Tue - Sep 30, 2008 : 02:29 pm
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Mosiah : 18 - 20
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I read Mosiah 18 yesterday and found that due to the mindset I'm having now of an overall perspective, it was hard to get into all the details of what Alma was saying. This is a great chapter for new members, or people who are trying to understand baptism.
One question I have always had with this scripture is, "Where did Alma get the ...
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Sun - Sep 28, 2008 : 05:53 pm
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Sept. Overnighter
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On Friday, around 4:00pm, Bill Hoopes and I took our teachers quorum up to camp out up Hobble Creek canyon. It was pretty fun. (This is going to be rather dry because I'm so tired)
Anyway... We had a great time. Kaiden, Jake, and Josh came with us to camp. Bill brought his awesome dutch oven skills, and I brought, um...
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Fri - Sep 26, 2008 : 11:52 am
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Mosiah : 16 & 17
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Trying to read this section of Mosiah as a whole concept, rather than nitpick each individual nugget of doctrine has given me a new appreciation for how stupid people can be.
Seriously... How could a person or people be so dense as to burn someone at the stake who, 3 days previous, had the power of God upon him to the degree that nobody wan...
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Thu - Sep 25, 2008 : 02:05 pm
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Mosiah : 15
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Ya know... After reading this through, with the previous chapters I've read in mind, I think I'm understanding a bit more about what Abinadi is talking about.
The wicked priests quote him the scripture in Isaiah which says that prophets are supposed to proclaim peace in order to basically tell Abinadi off, because he was definitely not proc...
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Wed - Sep 24, 2008 : 03:02 pm
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Mosiah : 14
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One question comes to mind this time reading chapter 14 and the beginning of 15.
Why in the world did Abinadi think these priests could understand what he was talking about?
An interesting perspective can be had when the audience of each scripture is considered.
The thing I don't get about these chapters (14 and 15), is that the doctrine A...
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Tue - Sep 23, 2008 : 03:02 pm
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Mosiah : 13 - "Touch Me Not"
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Ya know... The first verses of this chapter brought back some well-known stories of Mormon culture. The most potent one being the experience Joseph Smith had in a Missouri jail surrounded by a mob of people cursing and glorying in their raping, murdering, and wickedness against the Mormon people.
Parley P. Pratt said the following in ...
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Mon - Sep 22, 2008 : 08:40 am
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Mosiah : 12
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I wonder if Abinadi's disguise was due to him not being welcome in the city anymore, as in, he couldn't get in at all without it. Dunno... Just a thought.
Also, I find it quite prophetic for Abiniadi to be using the analogy of a piece of cloth in a hot furnace, as far as the worth of King Noah's life. He could have just as easily used...
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Thu - Sep 18, 2008 : 03:27 pm
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Mosiah : 11
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Ya know... The first thing that hit me while beginning this chapter was this: How in the world did Noah get selected to be king?
I mean, really. Verse 1 lets us know Zeniff had at least two sons. Could his other son be that much worse than Noah was? Burning a prophet of God at the stake? C'mon...
I w...
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Tue - Sep 16, 2008 : 10:21 am
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Mosiah : 10
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The first thing I noticed this time reading this was that even though the Nephites under Zeniff were at a time of peace, after the war, Zeniff was diligent in continuing his building of weaponry. Not sure why that struck me this time, but the very first verse jumped out.
Maybe it's because they didn't make any assumptions about their enemy....
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Mon - Sep 15, 2008 : 11:10 am
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Mosiah : 9
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While reading this chapter, the first thing that stood out to me was a misconception I've had about Zeniff going back to the land of Nephi.
I thought, until about 10 minutes ago, that Zeniff tried to go inhabit the land twice, when in reality, the first time he was by the Lamanites, he was spying on them. Nothing too earth shattering, just ...
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Mon - Jul 27, 2009 : 12:14 am
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Great Sunday!
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Ya know... Today was a good Sunday. In church, we learned about trials, and the nature of them - why God gives them to us, and why we need them. D&C 58 1-4 is a great reference if you're looking for some good stuff on trials. We talked a lot about Zion's Camp, and the general tendency the early saints had toward generati...
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Tue - Sep 08, 2009 : 10:12 am
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Hard Drive Crisis
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Okay... So three days ago (that would be Saturday morning), I found that my server was having weird problems. I was getting an I/O error when I tried to start a movie for my daughter. Yeah, that can't be good. I'd seen that problem before when LVM got out of sync somehow (after about 6 months of uptime), and decided to reboo...
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Mon - May 07, 2007 : 04:55 am
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RPM Insanity - Postfix + Courier + MySQL
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Okay... I don't have a lot of time to write, but for goodness sake, if I didn't - I'd be doing myself a great dis-service.
I just spent the past 6 hours trying to follow a simple tutorial to get MySQL authentication against Postfix + Courier so I could setup an emergency email server our company desperately needed since Friday.
I woke up this mor...
Wed - Jul 30, 2008 : 01:08 am
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Diving Into ATI
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Okay... Ever since Nvidia came out with their Geforce series, I've been hooked. I've built upwards of 100 systems in my life (family / friends / work) and out of those, about 90% of them use Nvidia video cards. I also highly prefer AMD. In fact, the very first computer I built was an AMD K6-2 250MHZ machine with ...
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Tue - Sep 04, 2007 : 09:51 pm
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Old Fisherman's Grotto
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We just got back from a wonderful dinner at The Old Fisherman's Grotto on Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey California.
The halibut was quite wonderful, but not nearly as good as the side-dish of clam chowder I got. It really was fantastic.
If you're ever in Monterey, CA, you simply have to get a bowl of that chowder. It's quite amazing....
Personal
Sat - Mar 06, 2010 : 10:41 am
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Helaman : 1
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Interesting that, again, the pride of one man seemed to be the reason of much wickedness and death. If Paanchi would have just accepted the rule of his own brother because he was voted in by the majority, I'll bet the whole war with Coriantumr wouldn't have happened.
That being bad enough, doesn't hold a candle to what happened with Kishkum...
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Mon - Apr 16, 2007 : 11:45 pm
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My Mustang GT has gas. (85 octane, that is)
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Since I purchased my 2007 Mustang GT in January of 2007, I've been putting 85 Octane gas in it. I didn't notice any pings, nor anything else to make me think I was putting the wrong gas in it. Well, my dad was in it two days ago and asked me what gas I was using. When I told him, he couldn't believe I would do such a thing. Well....
In my defe...
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Sun - Mar 20, 2016 : 12:11 am
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Singing In The Celestial Room
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So, I don't have near the time to dedicate ato this right now as I should, but I'm gonna need half-a-day to get it all out.
Yesterday (Friday) I had a 'dress rehearsal' for the Temple Choir, and the singing in the Celestial room was indescribible. It was amazing to sing there, and the acoustics were wonderful. But the thing I k...
Personal / Provo City Center Temple / Spiritual
Mon - Dec 29, 2008 : 03:50 pm
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Christmas 2008
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Hmmm.... It's hard to write about something so wonderful when I'm not in the mood... But I've found that when I feel like "blah", and I write about something wonderful, I usually am feeling closer to wonderful when I'm done... So, here goes.
First off, I'm at work, so I don't have any pictures, but I'll update it when I get...
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Sun - Feb 14, 2010 : 11:28 pm
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Happy Valentine's Day
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I spent today away from my sweetheart, so I thought I'd see what kind of a "1 day love song" I could write to her. So, I took approximately 5 hours and wrote her a love song.... or something... It's my first attempt at recording myself playing guitar, and the lyrics consist of 8 whole words. So... Here ya go. ...
Life / Personal
Tue - Jun 09, 2009 : 06:58 pm
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Bath / Mohawk Sam
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Man... I've got to settle on which type of keyboard I'm going to use. I can't be switching keyboards from work to home and back. I might have a nervous breakdown.
Anyway... We just got done bathing Samuel, and these pictures were too cute to idly pass by.
You can see that the mohawk has been successfully passed on ...
Family
Sat - Jan 04, 2014 : 11:21 pm
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My testimony (Godhead)
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"How have you been changed by knowing the Godhead?"
To be honest, I don't think I would recognize myself without the relationship I have with God, through prayer, with Christ through his atonement, and with the Holy Ghost's comfort and guidance.
Knowing the Godhead,to me, means that I have an incredible force behind my righteous choic...
Personal
Fri - Aug 24, 2007 : 11:51 pm
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State of gentoo
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Today at work, I happened to stumble upon a blog which I've never read, or heard of. This is a shame because this blog happens to belong to a person who is very important in my life. A person I've never spoken to, met, seen, or otherwise had any contact with at all.
His name is Daniel Robbins (drobbins).
Daniel Robbins created gentoo ...
Gentoo / Linux
Sat - Apr 03, 2010 : 10:35 am
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Conference Notes 1
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The opening talk by President Monson was inspiring. I love how he talked about his wife, the stories of them meeting, and the fact that her parents were converted to the Gospel by his grandfather's brother. (I'm amazed he knew that, by looking at his photo!)...
Also.. When Pte. Monson said that the presidency loves all those of t...
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Fri - Jun 12, 2009 : 02:20 pm
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Vista Dualboot Gotcha
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I recently bought a Toshiba Laptop (a Satellite A305-S6916), and with it, came Vista Home Premium.
I, of course, immediately wiped the hard drive clean, took a shower for having touched a computer with Vista pre-installed on it, then proceeded to partition it, and install gentoo Linux on it.
The compatibility with Linux of the peripherals on th...
Computers / Linux / Microsoft
Mon - May 14, 2007 : 12:07 am
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Is "Love" really all we need?
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The answer to that question in today's world is "Not on your life." However, in a perfect utopia, the answer would definitely be, to a degree, "yes".
A couple of days ago, I was really gettin' down into myself and thinking about things, when I started thinking about the state of the world. Holy cow, that could open, not only a can of worms, but ...
Mon - Nov 19, 2007 : 01:51 pm
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Temple Worthiness
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Continuing in the tradition of weekly fasting, church this week was very enlightening. Sarah and I decided to go to a new "marriage and family" class instead of the usual gospel doctrine lesson, and I'm quite glad we made that decision.
Lately, temple worthiness hasn't meant much to me. There's more to that story, but that's...
Lds / Spiritual
Tue - Mar 08, 2011 : 12:20 pm
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3 Nephi : 30
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So, I'm pretty sure these words are being spoken to us, the Gentiles, and they are meant for people living now. The last chapter was spoken to those who would be alive during the coming of the Book of Mormon, and it doesn't seem like this chapter deviates from that.
Interesting that included in the list of "wicked ways" is t...
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Tue - Apr 14, 2009 : 11:40 pm
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Alma : 23
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Ya know, I thought up until now that verse 6 refers only to the people under the reign of king Lamoni. Evidently, it was everyone under the king of the entire Lamanite nation. Amazing, amazing missionary work.
Heh... Yeah... In reading the rest of the chapter, it pretty much names exactly the cities which were converted. I guess...
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Mon - Dec 15, 2008 : 05:53 pm
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Alma : 2
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I find it interesting the way they referred to Nehor in verse 1: a man "after the order of the man that slew Gideon by the sword, who was executed according to the law". Why didn't they just say "Nehor"? Especially seeing that writing in plates was so hard.
In verse 10, Mormon notes the intent with which Aml...
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