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	<title>Comments on: Monday Tuesday Mid-day Theological Poll: Spiritual Self-Assessment Edition</title>
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		<title>By: Elphaba</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/01/27/monday-mid-day-theological-poll-spiritual-self-assessment-edition/#comment-114824</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m with number 8.

I don&#039;t really know.  I have faith that in Christ I will be judged fairly and with mercy and justice both met.

While at Macey&#039;s the grocery store I saw a book entitled: Odds are you will be exalted.  I would have bought it, but I&#039;m not into buying books at the grocery store. Also found this article http://deseretbook.com/mormon-life/news/story?story_id=10505

Believing Christ talks about Christ being infinitely perfect, and us being not perfect.  Infinity + anything still equals infinity, as does infinity - anything still equals infinity. I gain great comfort in that.

And yes, had Adolph Hitler died the day before his eight birthday, he would have gone to the Celestial Kingdom... because he was perfect.  Just as my baby who died not long after birth will be in the Celestial Kingdom.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m with number 8.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t really know.  I have faith that in Christ I will be judged fairly and with mercy and justice both met.</p>
<p>While at Macey&#8217;s the grocery store I saw a book entitled: Odds are you will be exalted.  I would have bought it, but I&#8217;m not into buying books at the grocery store. Also found this article <a href="http://deseretbook.com/mormon-life/news/story?story_id=10505" rel="nofollow">http://deseretbook.com/mormon-life/news/story?story_id=10505</a></p>
<p>Believing Christ talks about Christ being infinitely perfect, and us being not perfect.  Infinity + anything still equals infinity, as does infinity &#8211; anything still equals infinity. I gain great comfort in that.</p>
<p>And yes, had Adolph Hitler died the day before his eight birthday, he would have gone to the Celestial Kingdom&#8230; because he was perfect.  Just as my baby who died not long after birth will be in the Celestial Kingdom.</p>
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		<title>By: FHL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[#78 : I&#039;m guessing He&#039;ll be very busy (but I&#039;m sure He will have time for you, John. In fact, I&#039;m betting you will just crack Him up!)

I think if that really was the question you wanted answered, you might have phrased your question a little differently. Well, there&#039;s always next week. =)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#78 : I&#8217;m guessing He&#8217;ll be very busy (but I&#8217;m sure He will have time for you, John. In fact, I&#8217;m betting you will just crack Him up!)</p>
<p>I think if that really was the question you wanted answered, you might have phrased your question a little differently. Well, there&#8217;s always next week. =)</p>
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		<title>By: b</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[b]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tracy- Always remembering Him is not an attentional promise- your end of the covenant does not require unending prefrontal cortex activity devoted solely to recollecting some cognitive mapping of God or subset(s) of facts about Him.

What you are actually covenanting to do is to make more covenants in the temple, to keep those, to serve God and His children, and to be obedient. &#039;Always remembering&#039; involves these activities. I would kindly suggest you expand your conception of what the term means.

I&#039;m not sure if this is what you meant in your comment, but willing is definitely an important operative word in the sacrament prayers. I agree with you there.

I&#039;m pretty sure that self-views converge as people get closer to Christ.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tracy- Always remembering Him is not an attentional promise- your end of the covenant does not require unending prefrontal cortex activity devoted solely to recollecting some cognitive mapping of God or subset(s) of facts about Him.</p>
<p>What you are actually covenanting to do is to make more covenants in the temple, to keep those, to serve God and His children, and to be obedient. &#8216;Always remembering&#8217; involves these activities. I would kindly suggest you expand your conception of what the term means.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure if this is what you meant in your comment, but willing is definitely an important operative word in the sacrament prayers. I agree with you there.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that self-views converge as people get closer to Christ.</p>
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		<title>By: Tracy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tracy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear B who wrote &quot;I voted A. I take the sacrament worthily.&quot;

Give me some help on &quot;always remember him.&quot; I&#039;m trying right now...oops, diverted to type...trying again...oops, diverted by hunger...trying again...oops, had thought you might think I&#039;m a smart Alec.

I offered to stop, because I can&#039;t seem to &quot;always&quot; remember him, but I was instructed that I should only not take the sacrament if I had a sin worthy of confession to the Bishop, and to focus more on &quot;willing&quot; rather than &quot;worthy&quot;.

Do people of such diverse self-views want to hang with each other in the hereafter? I&#039;ll take the fold out sofa.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear B who wrote &#8220;I voted A. I take the sacrament worthily.&#8221;</p>
<p>Give me some help on &#8220;always remember him.&#8221; I&#8217;m trying right now&#8230;oops, diverted to type&#8230;trying again&#8230;oops, diverted by hunger&#8230;trying again&#8230;oops, had thought you might think I&#8217;m a smart Alec.</p>
<p>I offered to stop, because I can&#8217;t seem to &#8220;always&#8221; remember him, but I was instructed that I should only not take the sacrament if I had a sin worthy of confession to the Bishop, and to focus more on &#8220;willing&#8221; rather than &#8220;worthy&#8221;.</p>
<p>Do people of such diverse self-views want to hang with each other in the hereafter? I&#8217;ll take the fold out sofa.</p>
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		<title>By: anon for this</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[anon for this]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I not only wished to die before I was 8, I tried to find a way to kill myself. I wasn&#039;t depressed, I just thought it would be best to be 100% guaranteed the CK. Thankfully I wanted to do it right the first time, and I didn&#039;t ever find a method I considered to be surefire enough.

These days, I&#039;m glad I didn&#039;t die, but I wonder whether it would have been better from a personal salvation standpoint.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I not only wished to die before I was 8, I tried to find a way to kill myself. I wasn&#8217;t depressed, I just thought it would be best to be 100% guaranteed the CK. Thankfully I wanted to do it right the first time, and I didn&#8217;t ever find a method I considered to be surefire enough.</p>
<p>These days, I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t die, but I wonder whether it would have been better from a personal salvation standpoint.</p>
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		<title>By: Geoff J</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff J]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice question John.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2009/01/on-my-creeping-universalism/787/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I responded to your post here&lt;/a&gt;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice question John.  <a href="http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2009/01/on-my-creeping-universalism/787/" rel="nofollow">I responded to your post here</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Randall</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/01/27/monday-mid-day-theological-poll-spiritual-self-assessment-edition/#comment-114738</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[#80--Fantastic!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#80&#8211;Fantastic!</p>
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		<title>By: meems</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[meems]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I said some kingdom because I assumed that meant some level within the Celestial Kingdom, only because I&#039;ve been baptized and gotten my endowments, and I&#039;m really really hoping Heavenly Father will let me squeak through on those grounds.  But I felt kind of guilty being so presumptuous.

Oh, and I used to wish I would die before I was 8 too.  But when I really started pleading for my own death, was when I used to plead with the Lord to let me die before I started my period.

Oh, wait.  Wrong blog.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I said some kingdom because I assumed that meant some level within the Celestial Kingdom, only because I&#8217;ve been baptized and gotten my endowments, and I&#8217;m really really hoping Heavenly Father will let me squeak through on those grounds.  But I felt kind of guilty being so presumptuous.</p>
<p>Oh, and I used to wish I would die before I was 8 too.  But when I really started pleading for my own death, was when I used to plead with the Lord to let me die before I started my period.</p>
<p>Oh, wait.  Wrong blog.</p>
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		<title>By: b</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[b]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m missing the point as to how pondering your likely trajectory is harmful, ill-advised, or silly.

Maybe a better, less painful question would be to ask:
&quot;With what probability in this life can one know their  position in the next life (excluding the issue of having your calling and election made sure)?&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m missing the point as to how pondering your likely trajectory is harmful, ill-advised, or silly.</p>
<p>Maybe a better, less painful question would be to ask:<br />
&#8220;With what probability in this life can one know their  position in the next life (excluding the issue of having your calling and election made sure)?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: John C.</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/01/27/monday-mid-day-theological-poll-spiritual-self-assessment-edition/#comment-114816</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John C.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To those who have said no, Why do you think that Jesus Christ doesn&#039;t want to hang with you?

To those who have said some other degree of glory, same question.

In asking this, I&#039;m not looking for a litany of your sins.  I&#039;m trying to figure who exactly you think God is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To those who have said no, Why do you think that Jesus Christ doesn&#8217;t want to hang with you?</p>
<p>To those who have said some other degree of glory, same question.</p>
<p>In asking this, I&#8217;m not looking for a litany of your sins.  I&#8217;m trying to figure who exactly you think God is.</p>
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