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  • #961
    Originally posted by nikuman View Post
    I was teaching the damn class!!
    Not! You were obviously the one getting learned!

    Now stop falling asleep on the couch so your marriage can be stronger!
    "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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    • #962
      Originally posted by nikuman View Post
      I was teaching the damn class!!
      I'm sorry, but that is just awesome. Mormonism as Spectacle!
      "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
      The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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      • #963
        Originally posted by Goatnapper'96 View Post

        Now saying that there was a signing missionary in Derby when I served there back in '93 who was hyperventilating in the foyer when another Elder in the district was lipsincing "I lost my religion" by REM at Roz Slice's birthday party at the Derby Chapel. So maybe those folks really do believe some of what they say.
        Do you mean "Losing My Religion?"
        "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
        - Goatnapper'96

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        • #964
          I learned that even if you ditch church, err...stay home with the kids because they are sick, the EQP and his counselor will show up at your door and ask if I would be willing to be an EQ teacher.
          "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's a$$, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it". - Tommy Callahan III

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          • #965
            Originally posted by Drunk Tank View Post
            I learned that even if you ditch church, err...stay home with the kids because they are sick, the EQP and his counselor will show up at your door and ask if I would be willing to be an EQ teacher.
            So what did you tell them?

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            • #966
              Originally posted by Brian View Post


              Music that stirs the emotions is not good. Music should only be calming.
              Go to any football game and do "stomp, stomp, clap. stomp, stomp, clap." And everyone will join in. My wife and I turned to each other and mouthed "we will, we will rock you." That song was in everyone's mind the rest of the meeting.
              I have felt feelings akin to "the spirit" at rock concerts, musicals, symphony, etc., as much as or even more than a typical sacrament meeting. Music can be uplifting and still affect us in a positive way. I saw the musical, 'Saving Aimee' a few weeks back and really loved it.

              FTR, I am going to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert this Saturday, and can guarantee I will feel more uplifted at that performance than I feel at church >90% of the time.

              I quit caring what the church teachers thought of my music when my 9th grade seminary teacher attempted to tell us that the music of Rush was 'satanic'. Of course he also said the same garbage about Iron Maiden, among many others. My friend and I asked him to listen to "Alexander the Great", "Flight of Icarus", and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". They are in order, songs about ancient Macedonian history, Greek mythology, and classical literature (poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge). I asked him to show me where those songs were 'satanic'. He said something or other about the beats, the driving rhythm, the guitars, etc., and refused to listen to the songs.

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              • #967
                Originally posted by Pelado View Post
                Do you mean "Losing My Religion?"
                That's the one!
                Do Your Damnedest In An Ostentatious Manner All The Time!
                -General George S. Patton

                I'm choosing to mostly ignore your fatuity here and instead overwhelm you with so much data that you'll maybe, just maybe, realize that you have reams to read on this subject before you can contribute meaningfully to any conversation on this topic.
                -DOCTOR Wuap

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                • #968
                  Originally posted by RC Vikings View Post
                  So what did you tell them?
                  I said yes, but I am not really excited about it, nor am I a good teacher. They didnt care, said I'd do great...blah, blah, blah....
                  "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's a$$, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it". - Tommy Callahan III

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                  • #969
                    Originally posted by Drunk Tank View Post
                    I said yes, but I am not really excited about it, nor am I a good teacher. They didnt care, said I'd do great...blah, blah, blah....
                    Just once a month?
                    Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                    Dig your own grave, and save!

                    "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                    "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                    • #970
                      Originally posted by falafel View Post
                      Just once a month?
                      Yep.
                      "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's a$$, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it". - Tommy Callahan III

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                      • #971
                        We had Stake Conference this last Sunday. We moved into a new house about a month ago and have been out of town about every weekend since. On Friday afternoon, we decided to paint the family room and spent most of the weekend finishing the whole "move in" process. Sunday morning over pancakes, my wife and I looked at each other and said, "We're not going to conference, right?" Not that we would have gone anyway, but it was amazing what the extra day of being able to tie all of our loose ends together made. It left me pretty jealous of those who get to enjoy that on a regular basis.

                        On a somewhat related note, my wife teaches the 6-7 year olds in primary and I substitute for her on a fairly regular basis just to give her a break with some adult time. I've discovered that you can ask these kids all sorts of questions and gain insight into their family dynamics. Given that several of the kid's parents have leadership positions in the ward, it's helped me not worry so much about our family home evening/conference watching/stake conference attending history.
                        I told him he was a goddamn Nazi Stormtrooper.

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                        • #972
                          Originally posted by NorthwestUteFan View Post
                          I have felt feelings akin to "the spirit" at rock concerts, musicals, symphony, etc., as much as or even more than a typical sacrament meeting. Music can be uplifting and still affect us in a positive way. I saw the musical, 'Saving Aimee' a few weeks back and really loved it.

                          FTR, I am going to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert this Saturday, and can guarantee I will feel more uplifted at that performance than I feel at church >90% of the time.

                          I quit caring what the church teachers thought of my music when my 9th grade seminary teacher attempted to tell us that the music of Rush was 'satanic'. Of course he also said the same garbage about Iron Maiden, among many others. My friend and I asked him to listen to "Alexander the Great", "Flight of Icarus", and "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". They are in order, songs about ancient Macedonian history, Greek mythology, and classical literature (poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge). I asked him to show me where those songs were 'satanic'. He said something or other about the beats, the driving rhythm, the guitars, etc., and refused to listen to the songs.
                          Did you ask him to listen to "Number of the Beast"?
                          "Remember to double tap"

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                          • #973
                            Originally posted by Dwight Schr-ute View Post
                            It left me pretty jealous of those who get to enjoy that on a regular basis.
                            Totally agree. I think there should be a GC, SC, regional conference, designated LDS Sunday "vacation" once a month. We purposely schedule our home improvement projects on GC and SC weekends.
                            Originally posted by Dwight Schr-ute View Post
                            On a somewhat related note, my wife teaches the 6-7 year olds in primary and I substitute for her on a fairly regular basis just to give her a break with some adult time. I've discovered that you can ask these kids all sorts of questions and gain insight into their family dynamics. Given that several of the kid's parents have leadership positions in the ward, it's helped me not worry so much about our family home evening/conference watching/stake conference attending history.
                            When I taught primary for many years, I found one didn't even need to ask some kids - they would just tell me stuff going on in their family. For instance - "older sister is grounded for missing curfew and kissing boys", "older brother can't use the computer because he was looking at bad things", and "Mom and Dad are fighting about money". For a time, I had better sources in primary than my wife had in relief society.
                            “Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
                            "All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel

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                            • #974
                              Originally posted by venkman View Post
                              Did you ask him to listen to "Number of the Beast"?
                              That song is awesome. The less he knew, the easier our argument. or so we thought at the ripe age of 14.

                              FWIW, the number 666 is believed to represent the emperor Nero.

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                              • #975
                                Teaching Primary is great entertainment. Previously a couple of our kids told us about their parents drinking 'good alcohol'.

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