Bond...James Bond wrote: I was using the global "We" which is of course allows exceptions on the economic or beauty or religious hierarchies. Some have reached a few levels of Enlightenment higher than others. Not that I have, I'm still a poor soul down a few levels on alot of hierarchies.
Ah, gotcha. Well, I'm working on not being petty and vindictive.... I'm working on enlightenment...
Moniker wrote:Ah, gotcha. Well, I'm working on not being petty and vindictive.... I'm working on enlightenment...
Aren't we all.
First step is admitting the problem...
This is true.
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
-- yet, I also know how to be the best I can be without any supernatural promptings. :)
But... if God himself could tell you, whisper in your ear, the best way to improve yourself would you not want that?
Well, sure. If God could whisper in my ear and tell me how to improve myself I would listen. Then again, ya'll would miss me 'cause if I start hearing God I don't know if they'll let me have my laptop in my padded room. :P
Gazelam wrote: When one becomes a member of the church, they are either adopted into the House of Israel or they begin to come into their family heritage.
A member of the church goes through the same struggles as any other person in the world, but we ask God to hold us to a higher standard, to expect more from us. In return we receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost, which slowly teaches us to recognize his promptings. If we follow these promptings they act as personal scripture to us in guiding us into being more Christlike.
It is not that we are better than anyone else. Its that we have set ourselves on a path that has the potential to make us truly great. And it is a path that God takes an active interest in, it is His church, and His plan. And we are His children who have sought him out and made ourselves a part of his life. We have accepted his invitation.
Gentiles are not a part of this, and we seek them out and invite them. Its not that we are better, but we know how to be the best we can be.
Is it just me, or does this sound like he's reading from the rulebook (or perhaps a character background supplementary) of some new, cheesy and doomed to fail role-playing game?
Whatever it is, it's most assuredly contrived silliness. It's hard to imagine he's actually serious about this.
Baptism gives you a +3 Con bonus, receiving the Holy Ghost gives you a +2 on Will Saves. The Priesthood gives you an array of divine spells that scale with your virtue points. The Temple Endowment gives you a +5 bonus on using the Divine Communion Spell and gives you an extra use per day. Marriage gives you a -2 penalty to your Charisma score but gives you a +10 bonus on afterlife and resurrection rolls.
Being a born Israelite gives you a +5 to your Sense Spirit skill and being a Gentile gives you 4 extra skill points (in the name of balance).
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo