Temple in Rome!

I just told one of my Catholic friends to watch out! lol.

“The spiritual benefits of a simplified lifestyle …”

Interesting topic. I’m wondering how he will encourage us to apply this principle …

muahahaha the pope shall obey

didn’t any catch the other site,the greater kc area which includes independence

I just looked up Silvia H. Allred – she’s from El Salvador. I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve heard her speak.

danithew, she speaks annually in the RS mtg, for which you must not be the target demographic.

danithew, when is it not? :)

I keep trying to look up this speaker online – but I can’t seem to get his name spelled right, so that the search will bring anything up.

Okay, found it. Marcos A. Aidukaitis.

I think it’s fine to have a hymn like “Do What Is Right [let the consequence follow]” that advocates a Kantian approach to life, but what about balancing it out with a hymn that has a Bentham-like utilitarian message? Maybe something like, “Do what is right by assessing which approach maximizes aggregate utility?”

The music of the chorus would need to be more drawn out to put all that into it. I know this because I tried to fit it in and, well, it was awkward.

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I really enjoyed the “simplify your life” one because it follows a theme of physical deprivation I’ve been studying on. Really just incredibly interesting stuff. I’m excited for this afternoon, tonight, and tomorrow morning. I have to admit Sunday afternoon and Saturday Mornings are always a bit handicapped for me- the entrance and exits of conference.

When President Monson announced that Rome will be a future temple site, I noticed how that drew the most response from the audience. First there were some very audible gasps, then some uncomfortable sounding laughter. This news will certainly be very interesting once it spreads out and I’ll follow up on the public reactions, especially from Catholics, about this. It is very interesting.

I was listening to conference on the radio, coming home from a Farmer’s Market, when the new temples were announced, and I heard the laughter. I asked Bruce what people found humorous–if President Monson had made some kind of interesting expression. He said it wasn’t really laughter, just joy. Hmmm. Sounded like laughter to me.

Margaret, it was initially just an audible mild rumbling, just the audience’s initial quiet exclamations of surprise. Pres. Monson looked at the audience with an amused expression at their reaction, and then the audience laughed.

btw, if anyone has twitter stamp your tweets with #ldsconf

The Rome temple will be interesting to follow. With St. Peters and the Capitoline Hill architecture done by the likes of Michaelangelo, I would say the church has quite a challenge ahead of them. I can’t wait to see what they do.

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