tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238029942024-03-05T22:45:30.929+00:00The Grumblings of a GeekSaxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.comBlogger1939125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-9029934285930124512015-05-14T20:07:00.000+00:002015-05-14T20:07:11.109+00:00Just give them enough timeI am have been finding it really rather annoying on facebook at the moment with what seems like endless frothing of the mouth of the new uk government.<br />
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That and the desperate attempts to prove now those gosh darned tories are the majority they will be doing evil despicable things, with out any cute minions or much of a plan.<br />
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And they've managed to do all these evil things in just five days apparently. So what will the next five years be like? Because after all it states this on facebook so it must be true.<br />
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For example, there's that evil plan that someone has linked to that shows the Tories are going to end council tenancies for life and according to the new report they are planning to do this very soon in..... 2010.<br />
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<i>Wait a second...............</i><br />
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And lets not forget the plan they are looking at to make the school day nine hours long. And as the news report says they are looking at this for their 2015 election manifest when the report was first published in January 2014.<br />
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<i>Hang on......</i><br />
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Then there's that righteous indignation about the delivery man pictured outside of number 11 downing street with a whole trolley full of expensive champagne that the tories ordered to show we really ain't in the together<br />
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<i>back in 2004 when labour was in power....</i><br />
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Okay so the only thing I have learned from all of this is that it's possible to get really filled full of righteous indignation really easily.<br />
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and secondly people are really impatient.<br />
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They've been in power a week. People. A week. They have stopped patting each other on the back yet.<br />
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Give them time.<br />
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Their politicians after all.<br />
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Some decision will be made by them soon enough that is so stupid it annoys all of us ;-)<br />
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give them time ;-)<br />
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-74500280611902234352014-06-30T18:38:00.001+00:002014-06-30T18:38:05.747+00:00More brains!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-12760411614793146362014-06-30T18:27:00.002+00:002014-06-30T18:28:30.548+00:00Brains....!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-91624186242158077102014-02-03T21:41:00.001+00:002014-02-03T21:41:45.388+00:00Sometimes the best shots just come from being in the right place at the right time <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-72936371964994283912014-01-31T23:23:00.001+00:002014-01-31T23:23:38.577+00:00It's raining, it's pouring and nothing further to addOkay so this winter has not been cold but it has been something else.<br />
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It's been wet.<br />
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And when I say wet that is quite possibly a massive understatement. The pond is over flowing, the garden path is rapidly disappearing under murder and we're starting to get great puddles of water forming at points on the path down the side of the house.<br />
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It just doesn't seem to stop raining.<br />
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Now our standard refrain is that at least it's not snowing otherwise we would be royally ...... in trouble.<br />
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But at least if it was snowing things would look pretty, they would look nice and I could take pretty pictures.<br />
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With the rain and the mud it's just bleugh.<br />
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Which might sound somewhat disappointing and blunt but there really is no other word to describe the weather right now.<br />
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Also I discovered my shoes leak.<br />
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a lot.<br />
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When they say it never rains but it pours, they really weren't kidding<br />
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-51591742587874299612014-01-30T21:57:00.001+00:002014-01-30T21:57:27.681+00:00I really should know betterWell 2014 has gotten off to a great start.<br />
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And for once I mean that in a totally serious non sarcastic way.<br />
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Yes it's rained, and rained oh and rained just a little bit more, but the downsides have been more then countered by the plus points which in no particular order include studio photography, a steampunk theme shoot and another mid singles events where I actually danced.<br />
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I'll say that again a mid singles event where I actually danced.<br />
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A lot.<br />
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And know you're not dreaming that did actually happen.<br />
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But you know what they say about pride coming before a fall...<br />
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You see, I'm part of a mid singles group on facebook and a thread was started by a member from the USA about how he felt abandoned when he moved into SA and no longer supported as he couldn't meet girls in his age group, etc etc.<br />
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So knowing this story myself all too well, I tried to give advice which mainly boiled down to, don't stay inside get outside!<br />
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Now, I should have known better then this because your not going to get reasonable measured discussions in the internet will you?<br />
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Yes it basically ended up with me being accused of being a hypocrite and being in danger of falling off my high horse while I cackled aloud whilst sitting in my ivory tower as I went to all the mid singles activities.<br />
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The person doing the accusing was a married woman mind you so what she was doing in a mid singles group I have no idea and quite how I can go to activities whilst staying in my ivory tower whilst sitting on a high horse I have no idea.<br />
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But I decided to take the universes hint and get back inside my box.<br />
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in my life I know enough crazy people without going onto the internet to find more.<br />
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Later folks!<br />
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-66586574438389653992014-01-30T21:00:00.002+00:002014-01-30T21:00:18.052+00:00A whole new meaning to down in the engine room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-53926250568278666412014-01-30T20:59:00.001+00:002014-01-30T20:59:26.369+00:00Steampunk Blacksmiths<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-1875810782747265132013-11-20T21:29:00.004+00:002013-11-20T21:29:37.994+00:00One way to make a impression<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-35628497140704228092013-11-20T21:29:00.001+00:002013-11-20T21:29:20.185+00:00Steampunk races<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-82609415233669890172013-11-20T21:27:00.003+00:002013-11-20T21:27:38.469+00:00The Lady is a Vamp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-74508809723587505352013-11-20T21:27:00.001+00:002013-11-20T21:27:21.399+00:00Santa has a plan to deal with the naughty list<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-28567683685814343382013-11-20T21:24:00.003+00:002013-11-20T21:24:56.447+00:00In among the shades<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-16582684173062795112013-11-20T21:23:00.003+00:002013-11-20T21:23:51.888+00:00The darkness and the light<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-27215821998200791092013-11-20T21:23:00.001+00:002013-11-20T21:23:19.269+00:00The Elf princess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-25511790823057901992013-07-23T20:36:00.001+00:002013-07-23T20:36:48.553+00:00Dancer in the Dark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-24471780079680428922013-06-17T20:30:00.002+00:002013-06-17T20:30:25.193+00:00Not just four candles, but lots of candles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-25452786186295856652013-06-17T20:26:00.002+00:002013-06-17T20:28:30.557+00:00Whitby wonders ( reposted from my photography blog :-)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">
<span style="background-color: white;">They say weddings can be good for networking. Well the wedding I shot back in March certainly lead to one payoff that I certainly hadn't been expecting.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The bride put me into contact with another photographer she was friends with who attends a club in the Nottingham area. Now I have been looking for a decent club for a while, the first one I had attempted to join was a bit of a disaster and the only other club nearby well if I joined that I'm certain I would have lowered the average age by about 30 years or so.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Mind you there were some bad sides. Firstly it was a long trip to whitby made longer by multiple roadworks and secondly it was a early start. A Very early start. In fact so early my first thought on waking was " Shouldn't it be illegal for this time to exist on a Saturday morning?"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">However we were quickly taught why these complaints are somewhat justified as when we stopped and had our first bash at politely asking people ( a whole family in steampunk costumes) we were stunned to suddenly find ourselves surrounded by at least half a dozen photographers who had appeared out of nowhere, swooped in and promptly disappeared without saying a word to the subjects. In fact one of the firls from our group got smacked over the head by someone else's lense, who was then promptly more concerned about his gear as opposed to her head!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now the next weekend is in November which I seriously want to attend as I am now much more confident in my skills in street photography and I really want to get some more shots for my portfolio, as short of several sgteampunk and goth obsessed people joined my work or church, there's nowhere else I'm going to be able to get shots like that! </span></div>
Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-84669141444698419762013-06-17T20:24:00.001+00:002013-06-17T20:25:35.636+00:00The preston temple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-20344425328576515852013-06-17T20:23:00.002+00:002013-06-17T20:23:51.491+00:00My latest talk<div class="MsoNormal">
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When I first received the call from Brother Liddicott,
asking me to speak my Dad asked me what I had been asked to speak about. The apostasy, I responded. Oh that’s easy he replied, I can help you
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Apostasy I corrected, not apostles. Oh, was the response,
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So what does Apostasy mean?<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">
The English word "apostasy" derives from the Greek<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>apostasía</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>apóstasis</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>("defection, revolt") It can
mean "to stand away from," and Thus an apostasy can be an active,
collective rebellion or a "falling away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Teach my gospel further
defines apostasy as<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whenever people choose to disregard, disobey,
or distort any gospel principle or ordinance, whenever they reject the Lord’s prophets,
or whenever they fail to endure in faith, they distance themselves from God and
begin to live in spiritual darkness. Eventually this leads to a condition
called apostasy. When widespread apostasy occurs, God withdraws His priesthood
authority to teach and administer the ordinances of the gospel.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pattern of prophetic dispensations through it’s recorded history, detailing
prophets who are called by God to start a new dispensation of the gospel and
were granted priesthood authority and had eternal truths revealed to them.
However in each of these dispensations the people used their agency to choose
to reject the gospel and fall into apostasy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The apostasy I will be
speaking about today is referred to as the Great apostasy and occurred after
the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">But why do we focus so much
attention on this one instant of apostasy among others. Well I found it is
summed up best by Kent P Jackson in his article from the December 1984 ensign.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span>“<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Church of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://mormon.org/jesus-christ"><span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jesus Christ</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">of Latter-day Saints has proclaimed to the
world consistently since its beginning that there was an apostasy of the church
founded by Jesus during his Palestinian ministry and led by his Apostles
following his ascension.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><sup><span style="background: #F9F6ED; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></sup></span><a href="https://www.lds.org/ensign/1984/12/early-signs-of-the-apostasy?lang=eng#footnote1-03181_000_003"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><sup><span style="background: #F9F6ED; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></sup></span><span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a fundamental belief of the
Latter-day Saints. If there had not been an apostasy, there would have been no
need for a restoration.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As the church grew strongly and flourished with thousands of jews and tens of thousands
of gentiles converting to Christianity
following the ministry of Jesus <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> It gave testament to the great zeal with which
the apostles worked to spread the church through the world,</span> for example
in Acts 5:14 it states</div>
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“<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“believers
were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> but even by this point there were several
statements made by Jesus and his apostles about the future of their work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In Matthew 24 9-11 Jesus Prophesied</div>
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<span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Then shall they deliver you up to be
afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my
name’s sake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“And then shall many be offended, and
shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“And many false prophets shall rise,
and shall deceive many.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This verse alongside others indicates that the apostasy was
not a sudden event that occurred with the death of the apostles and the
authority they held. It was a process
that began from within, a internal wound caused by the rejection of true
doctrine by members of the church. What must have it been like for these early
apostles to know from their own prophetic utterances that the end results of
their efforts foretold tragedy. In short they knew the church would fall into
apostasy after their time.</div>
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We also see reference to this internal wounding in Acts 20:
29-31 when Paul made the following prophecy to the Elders of Ephesus.</div>
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“ For I know this, that after my departing shall grevious
wolves enter in among you, not sparing this flock, also of your own selves
shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them”</div>
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In Andrew C Skinner’s article from the December 1995 ensign
he refers to this passage of scripture as a chilling warning by Paul of things
to come to a growing body of disciples that he had grown to love so deeply. He
also refers to this passage of scripture as</div>
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“<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This may
be the most pointed and succinct description in all scripture of how the great
apostasy of the early Church came about.<span class="apple-converted-space"> “<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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This passage also makes it clear that apostasy was an
internal phenomenon and was born of certain members desires to exalt
themselves. Brother Skinner also states that </div>
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“ Nephi <span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">may
have labeled it something else (that is, priestcraft), but he outlined the same
basic ingredient of apostasy—pride.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As it
states in 2<sup>nd</sup> Nephi, 26:29<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">““He [the
Lord] commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts
are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they
may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In the second Thessalonian letter, Paul taught that the day of
Christ’s coming would not take place until the “falling away” and the
revelation of the “man of sin,” “the son of perdition.” (</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-thes/2.3?lang=eng#2"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">2 Thes. 2:3</span></a><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The term “falling away” may give the incorrect impression of a
process of drifting or gradually losing ground. The original Greek term,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="emphasis"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">apostasía</span></i></span>(from which we have the English word
“apostasy”), means something much more drastic. Ancient sources use the term to
describe political rebellion and revolution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And in 1 Timothy 4:1-3 Paul prophesied concerning the
departure of some of the saints from the faith</div>
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“<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Now the
Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” (</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-tim/4.1?lang=eng#0"><span style="background: #F9F6ED; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">1 Tim. 4:1</span></a><span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.)</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><sup><span style="background: #F9F6ED; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">”<o:p></o:p></span></sup></span></div>
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Paul’ final prophecy can befound in 2<sup>nd</sup> Timothy 4
3-4</div>
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“<a href="" name="3"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></a><span class="verse"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">3 </span></span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">For the time will come when they will not<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">a</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/4?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">endure</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">sound</span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">b</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/4?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">doctrine</span></a><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">; but after their own<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">c</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/4?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">lusts</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">shall they heap to themselves</span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">d</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/4?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">teachers</span></a><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">, having itching ears;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="" name="4"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></a><span class="verse"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">4 </span></span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">And they shall turn away<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="clarityword"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">their</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ears from the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">a</span></sup><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/4?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">truth</span></a>, and shall be turned unto<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">b</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/4?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">fables</span></a><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“</div>
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But it was not just Paul who prophesied of the forthcoming
apostasy, in 2<sup>nd</sup> Peter 2: 1-3 Peter prophesied</div>
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“ But there were false prophets also among the people, even
as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable
heresies, even denying the lord that bought them and bring upon themselves
swift destruction</div>
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And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of
whom the way of truth shall be evil spoke of”</div>
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However of all the apostles it is Paul who is perhaps the
best witness of the eroding forces working on the foundations of the church, as
stated by S Kent Brown in his article from the October 1988 ensign</div>
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“<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One
impression that his letters give is that he and his companions spent
considerable energy trying to smother the flames of apostasy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The death of the last of the apostles and the authority they
held did not mean an end to Christianity. However their death did meant the
loss of Paul had called the foundation of the church in Eph 2.20</div>
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“<span class="verse"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></span><span style="background: #FEFBBF; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">And are built upon the foundation of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">a</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/eph/2.20?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">apostles</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: #FEFBBF; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> </span></span><span style="background: #FEFBBF; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">and</span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">b</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/eph/2.20?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">prophets</span></a><span style="background: #FEFBBF; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><sup><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">c</span></sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/eph/2.20?lang=eng"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">corner</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><span class="clarityword"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">stone</span></i></span></a><span class="clarityword"><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">;”</span></i></span></div>
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Many early Christians worked in the face of horrifying
oppression and persecution and by the end of the 2<sup>nd</sup> century
Christianity was truly a prominent force. </div>
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However this early saints did not have the same apostolic
Authority, that John, paul and their breathern had and in their quest for
doctrinal understanding their turned to other sources, which lead to the loss
of many plain and precious truths. </div>
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In his article in the November 1994 ensign, Elder M Russell
Ballard states that </div>
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<span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">History tells us, for example, of a great council held in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="small"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">A.D.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>325
in Nicaea. By this time Christianity had emerged from the dank dungeons of Rome
to become the state religion of the Roman Empire, but the church still had
problems—chiefly the inability of Christians to agree among themselves on basic
points of doctrine. To resolve differences, Emperor Constantine called together
a group of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://mormon.org/jesus-christ"><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Christian</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">bishops to establish once and
for all the official doctrines of the church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Consensus did not come easily. Opinions on such basic subjects
as the nature of God were diverse and deeply felt, and debate was spirited.
Decisions were not made by inspiration or revelation, but by majority vote, and
some disagreeing factions split off and formed new churches. Similar doctrinal
councils were held later in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="small"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">A.D.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>451,
787, and 1545, with similarly divisive results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This passage gave me Pause Brothers and sisters, we often
express our thanks for the priesthood and the blessings that its authority can
bring into our lives as well as our families. But do we always realise just how
far those blessings reach? We have the scriptures and we receive revelation
through a living prophet on the earth today but do we also realise the
blessings that come from our lesson manuals?
Can you imagine what it would be like trying to hold a meeting
influenced by the majority?</div>
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<span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During the
first several centuries of apostasy, the major doctrinal disputes centered on
the Savior’s resurrection and the exact nature of his mission—the very points
on which the Apostles were charged to testify. (See<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/acts/1.8,21-22?lang=eng#7"><span style="background: #F9F6ED; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Acts
1:8, 21–22</span></a><span style="background: #F9F6ED; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.) We can
see how serious the absence of the Apostles became, since such issues continued
as centers of controversy among Christians until the fifth century<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="small"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">A.D.</span></span></span></div>
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As Christianity moved into the time referred to as the Dark
Ages , the beautiful simplicity of Christ’s gospel had been lost behind
doctrine that was more popular opinion then revelation </div>
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However in 1517 a german Priest named Martin Luther was
moved by the spirit, after being disturbed at how far the church had moved from
the teachings of Christ, to start a work that would lead to a reformation that
was taken up by other visionaries such as John Calvin. </div>
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Their work would begin to bring about a religious climate
that would inspire early explorers and the founders of America, to ready a land where a young 14 year old boy
after reading a passage in james would retire to a grove of tree’s one
beautiful spring morning to receive a vision that would herald the restoration
of the gospel , the formation of the only true and living church on the earth
today, and let us know a significant and eternal truth. The heavens are not
sealed and god still communicates with mortals as he did in ancient times.</div>
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Elder M Russell Ballard stated about the following about the
apostasy and restoration;</div>
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either the gospel has been restored or it has not. Either the Savior’s original
church and its doctrine were lost or they were not. Either Joseph Smith had
that remarkable vision or he did not. The Book of Mormon is another testament
of Jesus Christ or it is not. Either the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ
was restored to earth through God’s chosen latter-day prophet or it was not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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complicated than that. Either these things happened just as I have testified or
they did not. As a latter-day Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, my testimony,
and the testimony of millions of faithful members of the Church the world over,
is that what I have told you this morning is true. The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints has been restored to the earth through Joseph Smith and is
administered today by a living prophet. These things I know!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I am thankful for this opportunity to have spoken to you
today Brother and Sisters, I have to admit when I first got the assignment and
looked at it, I was certain I would find difficulty in finding enough to speak
about. But I was wrong and was once again taught their lesson that when it
comes to things in the gospel, there is always something new to learn. </div>
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Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-15753928874305278652013-02-18T21:03:00.003+00:002013-02-18T21:03:31.135+00:00Any guesses to what this is?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-33215323107342779572013-02-13T22:46:00.001+00:002013-02-13T22:46:44.270+00:00Worst timing everIt's been snowing again today.<br />
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Although not a lot, just that light kind of persistent snow that you know is not going to settle and you look out the window and wonder what's the point of light snow.<br />
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Anyway of course for it to snow, it has to be cold.<br />
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And what could be better, then after a long day at work you come home to a nice warm house.<br />
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Indeed, What could be better?<br />
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Well I'll tell you what's worse, coming home to find that the boiler has been classified as defunct, as it has been leaking a very small bit of gas, meaning it's had to be shut off until a part is replaced, meaning no hot water and no central heating.<br />
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Did I mention it's snowing outside?<br />
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Which means we are having to rely of some heaters that tap dance used to use at her cottage, which means at least certain rooms are warm.<br />
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Or warmish.<br />
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so could be worse.<br />
<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-57439970171763511442013-02-05T21:14:00.000+00:002013-02-05T21:27:42.528+00:00Shuffling the decks... erhh I mean deskswell it was moving day at work again.<br />
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But not just for me. Oh no.<br />
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Our whole team was moving.<br />
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And not just our team.<br />
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Our whole department was moving in what was a swap with another department on the far side of the building.<br />
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Which sounds simple. But it's not really because you have to give enough time for people to be able to clear their current desk, move across the building, get reset up and logged in whilst making sure enough people are still logged in to take calls.<br />
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So it was rather a masterpiece of precise timing and co-ordination.<br />
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That is when the IT systems decided to play nice.<br />
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Still it also lead to one of the most random comments of the day when we suddenly heard from beneth one of the girls desks as she was tidying out the rather random phrase of<br />
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" I've found a farm yard animal under here"<br />
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Later folks<br />
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<br />Saxonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300193799498133584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23802994.post-15807992763148457312013-02-03T19:34:00.001+00:002013-02-03T19:34:48.066+00:00Vital statsI don't know if I've mentioned this but I am now on the Elders quorum presidency.<br />
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Which meant I had to be released from my previous calling as ward missionary.<br />
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And release me they did. Twice. Now I'm not sure how that happened, maybe I'd just done that good a job they wanted to thank me twice, maybe they just wanted to be sure they were rid of me :-) Or maybe someone just forgot to take if off the paperwork.<br />
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Who knows?<br />
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Anyway we have been doing a lot of talk about home teaching, and all this talk about stats inspired me to have a look at the stats for my blog to see just how people are finding me.<br />
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It seems in the last week the top keyword searches that led people to me are<br />
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<li>south park doctor who</li>
<li>lightsaber cats</li>
<li>only wakko pictures</li>
<li>warbuggy</li>
<li>young single and mormon bbc</li>
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<li>battlewagon</li>
<li>cat with lightsaber</li>
<li>lightsaber duel</li>
<li>cat lightsaber</li>
<li>lightsaber cats</li>
<li>lightsaber cat</li>
<li>doctor who rory</li>
<li>kitty wardwell</li>
<li>ramblings-from</li>
<li>snoopy doctor who </li>
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So it seems I am attracted a lot of star wars fans who also have a thing about cats. However the one which really baffled me is Kitty Wardwell which after a google search transpires is a murder victim whose body was found after being stored in a freezer for 28 years</div>
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What the heck????? How do searches regarding a murder victim bring people here? </div>
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That;s somewhat distrubing</div>
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