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   by lcall 7y ago

   It seems like this kind of thing is much easier if one has a considered purpose and direction in life, that let one derive joy from making stepwise progress toward those: a vision, strategy, goals, tasks. We all have to choose what we love
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   by lcall 7y ago

   Thanks for that thoughtful and interesting comment. I am very grateful that the Book of Mormon promises that we can find out for ourselves if it is true, if we do it His way. Then, one has independent knowledge and can use it to go forward
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   by lcall 7y ago

   Thanks for your comments. Humans are imperfect, a work in progress. I'm not perfect, I will keep trying. God is perfect. I have learned He lives. I'm glad He is patient, while knowing everything.
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   by lcall 7y ago

   I have learned for myself that God is real. I tried to explain how I know, not that it is proof for someone else necessarily, but (no sales or javascript, hopefully skimmable), for what it may be worth: http://lukecall.net&#x2F
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   by lcall 7y ago

   Maybe it depends on beliefs and definitions. But here is much that we are taught, centrally. We certainly hear a lot about being kind to others, and also that we are not authorized to change God's commandments with respect to the nat
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   by lcall 7y ago

   I think the key difference is that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints doesn't adopt the creeds (like Nicene ... in wikipedia) of the early centuries after Christ. We definitely do believe in the divinity and essential rol
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   by lcall 7y ago

   Update: I found a page with links to their bios (fairly international, if you read down & click photos), that indicate education & prior careers: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/leaders .
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   by lcall 7y ago

   I am just me, not a Church leader, but I think it is for several reasons: 1) prophetically-encouraged preparedness, like in the days of Noah (food storage, avoiding debt, save for a rainy day, etc), 2) to best be able, long-term, to fulfil
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   by lcall 7y ago

   I can only speak for myself, not the earlier post, but I have written about this at length (I hope skimmably), at http://lukecall.net .
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    by lcall 7y ago

    As I have noted elsewhere, I have personally known one where I know for certain his family (also not rich, visited their homes for years) was worried about his old car tires' safety for a long drive home, and two others tangentially wh
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    by lcall 7y ago

    The Church, with the Book of Mormon, are far and away the single best influence in my life. I experience peace amid hard health and other challenges, friends everywhere I go, people who help me and are a good influence, personal guidance i
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    by lcall 7y ago

    I read some of the beginning. I didn't know who he was at the time, just another commuter to me, but I rode the same UTA bus regularly as Brook Hales to work for a time (it traveled through 2 counties across various towns). No glamou
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    by lcall 7y ago

    I'm curious where this info could come from. Like, cars? The quote I heard from one GA (in a newspaper) was "you give them your life, and they give you a car." I once or twice rode in a Church-owned pool car to go to softwa
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    by lcall 7y ago

    Nobody I know teaches that, in that way, but that some opportunities and blessings are gained or lost based on our choices: to say otherwise would be simply deceptive. Most marriages say "until death do us part", or such, or assu
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    by lcall 7y ago

    The law of consecration has been tried, so there is history: while pioneers were crossing the plains (common efforts to care for the migrating poor, planting crops other later travelers would harvest, etc), one source being a somewhat new b
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    by lcall 7y ago

    No, it was "commercial security bank", and it wasn't that long after (I think), that they stopped being on boards. Edit: actually, I could be wrong on that. The Church might have had stock in CSB for all I know. It certainl
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    by lcall 7y ago

    I wonder why this and those with similar comments were downvoted. I have spent some time studying both systems (at 2 universities) and observing over decades, and it looks accurate to me. The law of consecration, doctrinally, in all the s
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    by lcall 7y ago

    When I was very young I worked at a non-Church-owned bank for a while. Thomas Monson sat on its board, or at least showed up to a nice employee dinner/dance I attended. He had a business career before he was a Church General Authorit
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    by lcall 7y ago

    We don't have to be surprised about some of these events, since they have been predicted in the scriptures, for now, for a long time (ice melting, storms, quakes, waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds, fires/smok
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    by lcall 7y ago

    I've found that the "radiodroid" Android app (no affiliation), with very many (thousands of?) internet radio stations listed, is a fun way to explore or find things I know I want to search for, or random things. It is built
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    by lcall 7y ago

    I have learned for myself, that God is real. I explain at my simple, no-JS no-sales site: http://lukecall.net (edit: about 2/3 down that page, or directly at http://lukecall.net/e-9223372036854587400.html
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    by lcall 7y ago

    Others have made good comments. My take (with some experience, and until I read everything else here) is: don't (ever!) give up on life, be patient, be reasonable/honest/kind toward yourself & others, and continue forwar
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    by lcall 7y ago

    Thanks. Can you elaborate, including on what would be a fix for you? For me, the big picture is I organize everything in ways that work well for me, which I have tried to mention on the web site (in screen shots and some org ideas somewhere
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    by lcall 7y ago

    (If one has possible future interest, there is an announcements list, and feedback is also appreciated.)
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    by lcall 7y ago

    If you have possible future interest, there is an announcements list.
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    by lcall 7y ago

    Thanks. That is on the future roadmap (though I have been slow lately): selective sharing/copying/synch. I encourage anyone with possible interest to sign up for the announcements list at least, and maybe decide sometime to help.
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    by lcall 7y ago

    Thanks for the comment. That was debated slightly, in a previous HN discussion, where some pointed out that using browser defaults appeals more (to some people, I don't know if the majority), especially if they have particular needs.
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    by lcall 7y ago

    http://onemodel.org , described elsewhere here and moreso at that site, tries to model arbitrary knowledge and has a vision encompassing any kind of info one wanted to be tracked (again, more at the site). (Edit: If you have pos
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    by lcall 7y ago

    http://onemodel.org , described briefly elsewhere in this discussion page and more at that site, is self-hosted, which today means installing postgres and editing one config file, doing backups & upgrades (but I might be abl
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    by lcall 7y ago

    True; sorry about that. Maybe I should remove that from the web site until I decide better. But the best thing is probably to check the screen shots via the web site, then install/try it if you like... Edit: I have removed mention of