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by lcall 6y ago
I believe that many belief systems have some truth and some good, and that we will be judged based on our choices relative to what we know, and that all will have the right info & opportunities, eventually. Edit: My faith says: "Ke
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> But that's a bit beside the topic, the point of which being that relatively few wards operate in the way you describe - and that the way said wards do operate makes Mormonism a potential avenue for exploitation. I suppose if one l
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I think the bit about smoke was meant somewhat flippantly, to make a point and remind folks not to be wrongly judgemental. But as I noted elsewhere, being so is a sin and and I suppose church is for even the self-righteousness type of si
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Thanks. (You didn't exactly ask, but fwiw for anyone reading: there are key doctrinal differences, like the belief that the "trinity" are really separate divine persons, united in purpose; and that the pure doctrine and aut
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Speaking as a Church member, we are often taught to not hate or mistreat anyone, that such is wrong -- in the scriptures, the Handbook and General Conference, repeatedly, long-term, clearly and consistently. Individuals still make their ow
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The Book of Mormon says, IIRC 2 Ne 9: "Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell." This life isn't always fair, but we can trust Him to get it right in the end -- the important thing is that we are honest and n
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(Edited.) That sounds sad. I have found (the easy way and the hard way) that God is just and merciful, and expects us to be kind & honest, and trust the final judgement to Him. I'm under the strong impression that our local and gen
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Actually, I am not aware of anything anywhere that says that about the 1800s as the Church's stance, but rather that we should keep God's commandments (such as those the Lord gave in the sermon on the mount (meekness, the Golden R
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ps: the Handbook that desribes Church discipline is available online to all, and such discipline requires witnesses or confession (edit: or evidence, probably); so fabricated accusations, while probably painful, won't cause excommunica
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Actually, I think there are some factual inaccuracies here, but I'm going to avoid a contest that resembles "no, you provide more references", and say what I know personally from long observation. I'm a lifelong, devoted
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I just typeahead something to give a beep or popup with text, like with a little script. :) Seems others here all have their own way to do similarly. ps: maybe sem-related: for things that I want to run a long time ad want them to use les
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While it is important to be good stewards and not pollute etc, I don't think we are competent to solve climate issues as a whole, when we can't trust each other to keep our word (so much of the time), and especially when we have r
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Just some thoughts, I can be wrong, and I probably have much less in-depth knowledge of the attack. To call it the largest & most sophisticated ever seen sounds like ignoring some that others have mentioned here, and the fact that we do
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I think it was: In the 1840s, someone saw that things looked to be going really well in Nauvoo, Illinois, and asked Joseph Smith how he governed the people there so well. He said ~ "I teach them correct principles, and they govern the
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I wonder if concierge medicine ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concierge_medicine ) would fit what you describe. I don't personally know enough to discuss its pros/cons extensively though.
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...and it's a nonprofit who has been delivering results. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civica_Rx
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There is a similarly interesting, nonprofit drug company that is trying to resolve shortages and price problems, and where the founding hospital system is also a nonprofit with a very good, long-term reputation (and good personal experience
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Some are helpfully pointing out here that the web is now used for both A) content delivery and B) app delivery, and the B parts are hard to do w/o JS. I tend to browse with JS disabled as a default (images too, that's another conv
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Really, things are stressful for many now, but they can be OK if we do what is right. A few specifics: I deeply believe, with some reasons, that the US Constitutional principles and some other good things will continue to be in place in th
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Going out on a limb here I know, but I think among the very most important things we can do are to be good to our families, and continuing to practice at honesty and treating others the way they would want to be treated. Those things seem
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For switching around quickly among multiple xterm instances that I keep running, all the time, and searching history. I used to heavily use konsole but found that switching to xterm + tmux was lighter-weight (fewer extras to install), fast,
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The tmux default is C-b which hasn't yet conflicted with anything for me (and I am very keyboard oriented). But the other suggestions might be just as good or better.
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Currently for finances, I tend to prioritize and "reduce and simplify" and habitually look at all costs as "do I really need this?" as they relate to my long-term goals. But in the future I hope to need more accounting
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Agreed. I gradually morph that to-do list into pseudocode and that into code, sometimes in a comment block. When in the code and need to jump around different thoughts all in progress, I also tend to put "%%" and/or "%%
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For reference in case useful, though I haven't even read their site carefully: https://stonecutters.law/ They say "Stonecutters publishes legal forms and clauses for other legal craftsmen to incorporate by refer
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Also possibly of interest, though I haven't even read their site carefully: https://stonecutters.law/ They say "Stonecutters publishes legal forms and clauses for other legal craftsmen to incorporate by referenc
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Yeah. Maybe they get used to the majority of patients who don't want to read things, and systems even reflect that. I watch the displayed fine print just in case it actually says something, but maybe I should ask more questions. Once
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Yah, it is hard. Sometimes I thought afterward that I was a jerk (or someone else was). Live, learn, practice as we go sometimes. Frankly I applaud you for efforts at being honest and reasonable at the same time -- it is not a skill we a
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Happens in doctors offices too. Now I try to request all paperwork in advance so I can read. At one (where I thought highly of the doctor who seemed very kind and competent), 2 people in the front office insisted to me that the "othe
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https://tosdr.org/en/frontpage https://www.thewindowsclub.com/summary-of-terms-and-conditio... And elsewhere in this discussion is a list of prior such discussions that might mention others (you could

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