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by John
Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97245

Re: Gun Control

I have read and very much appreciated the reasoned, measured and compassionate response by Steve. Your focused appeal to Book of Mormon principles has been helpful in processing my feelings, as did the entirely appropriate response from the church to this horrific act. My first thoughts were for the...
by John
Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97245

Re: Gun Control

Despite the attempted preemptive strikes above, let's go ahead and discuss. I'm willing, Betsy, to allow you your pleasure in having rushed to your computer this morning so you could make your digs first and deepest.
by John
Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97245

Re: Gun Control

splenetic vitriol - unbecoming. "...it will do absolutely nothing but cause the Huntington family to dig their heels in deeper in defense of "gun rights". or even worse, that this was somehow "God's plan". How absolutely sickening." This does not in any way characterize...
by John
Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Transgender Bathroom Policy
Replies: 11
Views: 3393

Re: "Dear Colleague Letter"

In light of revealed truth and especially the "Proclamation to the World" and bearing no malice to those who disagree, I see no reasonable justification for a policy that gives license to any one to enter any public bathroom or shower or locker room. Reason dictates that this is a policy r...
by John
Thu May 26, 2016 9:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Socialism
Replies: 248
Views: 37646

Re: Socialism

This remarkable series of talks was delivered at a very turbulent time - the sixties. I have lived long enough to see that turbulence currently being eclipsed. The spiritual decline and the moral decay seems much more broad and deep. President Hunter's warning could not be more timely. And it seems ...
by John
Tue May 24, 2016 9:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Black and White
Replies: 82
Views: 24724

Re: Black and White

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, taught (previously quoted in this thread) “The simple fact is this: anything that does not draw us closer to God takes us away from Him. We have no middle ground, no foggy gray area where we can sin a little without suffering spiritual ...
by John
Mon May 23, 2016 2:21 pm
Forum: Celebrations
Topic: Happy Birthday Oliver!
Replies: 67
Views: 23528

Re: Happy Birthday Oliver!

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by John
Mon May 23, 2016 1:59 pm
Forum: Celebrations
Topic: Happy Anniversary!!
Replies: 130
Views: 35091

Re: Happy Anniversary!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
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by John
Fri May 06, 2016 6:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Board Games vs. Parlor Games
Replies: 6
Views: 1938

Re: Board Games vs. Parlor Games

Actually, many of the parlor games we play can be successful by diminishing the competitive element. When we play, "in the manner of the word", we are not playing for points or to "best" some other person or team, although I guess you could make a claim that the object is to &quo...
by John
Fri May 06, 2016 5:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Control
Replies: 668
Views: 97245

Re: Gun Control

Actually, I think it can (and should) start elsewhere.
by John
Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:27 am
Forum: Celebrations
Topic: Happy Birthday Micah!!
Replies: 57
Views: 18141

Re: Happy Birthday Micah!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
by John
Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:48 am
Forum: Celebrations
Topic: Congratulations Steve and Betsy for graduating!!
Replies: 1
Views: 2007

Re: Congratulations Steve and Betsy for graduating!!

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The deed is done. Onward and upward. Congratulations.
by John
Thu Apr 14, 2016 2:22 pm
Forum: Genealogy
Topic: Ervin family
Replies: 22
Views: 8667

Re: Ervin family

Apparently there's a copy of this book in the Los Angeles Public Library.

as per:

http://www.worldcat.org/title/biographi ... c/25978162
by John
Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:41 pm
Forum: Genealogy
Topic: Ervin family
Replies: 22
Views: 8667

Re: Ervin family

Here is another possibility:
https://archive.org/stream/bowserfamily ... s_djvu.txt

This account speaks of immigrants from the Palatine region coming in 1733.
by John
Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:45 pm
Forum: Videos
Topic: inequality
Replies: 24
Views: 6842

Re: inequality

Another thought in response to: “It is our business to elevate the beggar and not keep him in ignorance… give them the same opportunity that you possess to become independent and self-sustaining, and endow them with all the wisdom and knowledge that they are capable of receiving, and let them increa...