they victims of the notorious Defending the Faith Attacks? M...

It's been slow. I don't know if it's happening to others. I did a speed test and was at about 35 megabytes per second which is okay for on wireless. I check the Daily Mail which is huge and has lots of annoying pop ups. It loaded quickly. I use a Mac Air Laptop with with M1 chip and 16 gigs of ram. ...

I hope for the best outcome for you. It's possible. I have a family member who I care for dearly who is in a similar situation. Recently she found out the company providing palliative care shut down, and her oncologist wants her to get another one, but the worker of that company said she needs to be...

Delete: duplicate without the corrections that I could observe.

Question: are these exceptions to when the juvenile court can take custody of children? Yes and No. I’ll give you the beginning in the ‘1990s in a few parts: In general CPS in one California County will remove the children, place them with relatives or shelter care, write a report* describing the i...

I wish Marcus the best. The spring of 2023 was not a good time for me. Marcus and many others were very patient. The patience/gift were charity and I thank Marcus and the others involved for their kindness. Thank you for your kind words, yellowstone!! Hope this spring is a better time. Please stay ...

ajax18 wrote: "Jesus is no communist." Written a lot better than I could do: "The story of Ananias and Sapphira is found in Acts 5, and it is a sad story, indeed. It actually begins at the end of chapter 4 with the description of the early church in Jerusalem, a group of believers so filled with the...