A Brand New Year 2009 3 - Say Yes

https://beta.lds.org/youth Let's say yes to righteousness and our fun, our joy, our loves will be so much greater. As Parley P. Pratt said about the Spirit,

An intelligent being, in the image of God, possesses, every organ, attribute, sense, sympathy, affection, of will, wisdom, love, power and gift, which is possessed by God Himself.

But these are possessed by man, in his rudimental state, in a subordinate sense of the word. Or, in other words, these attributes are in embryo, and are to be gradually developed. They resemble a bud, a germ, which gradually develops into bloom, and then, by progress, produces the mature fruit after its own kind.

The gift of the Holy Spirit adapts itself to all these organs or attributes. It quickens all the intellectual faculties, increases, enlarges, expands and purifies all the natural passions and affections, and adapts them, by the gift of wisdom, to their lawful use. It inspires, develops, cultivates and matures all the fine toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred feelings and affections of our nature. It inspires virtue, kindness, goodness, tenderness, gentleness and charity. It develops beauty of person, form and features. It tends to health, vigor, animation and social feeling. It develops and invigorates all the faculties of the physical and intellectual man. It strengthens, invigorates and gives tone to the nerves. In short, it is, as it were, marrow to the bone, joy to the heart, light to the eyes, music to the ears, and life to the whole being.

In the presence of such persons one feels to enjoy the light of their countenances, as the genial rays of a sunbeam. Their very atmosphere diffuse and thrill, a warm glow of pure gladness and sympathy, to the heart and nerves of others who have kindred feelings, or sympathy of spirit

(Parley P. Pratt, p. 101-102 Key to the Science of Theology)

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[hsot0086]

@ZelphKinderhook not necessarily. If so, then every religious dance team, choir, youth group and every performance group even outside of good old mormonville would be as such too and they arent considered so. These kids do this because they want to. I've been a couple of these type of things. It's totally a choice and no one is "lock step". If you look closely you'll see a lot of foul-ups. It's just clean fun

[ZelphKinderhook]

@hsot0086

and yet these kids sound just like lock-step obedient Hitler Youth. sad.

[hsot0086]

@gigig1954 I was responding to your "if this is how kids in the Mormon church are..." response. I watched the two adults. I have my issues with the woman and I totally get what everyone is saying. I guess, if anything, it proves that mormons aren't actors

[dandan1331]

@hsot0086 because it is so incredible cheesy and makes Mormons look even more lame.

[gigig1954]

hsot0086,

Uh...I wasn't talking about the kids. Watch the two adults. 

[hsot0086]

@ZelphKinderhook Yeah--Hitler hated Mormons and Jews

[hsot0086]

@gigig1954 uh no this is not how kids in the LDS are--and no they are not brainwashed. They do it because they want to.

[hsot0086]

@dandan1331 how can you not approve? What is wrong with clean fun? How can you disaprove of a church-organized event?

[dandan1331]

I am a Mormon and I do not approve