"Hold my root beer" - the Russell M. Nelson thread

[SCcoug]

These analogies are great keep 'em coming.

[Pelado]

Here is a simpler analogy:

November 2015:
Prophet: It is God's will that I stab you with this knife
<stabs person with knife>
April 2019
Prophet: God rescinds his policy that I should stab you with this knife
Stabbed person: That is great that you rescinded the stabbing me with a knife policy, but I had medical bills and still have complications from the stabbing. An apology would be nice
Prophet: It was God's will, we don't apologize for God's will.

The damage done by the policy, and the damage was significant, does not just go away by getting rid of the policy. If you want any measure of healing to those damaged, an apology is necessary.

I'm not doctor, but I would think healing from a stab wound is more involved than receiving an apology. In fact, an apology seems pretty low on the list of what's needed to heal a stab wound.

[hostile]

I'm not doctor, but I would think healing from a stab wound is more involved than receiving an apology. In fact, an apology seems pretty low on the list of what's needed to heal a stab wound.

Yet you would be surprised how many people try

[wuapinmon]

Interesting that you're using the term "we" and "our" today when referring to the Church, when yesterday you didn't believe a word of it.

I'm guessing that the Lord will not change His mind on "lawfully wedded" spouses of either gender. It's likely you haven't heard the latest verbiage of the sealing ordinance.

It's my tribe. And, I'll bet you a shiny penny I'm right some day. Also, if you're going to throw rocks at me, cuidado pierde.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I'm not doctor, but I would think healing from a stab wound is more involved than receiving an apology. In fact, an apology seems pretty low on the list of what's needed to heal a stab wound.

Agreed. That is why the stabbed person has medical bills he/she needs to pay.

[Pelado]

Agreed. That is why the stabbed person has medical bills he/she needs to pay.

And an apology is necessary for the stab wound to achieve any measure of healing?

If you want any measure of healing to those damaged, an apology is necessary.

Without an apology, will the wound continue to bleed? Become infected? Lead to amputation? How much can a stab wound heal without getting an apology from the perpetrator?

[wuapinmon]

And an apology is necessary for the stab wound to achieve any measure of healing?



Without an apology, will the wound continue to bleed? Become infected? Lead to amputation? How much can a stab wound heal without getting an apology from the perpetrator?

The pscyhe needs to heal after an attack, I think is where this is headed.

[All-American]

Thanks! I’m not sure it was my best work.

Seeing as how it was your first post, I'd say by definition it was your best work. Certainly your body of work since then (i.e., your second post) hasn't surpassed it.

[Omaha 680]

Seeing as how it was your first post, I'd say by definition it was your best work. Certainly your body of work since then (i.e., your second post) hasn't surpassed it.

Disagree. The second was better than the first. It was certainly more clever.

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[MartyFunkhouser]

The pscyhe needs to heal after an attack, I think is where this is headed.

I will admit it is an imperfect analogy. The stab wound will heal without the apology. Now if you want healing of the relationship between the stabber and the stabbed, that will require the apology.

[Katy Lied]

Church History is rife with incidents of doctrine trumping and then wreaking havoc on social cohesion. WoW, Polygamy, etc created a barrier between Mormons and their neighbors or their apostates. Maybe we'll one day have a new section in the D&C to wit: "And it must needs be that I show them, for a time, the importance of love over doctrine."

[wuapinmon]

Church History is rife with incidents of doctrine trumping and then wreaking havoc on social cohesion. WoW, Polygamy, etc created a barrier between Mormons and their neighbors or their apostates. Maybe we'll one day have a new section in the D&C to wit: "And it must needs be that I show them, for a time, the importance of love over doctrine."

OG troll.

[RC Vikings]

Seeing as how it was your first post, I'd say by definition it was your best work. Certainly your body of work since then (i.e., your second post) hasn't surpassed it.

I expect better from him/her in the future.

[clackamascoug]

Thanks! I’m not sure it was my best work.

Well... at least here it was your "only work" so dimensionaly it was a home run.

I'm kind of disappointed in AA not giving us the heads up on this one.

[Applejack]

It’s amazing, truly.

Hopefully we have now exhausted the possible ways of losing this game and now have no other option but to kick your lily butts.

Not in the present dimension!