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

[smokymountainrain]

creekster, in your opinion was the policy preventing children of gay parents from getting baptized, god's will?

[creekster]

creekster, in your opinion was the policy preventing children of gay parents from getting baptized, god's will?

I don't know what God willed. I remain open to the possibility that there was some reason for the policy, that it served some purpose that I don't or can't see or that in the long run, and God's game is over centuries, not just a lifetime, it changes some condition or circumstance that serves His purpose. But I will say that I did not like the policy and I never received a confirmation that it was a good idea nor do I see it as consistent with God's core doctrines, which I think are eternal. Like I said, I am very happy for these changes.

[creekster]

I agree with you when I accept what you mean by changing your mind.

FWIW, I don't see God as an omniscient being in the way he is typically portrayed in Christendom.

[smokymountainrain]

I don't know what God willed. I remain open to the possibility that there was some reason for the policy, that it served some purpose that I don't or can't see or that in the long run, and God's game is over centuries, not just a lifetime, it changes some condition or circumstance that serves His purpose. But I will say that I did not like the policy and I never received a confirmation that it was a good idea nor do I see it as consistent with God's core doctrines, which I think are eternal. Like I said, I am very happy for these changes.

Lol. Freaking lawyers. I asked you a simple yes or no question and certainly (intentionally) didn't ask you what you know.

Having said that, while annoyed a tad that you dodged the question, at the same time i appreciate the thoughtful response.

[creekster]

Lol. Freaking lawyers. I asked you a simple yes or no question and certainly (intentionally) didn't ask you what you know.

Having said that, while annoyed a tad that you dodged the question, at the same time i appreciate the thoughtful response.

I answered your question succintly in the first sentence. You could have stopped reading at that point.

[fusnik]

I answered your question succintly in the first sentence. You could have stopped reading at that point.

I don’t really post anymore but wish you would stop posting.

[ByronMarchant]

God is clearly confused about how to deal with gay people.

[ScoopJahoop]

Faulkner was verbose; you seem a little terse, more Hemingwayish.

I’ve always fancied myself a mix of Steinbeck and Homer

[All-American]

I’ve always fancied myself a mix of Steinbeck and Homer

Now THAT is your best work.

[wuapinmon]

I’ve always fancied myself a mix of Steinbeck and Homer

I'm a mix of Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Horacio Quiroga, and John Kennedy Toole.

[creekster]

I'm a mix of Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Horacio Quiroga, and John Kennedy Toole.

A confederacy of non-dunces.

[creekster]

I don’t really post anymore but wish you would stop posting.

Noted! Perhaps someday all your wishes will come true. But not today.

In contrast, I think it’s nice to have you back.

[Moliere]

I don't know what God willed.

The church's official position is that God willed it.

[creekster]

The church's official position is that God willed it.

Yes but he asked my opinion.

[ScoopJahoop]

I'm a mix of Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Horacio Quiroga, and John Kennedy Toole.

I didn’t realize we could have four. I’ll add John Grisham and Michael Stipe.