Just a thought. He who chooses to live life by adherng to principles has an easy life because he who lives by principle has 99% of his choices already made.

To be fair though.... Really [Obama]'s more Marxist/Communist/Socialist/Liberal/Progressive than anything else.
His hatred of America and wanting to make it low comes more from that than anything else. He's mostly only Muslim because of how he was raised and his belief structures, not that he's entirely Muslim alone. So, I wouldn't be surprised if he said it in private to show that's who he is "inside", in contrast to what he shows on the outside.

"Seems to me it's evidence of the weakness of their position when they have to tilt the playing field so far in their favor." ~ jwhitlock, 6/13/2010

"I am certainly not bothered at all by the very distinct possibility that Joseph incorrectly assumed that the name he had received by revelation (Shulem) was contained in the characters above the figure. After all, it is the text of the Book of Abraham that was always his primary focus. In my judgment, his work on the facsimiles was secondary in nature, and although he demonstrates definite strokes of inspiration in the process of working with them, I don't consider them of the same stature as the text of the Book of Abraham; I don't believe they were ever intended to be regarded as highly, and they probably should never have been included in the canon along with the text of Book of Abraham. At some point in the future, I wouldn't be surprised to see the "facsimiles" removed from the formal canon of the church."

Let's be honest. We love the MADhouse.

(Nehor may be the best)

If a "Prophet" is ever wrong, then he isn't acting as a prophet/Prophet, so you are okay then.

"The last time I saw stats (and it's been a while) children in interfaith marriages didn't choose religion at all let alone pick one. If your parents don't think it is important enough to back one religion then obviously neither one really matters." ~ Juliann, 6/6/2010

So, the only way I can communicate to my daughter that my religion matters is to stop bringing her to church with me and allow her to be raised exclusively in the LDS church.

Makes perfect sense.

There seems to be not a few good and faithful members who have been troubled by the policies and practice of the Church and its leaders (both past and present), and this to the point where these members, in their position of relative ignorance and lack of authority, have felt themselves in a position to counsel and criticize both God and the bretheren. And, when things don't seem to go as they believe they ought, and even when things do eventually come around to their way of thinking, they may become disgruntled and even loose faith.

The wonderful news is, there is relief for these good and faithful members. God, in his infinite wisdom and love, has put his perfect Son in charge of the Church, and his Son has establish his kingdom on earth, where admittedly fallible leaders are called by revelation and inspiration, and where each member is given their own respective stewartships and responsibilities and accountabilities. In short, God has established order and lines of communication and authority.

What this means is, when the Church leaders sets forth a practice, then all of the why's and wherefore's are really between them and God. They are to answer to God and not to us, for what they do in their callings. Since it isn't our responsibility, we can be greatly relieved to know that we don't need to capreciously make their business our business, or steady the ark of their stewrtship. We can unburden ourselves from the unwarranted responsibility of usurping their authority, and can be relieved to know that we can swallow our pride, trust in God, and concern ourselves with minding our own business. In fact, it is preferred, and works bests for all parties, when we do mind our own business--which entails striving to grow ourselves towards becoming like Christ, and to assist others within our stewartship to do likewise.

So, ye who have been heavily ladened by wrongfully taking upon you God's and the Church leader's business, lay it all at Christ's feet. Let him make your burden easy and your yoke light. Trouble yourself no longer with things that don't concern you. Rest your mind instead simply on what you have been called and are intended to do.

Those who wish to attack the true Church of Jesus Christ will find (or invent) reasons to do so- no matter how many you take away.

Throwing our earlier leaders and beliefs to the wolves in the hopes that they'll suddenly like us is futile, intellectually dishonest, and morally indefensible.

Appeasement is the way of the coward- the Danes knew it, as should any reasonably serious student of history.

"Once you have paid the Danegeld, you're never rid of the Dane."

Someone who is willing to belittle the Church in order to win a pat on the head from the rabid apostates, or to throw the Church under the bus to win the fawning approval of Babylon will be willing to surrender much more if the stakes are higher.

We used to call such people "collaborators" and "Quislings"- now they presume to lecture us about propriety and being "open-minded" and "true Christians".

Surrendering one's principles, one's dignity, and licking the boots of tools, pawns, and sons of Perdition is NOT how one "endures to the end".

Trouble yourself no longer with things that don't concern you.

When you take out the emotional sentiment of the issues, there are a number of pro issues.

1) It prevented the Church from segregating in a time in America where Racism and segregation was rampant.

2) It kept the Church from doing intensive missionary work in many areas of Africa where Missionaries were seen as political pawns of colonialism and oppression. Allowing the Church to enter a generation after all the colonial upheavel when sentiments were more condusive for the growth of the Church there.

3) It tested the faith of all the members of the Church.

bcspace:

“I believe resurrected people… will be fully functional with regards to sex.”

“I just can’t see us standing around [in Heaven] doing nothing all day but playing the harp and eating at the buffet while never getting fat.”

“How is Christ historical if the Book of Mormon is allegorical or fraudulant?”

“God does justify killing others.”

“Ours is the only Christian doctrine that makes any Biblical sense.”

“True Christianity (LDS) will have it’s ups and downs but will survive as it has never been one of control or beholden to dogma that conflicts with science.”

“Liberals, socialists, marxist, feminists, homosexuals, pedophiles, Fatah, Hamas, Hizbollah, Al Qaida, antiMormons, Carter, Clinton, Johnson etc…”

“Ding dong the witch [Senator Ted Kennedy] is dead!”

“Of course now I’m free to teach that homosexuals are not normal healthy people without any opposition.”

There are just too many.

Sa-weet! Good quotes those, especially if you know the context. Thanks!

I think it's pretty funny you think context would save any one of those quotes,

I don't think they need saving. Notice that I didn't say they needed the context, only that they would be better within such context. There is nothing about those quotes by themselves to be embarrassed about.