Comments on: Diamonds in the Muck http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:54:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: a random John http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82562 a random John Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:13:01 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82562 queuno, BSG is just too easy. Plus if we discuss it it might cause Languatron to show up... queuno,

BSG is just too easy. Plus if we discuss it it might cause Languatron to show up…

]]> By: JA Benson http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82558 JA Benson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:38:07 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82558 I remember the first time I heard “What if God Was One of Us” by Joan Osborne. I was mesmerize and yet shocked at the frankness of the lyrics. If God had a name what would it be? And would you call it to his face? If you were faced with him In all his glory What would you ask if you had just one question? And yeah, yeah, God is great Yeah, yeah, God is good Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah If God had a face what would it look like? And would you want to see If seeing meant that you would have to believe in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets I remember the first time I heard “What if God Was One of Us” by Joan Osborne. I was mesmerize and yet shocked at the frankness of the lyrics.

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with him
In all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that
you would have to believe
in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints
and all the prophets

]]> By: queuno http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82518 queuno Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:13:36 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82518 My children and I agree that Monday Night Football is so rife with spiritual themes that we need to use it as the basis for our lesson. My children and I agree that Monday Night Football is so rife with spiritual themes that we need to use it as the basis for our lesson.

]]> By: DKL http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82463 DKL Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:08:01 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82463 Jota G, we'll have to agree to disagree about Spiderman vs. Spiderman 2. I liked both of them quite a lot (and Spiderman 3), but I liked Spiderman 2 a lot better. I agree that Batman Begins was very, very good. I thought that it dragged too much in the middle. Plus, though the inclusion of so many classical Batman villains was inventive and well done, I think that Ra's Al Ghul ended up being a less-than-optimal main villain, basically showing up to explode a bunch of stuff at the end and while droning on-and-on about social darwinism. (Social darwinists don't make good movie villains -- I think that's a gospel principle.) I repeat, I <i>really</i> enjoyed the movie, and I bought it on DVD as soon as it came out. I just thought that it didn't make the cut of the top 3 Jota G, we’ll have to agree to disagree about Spiderman vs. Spiderman 2. I liked both of them quite a lot (and Spiderman 3), but I liked Spiderman 2 a lot better.

I agree that Batman Begins was very, very good. I thought that it dragged too much in the middle. Plus, though the inclusion of so many classical Batman villains was inventive and well done, I think that Ra’s Al Ghul ended up being a less-than-optimal main villain, basically showing up to explode a bunch of stuff at the end and while droning on-and-on about social darwinism. (Social darwinists don’t make good movie villains — I think that’s a gospel principle.)

I repeat, I really enjoyed the movie, and I bought it on DVD as soon as it came out. I just thought that it didn’t make the cut of the top 3

]]> By: Proud Daughter of Eve http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82458 Proud Daughter of Eve Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:38:08 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82458 NP, Jota G. I didn't mean to sound like I was coming down on the books you mentioned. I just like to explain too much. :) NP, Jota G. I didn’t mean to sound like I was coming down on the books you mentioned. I just like to explain too much. :)

]]> By: Jota G http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82457 Jota G Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:33:53 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82457 Sorry. Eve, not Even. My bad. Sorry. Eve, not Even. My bad.

]]> By: Jota G http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82456 Jota G Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:28:51 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82456 Daughter of Even (10) - Yes. I generally don't watch TV shows or movies that depict scenes that make me uncomfortable. I have a little more tolerance for novels. A few of the violent scenes described of the Sword of Truth novels pushed the edge for me and I almost stopped reading them. I've gone back and forth in my mind about whether they were necessary to the plot line, or if they were gratuitous. I think they were necessary. There was no other way to cause the reader to understand the pure evil that was being battled. That said, even as good as the novels are, you should not read them if you're sensitive to those issues. Daughter of Even (10) –

Yes. I generally don’t watch TV shows or movies that depict scenes that make me uncomfortable. I have a little more tolerance for novels. A few of the violent scenes described of the Sword of Truth novels pushed the edge for me and I almost stopped reading them. I’ve gone back and forth in my mind about whether they were necessary to the plot line, or if they were gratuitous. I think they were necessary. There was no other way to cause the reader to understand the pure evil that was being battled. That said, even as good as the novels are, you should not read them if you’re sensitive to those issues.

]]> By: Eric http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82442 Eric Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:54:13 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82442 I've written this elsewhere, but I found that the gospel permeated the 2002 film "Changing Lanes" starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson. Taking place on a Good Friday, the film is about the power of forgiveness and the demands of the Atonement. I’ve written this elsewhere, but I found that the gospel permeated the 2002 film “Changing Lanes” starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson. Taking place on a Good Friday, the film is about the power of forgiveness and the demands of the Atonement.

]]> By: annegb http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82434 annegb Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:17:56 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82434 I remember Star Trek used to have a lot of references to the spirit world and eternity. I remember Star Trek used to have a lot of references to the spirit world and eternity.

]]> By: Bookslinger http://www.mormonmentality.org/2008/04/14/diamonds-in-the-muck.htm/comment-page-1#comment-82378 Bookslinger Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:47:03 +0000 http://www.mormonmentality.org/?p=791#comment-82378 PDoE: Re: Spice Girls and agency. Exercising agency is making choices concerning what you "really really want." God judges men according to their desires in addition to their works. <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/137/9#9" rel="nofollow">D&C 137: 9</a> "For I, the Lord, will judge all men according to their works, according to the desire of their hearts." Those who say "I want 'A' right now, but since I know 'B' will be better in the long run (or because 'B' is God's commandment), I choose 'B'" are merely playing a semantic game. Someone who reasons thusly is still both choosing and wanting 'B', or at least wanting 'B' with a greater desire than wanting 'A'. Re: Catholics and pre-existence. I don't know if it's official Catholic doctrine. Or if it's taught in catechism classes. But it's held by at least one of my full-blooded-Italian traditional Catholic friends. PDoE: Re: Spice Girls and agency. Exercising agency is making choices concerning what you “really really want.”

God judges men according to their desires in addition to their works. D&C 137: 9 “For I, the Lord, will judge all men according to their works, according to the desire of their hearts.”

Those who say “I want ‘A’ right now, but since I know ‘B’ will be better in the long run (or because ‘B’ is God’s commandment), I choose ‘B’” are merely playing a semantic game. Someone who reasons thusly is still both choosing and wanting ‘B’, or at least wanting ‘B’ with a greater desire than wanting ‘A’.

Re: Catholics and pre-existence. I don’t know if it’s official Catholic doctrine. Or if it’s taught in catechism classes. But it’s held by at least one of my full-blooded-Italian traditional Catholic friends.

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