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Antichrists in the Book of Mormon

Posted in Religionon May 23, 2007

“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” (1 John 2:23)

“For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” (2 John 1:7)

John uses the word antichrist to describe anyone who would assume of guise of Christ, but in reality would be opposed to Christ. The Book of Mormon tells of a few antichrists.
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I have an inexorable desire for pie

Posted in Lifeon Nov 15, 2006

School was good today, I actually got some good studying done on the train to school. Solid state physics is all about crystals. Mostly silicon crystals, although sometimes we talk about hard carbon ones. :-)

Its another rainy, blowy, Oregon day. I really like it, especially with the new waterproof coat that I bought myself. It is a little chilly, but I just put my hood on, and all the wind and the chills and the rain stay outside, and the good warm feelings stay inside.Piece of Pumpkin Pie

As soon as I got home, I got this incredible desire for pie, specifically, pumpkin pie. The Sara Lee pumpkin pie went even more on sale this week, and is now less than a dollar fifty per pie. But the thing is, I know I should be cutting back on sweets and things so I don’t get fat. I mean, what girl is going to marry a fat Jacob? So I want the pie, but when I compare the options of a piece of pie against eternal companionship….. but there are no promises that the pie will make me fat or that I’ll ever get married, so it’s not really a competition like that. I don’t think I have any whipped cream, and that could be a problem. What I really want is just for someone to give me permission to eat the pie.

I wouldn’t feel so guilty about eating pie if I was more active. I really want to hike a mountain, but I have no one to go with me.

We talked about the creation in institute class today. I can’t believe how much people on both sides of the evolution topic get worked up. I know I’m a child of God. I exist. All the little details about how Adam was created…. well, if it was important to my salvation, then it would be in the Book of Mormon.

Meaning of the name Jacob

Posted in Insightson Oct 14, 2006

Jacob has been a very popular name over the last couple of years. Of course, I was named Jacob before it was quite so popular. The meaning of the name Jacob is Held by the heel and has Hebrew origins.

I’m not really sure what that means, “held by the heel.” I mean, I can envision someone being held by their heel, but I’m not really sure what the significance of it is.

Jacob is a biblical name. It is used in the Old Testament, and also in certain translations of the New Testament. It is also used in the Book of Mormon.

Adventures in Salt Lake City

Posted in General, Religionon Jun 8, 2006

Tuesday I went up to Salt Lake City for some adventures and fun. I visited one of my favorite places, the Salt Lake City Library. I got a nice tour of the Beehive House which was Brigham Young’s house when he was governor of the region. I also got a tour of the Conference Center, where I saw the originals to some of my favorite Book of Mormon artwork. I also hiked Ensign Peak just about the time the sun was setting. Overall, it was a good adventure with some good company.

It doesn’t get any nerdier than this

Posted in Funny, Religionon May 29, 2006

I ran across this web site today. It is the Bible translated into Klingon. Klingon is a made up language used with the Sci-fi TV series, Star Trek.

It gets worse. I’ve been working on a new search engine called LDSsearch.com, and I thought I would type Klingon into the search engine. It looks like portions of the Book of Mormon are also translated into Klingon.

Things that make me happy

Posted in Lifeon Nov 26, 2005

  • Ice cream
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Photos
  • My hanging plant Dilbert
  • Sweaters
  • Beanies
  • Google
  • My fun job at the BYU Chemistry Department
  • Cuddling
  • Toblerone chocolate
  • Victory cake
  • Chocolate chip cookies
  • homemake frosting on victory cake
  • Getting messages on my phone
  • Writing in my blog
  • My car, even though it makes noise
  • Friends named Sara with red hair (there is more than one actually)
  • Friends without red hair
  • The Facebook
  • Ham Radio
  • Costco
  • Shopping at Macey’s
  • Stargate
  • Watching movies in the basement
  • Jiffy blueberry muffin mix
  • Hugs
  • Playing bzFlag (and winning)
  • Risk
  • Coloring with crayons
  • butterscotch chips
  • Oregon
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • My Apple iBook
  • Sleeping
  • Fresh drinking water
  • Hot chocolate
  • Happy people
  • Mount Hood
  • The echoing circles in front of the JFSB
  • Astronomy
  • Science
  • Star Wars
  • The Book of Mormon
  • Love
  • Poetry and other writings
  • Families
  • People being nice to each other when they don’t have to be
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Temple
  • My bike
  • Playing croquet late at night in my backyard back home
  • Waffle parties
  • Free music from iTunes
  • Getting mail in the mail that isn’t a bill or credit card application
  • Taking hot showers
  • People who aren’t drunk
  • Transylvania
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Linux
  • Knight Rider
  • A well decorated apartment
  • Going out to restaurants
  • Dancing
  • Hillsboro
  • No sales tax
  • Otter Pops
  • PHP

Proselyting for the Elect

Posted in Religionon Nov 17, 2005

In my two year missionary experience in Romania, there was a missionary theme or technique we had called Proselyting for the elect. In general, it said that if we were trying to find the elect of God, we should be bold in challenging them to do the things they needed to gain a testimony such as read the Book of Mormon or attend church. The idea was that the elect would use these challenges to gain a testimony and become strong members in the church.

There was once a sarcastic comment made more than once that said that we should board ourselves up in the chapel and wait, because the elect would tear down the doors to hear the gospel. Of course that was ridiculous to think that way.

I’ve heard a similar comment from some girls, who say that they shouldn’t have to dress up or put forth effort to look pretty, because that is not who they really are, and if someone were to love them, then he would love them for who they really are.

So girls, if you are going out to socialize with those from the opposite gender, don’t metaphorically board yourselves up the the chapel. Look nice, be nice. You don’t need to be someone else, just be yourself and be your best.


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