http://www.nine-moons.com Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:17:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What critieria do we use to decide who and when we will follow? Ok, the commandments are easy...we'll follow them, or try to. But then again, some us might try to bend them a bit too. This post isn't for defining what constitutes keeping the Sabbath holy, or what's ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/07/02/when-do-we-quit-listening-to-following-the-brethren/ Sometime Bloggernacle commenter Chino Blanco has a post up at the prominent liberal blog Daily Kos encouraging protest of the Church's letter in support of the proposed amendment to the California state constitution. Contra Chino Blanco, I don't consider the letter a betrayal and I don't consider it hypocritical. ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/27/california-mormons-wont-be-cool-with-acts-of-protest-at-their-chapels/ Some people are liberal with their "quote" marks. Others enjoy…the ellipse. I love (wait for it) parentheses. I'm always using them, so much so that when I write something (usually blogs and email) I have to go back and pare down my usage (like every OTHER sentence rather than every ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/25/i-love-not-just-like-parenthesis/ Has anyone else noticed that whenever religion is involved in a science fiction book or movie, the “religious people” are almost always completely bats? And not in the charmingly slightly unhinged way of your local psychic, I mean Jim Jones, cyanide cool-aid, Spanish Inquisition kind of nuts. Same with computer ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/24/just-once-id-like-to-see-a-sci-fi-where-church-people-save-the-world-from-crazed-atheists/ I don't remember exactly when it started but it has finally gotten to the point where it really bothers me. Maybe this came down as a memo from SLC and I missed it or something! Or maybe this is just our ward/stake thing and everyone else is immune. Ok, here it is: the ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/22/does-it-bother-you-like-it-bothers-me/ Usually when I think about the Atonement, I think of it from two different viewpoints. The first is my own---what it means for me, personally. I think about my own experiences with repenting, forgiveness, redemption. The other viewpoint is a general one. I think about the Atonement as an infinite ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/22/christ-died-for-me-and-everyone-else-too/ I'm a visual learner. I also love to spot poetry in everyday situations, objects and people. So, when me and my wife were asked to give a talk on symbols and allegories in the gospel (past and present), a flood of thoughts came into my mind. My wife on the other ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/18/signs-symbols-and-allegory/ True heroism. This scout ranch is about an hour north of where I live. I was part of numerous camps there and a few Youth Conferences as well. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/12/i-will-never-make-fun-of-boy-scouts-again/ Warning: This post is the very definition of navel-gazing. If you're looking for Quality Mormon Content™ you'll find none here. Four years ago I discovered the Bloggernacle and started this blog. I have been a regular participant in the community for years. I wrote a bunch of posts, invited some pretty ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/11/statistical-proof-of-my-laziness%e2%80%a6or-my-evolution-as-a-mormon-blogger/ The bigger the corporation the more opportunity for it to waste money. Each department or division usually has a budget. They try to increase their budget....gives them power. They then make sure and spend ALL of their budget or they lose it. They just completed a remodel of ... http://www.nine-moons.com/2008/06/10/has-the-church-become-too-corporate/