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by John
Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:36 pm
Forum: Genealogy
Topic: Ervin family
Replies: 22
Views: 8675

Re: Ervin family

Stunning to me. Dillingen was one of the towns/villages part of my area when I served in Bad Nauheim a few miles north of there. I had to pass through Dillingen whenever we had to go to Frankfurt for conferences. And Griesheim is a section of Frankfurt just west of Sachsenhausen where the mission ho...
by John
Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:34 am
Forum: Celebrations
Topic: Happy Birthday, Mom
Replies: 70
Views: 24835

Re: Happy Birthday, Mom

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HAVE A LLOVELY BIRTHDAY!
by John
Mon Jun 27, 2016 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Evolution
Replies: 169
Views: 35510

Re: Evolution

I think that "equal but different" is apt.
by John
Mon Jun 27, 2016 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Evolution
Replies: 169
Views: 35510

Re: Evolution

I am happy that we have members of the family engaged in scientific endeavors. Ann and Micah are engaged in medical science; and by extension, under a larger umbrella, we might place Margaret's interest in Yoga there. James is in architecture, Steve and Edward are interested in educational science. ...
by John
Mon Jun 27, 2016 8:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Evolution
Replies: 169
Views: 35510

Re: Evolution

And another thing. Einstein was a very different kind of scientist than Darwin.
by John
Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Evolution
Replies: 169
Views: 35510

Re: Evolution

If you can hear me way up there on your pedestals, I like science, too. And scoff at no one interested in it. I have heard the leadership of the church throughout my life note the benefits to mankind offered by the scientific advances of the ages. The mention of Einstein in a church publication come...
by John
Sun Jun 26, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Self-righteousness
Replies: 63
Views: 18447

Re: Self-righteousness

I think that frequently righteous people are mis-labeled as SELF-righteous by their detractors. I wonder if accusing someone of self-righteousness is, itself, ironically self-righteous?
by John
Sun Jun 26, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Self-righteousness
Replies: 63
Views: 18447

Re: Self-righteousness

Betsy: "If a person is acting righteously they wouldn't be doing anything that would upset another person)." Actually, I do NOT believe this to be always true. Prophets are constantly doing and saying things that upset other people. Joseph Smith and Moses and Alma and Ezra Taft Benson and...
by John
Sun Jun 26, 2016 6:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Active Listening: More than just paying attention
Replies: 18
Views: 4972

Re: Active Listening: More than just paying attention

Again, Elder Bednar specifically addressed these kinds of episodes: When we believe or say we have been offended, we usually mean we feel insulted, mistreated, snubbed, or disrespected. And certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean-spirited things do occur in our interactions with other...
by John
Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Self-righteousness
Replies: 63
Views: 18447

Re: Self-righteousness

Yes. This is a principle we were all taught in our childhood. Whether we actually learned it, is another matter.

HUMILITY=TEACHABILITY.
by John
Fri Jun 17, 2016 5:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Images of Christ
Replies: 91
Views: 18433

Re: Images of Christ

newly found images. I love these Russian painters. This one is Ivan Kramskoy
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by John
Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Carl Jung
Replies: 74
Views: 17268

Re: Carl Jung

Shakespeare, as ever, eclipsing Jung.
by John
Tue Jun 14, 2016 1:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fatherhood
Replies: 11
Views: 2453

Re: Fatherhood

Would you care to offer some examples of a distinction between struggling and stumbling?
by John
Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97276

Re: Gun Control

I love you, Betsy.