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Tom Bryant · Mar 17, 2012

webdog said: ↑

Thanks...today's the day I found out we were having a baby, her birthday's in November
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I knew I read something about it on FB. Celebrate twice then!

Iconoclast · Mar 17, 2012

saturneptune said: ↑

Of course, notice that is just one month after Mitt Romney is elected President. Maybe the angel Macaroni will bring back the golden leafs and cash them in for $1700 an ounce before the end.
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I guess it is safe to say that you did not ...experience that burning in the bosom when you looked at the book of mormon:laugh::laugh::laugh::wavey:

Burning in the bosom

Nihil turpius quam cognitioni assertionem praecurrere. [Cicero, Academica, i. 45. "Nothing is more shameful than to affirm before knowing."]
One of the foundations of Mormonism is its insistence that a person seek the truth by praying for a private, special revelation from the Holy Spirit [1]
"In answer to our prayers, the Holy Ghost will teach us through our feelings and thoughts... Heavenly Father will answer their prayers, typically through feelings of their hearts and thoughts in their minds." (Preach the Gospel, p. 39; this is the "2004 handbook utilized by the Mormon missionaries") [7]
What they receive is sometimes called a burning in the bosom as a confirmation of truth. Mormons frequently appeal to James 1:5 for this, especially given that their founder, Joseph Smith, claimed that this was the verse and method he used for finding the truth. This is often accompanied by the insistence that one suspend judgment of his or her religion (even in the face of its historical and theological problems) until he or she has read the Book of Mormon and received, by prayer, a special revelation from the Holy Spirit of its truthfulness.

Missionaries, for example, ask Temple Square visitors, "How do you feel when you are on Temple Square?" Missionaries are instructed to teach potential converts that certain feelings are from the Holy Spirit (any negative feelings about the religion are presupposed to be not of the Spirit). They are also discouraged from investigating Mormonism's history, doctrine, and the claims of its detractors. Supreme emphasis is put on the prayer and the subsequent "burning in the bosom". If one prays and does not receive the appropriate "testimony", one is encouraged to pray more sincerely. The absence of an emotional confirmation is seen not as a testimony against Mormonism, but rather against the sincerity of the one praying.
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Alive in Christ · Mar 17, 2012

We know from the scripture that when Christ returns EVERYONE will know it.

Regarding preliminary events that *might* or might not, be signs....the Mayons, Christian prophesy experts, people like us. etc etc etc are free to speculate to our hearts desire.

Personally. I think we are close to the end, but regarding how close, your guess is as good as mine.

saturneptune · Mar 18, 2012

Alive in Christ said: ↑

We know from the scripture that when Christ returns EVERYONE will know it.

Regarding preliminary events that *might* or might not, be signs....the Mayons, Christian prophesy experts, people like us. etc etc etc are free to speculate to our hearts desire.

Personally. I think we are close to the end, but regarding how close, your guess is as good as mine.
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That is a good conclusion. The only thing I would add is that I would expect any day other than 12-21.

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