This was my Earth Hour. Well, not exactly, but I thought about responsibility and loving-kindness. And denounce force and extortion. Decided not to categorize this “Politics” because this is not “politics”, although it is.
Velska's Blog
Thinking and attempting to discuss life, religion and other things that we experience here. I often have a theme displaying my LDS background.
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For Common Good From Tribal Society to a Global One
Tagged with: Book of Mormon, Conservation, Earth, Forgiveness, LDS, Ownership, Poor, Quiestion, Sociology, Stewardship, Theology, Welfare, Zion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
The Co-Eternal Man
From the first lesson: Our consciousness and personality was not created (especially out of nothing), but has always existed; neither can it be destroyed, so there is escape from consciousness; read about the ideas of Eternal Man. Almost managed to stay under 1,000 words, but there’s a long quotation…
Tagged with: Atonement, Consciousness, Eternal Life, Forgiveness, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Mormons, Mortality, Pre-mortal Life, Resurrection, Spirit
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Weaknesses, Temptations And Succor
Weakness and temptation are familiar to you, as long as you are a mortal human being. Take heart, we have an Advocate, an Intercessor, who has suffered more than we ever could imagine, so he would be able to Succor us in our infirmities.
Whether you are nodding your head in agreement or shaking your head in exasperation, feel free to comment. Lately I’ve just been deleting spam…
Tagged with: Accuser, Christ, Conversion, Forgiveness, Guilt, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Mormons, Spiritual Rebirth
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
An Acceptable Batting Average?
Even a lame sports analogy can help us understand things. Check out how batting average relates to our efforts to become better people.
Tagged with: Christ, Faith v Works, Forgiveness, Grace, Lame Sports Analogy, Mormon
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Can I Forgive – And What About Forgetting?
Can I forgive other people – and can I forget. For me remembering what Christ did for me has helped me realize that I should at least make an honest effort. But forgiving does not mean that we have to remain exposed to abuse.
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Take heart, we can learn from our mistakes. In the beginning we were given the freedom to make our own choices, and that means we’ll do things that are against our own long-term interest. We can learn from them. And the Atonement of Christ means that they don’t have to block us from progressing.
Tagged with: Atonement, Christ, Forgiveness, Learning, Mistake, Moral Agency, Plan of Salvation
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
We are planning some action against "Defective by Design", AKA DRM
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Please take a look at Free Software Foundation, Freedom is important for software, too.
