User talk:74s181

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Welcome!

Hello, 74s181, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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1 Moroni
2 Hint
3 Hello from a flying Brookie
4 WikiProject LDS
5 Your question
6 Thanks
7 Thank you for the good faith
8 Revelation
9 professional clergy
10 Baptism for the dead

[edit] Moroni

Thanks for catching the years - don't know how I missed that. Trödel|talk 03:30, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hint

You might want to move your about me section to your user page, not your user talk page. Your user talk page is generally a place for other users to leave you messages, while your user page is where you put whatever you like. Avochelm 12:33, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ok, still learning. 74s181 13:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hello from a flying Brookie

Brookie from England here - passing through and saying HI! Brookie: A collector of little brown things 15:49, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject LDS

Hello! I noticed you were on the list of members in the LDS WikiProject, and I was wondering if you were still interested in helping out there. You see, over the past few months, it appears that it has slowly drifted into inactivity. But you CAN help. Please consider doing both of the following:

Take ONE thing form the To-Do list and do it. Once you're done with it, remove it from the list, and from the<>{{Template:LDSprojectbox}}<>, so we know its done. Keep the page on your watchlist. We have a backlog going for more than half a year. Please help to work on it, and remove it.
Vote on the LDSCOTF, and work on it!
Tell your friends (esp. LDS friends, & esp. Wikipedian friends) about this WikiProject, and enocourage them to join (and be active).

Remember: your involvement in this WikiProject is just that - involvement! Please help us out.

(Note: I'm sending this out to everyone who's name was on the membership list, so I will NOT be watching this page for a response. If you want to contact me, do it on MY talk page, please.)

Thanks for all that you do -Trevdna 15:49, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your question

I wish that you could see that your question is irrelevant to me, and I believe, only peripherally relevant to the article. I'll compare it to two men with maps. One of them by following his map ends up in Moscow, Idaho. The other ends up in Moscow, Russia. "Who are these crazy people", says the first man, "who say that I am not in Moscow?". "Who are these people", says the second man, "who say that Moscow is in Idaho?". But I'm afraid that you'll take me too literally, even in this. So, I need a break. As a courtesy, please don't ask me questions on the talk page of the article, because they won't be answered. — Mark (Mkmcconn) ** 01:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I just wanted to let you know, it's been really good having you and Storm Rider on the Mormonism and Christianity page. You've made some excellent contributions and it's been nice to have some fellow LDS folks supporting eachother in the work that we're doing there. I'm posting the same message to Storm Rider's page... Keep it up!Mpschmitt1 02:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the good faith

I just wanted to say thank you for your good faith and attitude on the Mormonism and Christianity page. I look forward to continuing to work with you on that page. Vassyana 19:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revelation

Interesting edit on M&C article today. My understanding is revelation is open to all; however, a prophet is one who receives revelation and, by authority, leads and guides the people. The authority, the priesthood, empowers one to preside over the saints. However, all can receive the same truths and understandings. For example, Nephit was not the prophet when he was also given Lehi's vision. It gave him understanding, but did not entitle him to lead the people. I don't know if I have explained myself properly, but this concept does seem to be often misunderstood within the church.

Btw, I do feel that most of our conversations on M&C are saying the same thing, but we are expressing our positions with different terms...a issue of semantics and not principles. Keep up the good work. --Storm Rider ^(talk) 17:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] professional clergy

Just spotted your question to me on the M&C talk page: 'BTW, Wesley, do mainstream Christians see the LDS lack of professional clergy as a significant doctrinal distinction? 74s181 14:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)' To answer, I don't know of any group that treats the issue of paid clergy as a doctrinal distinction. It certainly pales in comparison to issues like the nature of God, the nature of our own salvation and so forth. In Orthodox Christianity, and also in Roman Catholicism I think, there's a very clear line between questions of dogma and questions of 'theological opinion' or best practice. Rules regarding paid clergy, specifics about how best to fast, and many others are I'm sure examples of the latter category. Another example: in Orthodoxy, there's a good deal of lattitude for people to be pacifists, or not be pacifists. Perhaps some of the differences between Mormons and others are not just differences regarding specific issues, but which issues are 'dogma' and which are open to varying opinion. Wesley 17:16, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Baptism for the dead

I don't see anything wrong with the question that you posted on M&C about Baptism for the Dead. That doctrine rang very true when I learned about it as an investigator. IMHO, as long as people realize that the ordinance is an invitation, and that the deceased person is free to accept or reject it, there is less cause for alarm. I think the analogy I gave earlier about an invitation to a family event helps explain the situation: if you have an uncle who probably won't come, do you send them an invitation anyway? If you are talking to a Catholic, I would use the analogy of them offering a mass for me after I've died. wrp103 (Bill Pringle) 14:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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