tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post5848990316988744588..comments2023-09-05T20:54:42.242-04:00Comments on A Latter-day Voice: Adam and Eve as Co-ParentsPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294214866282354575noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post-57385091750117812482010-01-27T03:21:15.627-05:002010-01-27T03:21:15.627-05:00Me, too, Dallin. In addition to Elder Burton'...Me, too, Dallin. In addition to Elder Burton's teaching I had the good fortune to have a dad who taught me this principle well. Our family had been members of the church just a year and we traveled to the SL temple to be sealed. My sisters and I were playing some game in the back seat of the car and I, pretending to be grown up, said, "You have to listen to me; I have the priesthood!" My father stopped the car and calmly taught that I had it wrong.<br /><br />More on D&C 121 in <a href="http://alatterdayvoice.blogspot.com/2009/12/families.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> earlier post on this blog.<br /><br />PPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294214866282354575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post-8704695134075782292010-01-27T01:46:14.901-05:002010-01-27T01:46:14.901-05:00Thanks for this post, Paul. When I was first marri...Thanks for this post, Paul. When I was first married, this principle brought me a lot of comfort. I appreciated knowing that I didn't have to have the final say in major decisions, but that my wife and I could seek them out together and direct our family through unanimous decisions delivered by the spirit. Working together in this way has strengthened my relationship with my wife.<br /><br />I also find it interesting in the verses just prior to what you quoted in D&C 121 that it says unrighteous dominion is in the natures of almost all men who perceive themselves to have some degree of power. The great inclusion here of almost all men is what strikes me here. As I have learned more about unrighteous dominion, the truthfulness of this statement has become more apparent. But it also seems that as we learn to be kind, gentle, meek, loving, etc., the manipulation, harshness and selfishness of unrighteous dominion fades away completely.Dallinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08545929299258364935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post-56059930617362860132010-01-26T21:23:42.060-05:002010-01-26T21:23:42.060-05:00How bogus! That brother should re-watch (or re-re...How bogus! That brother should re-watch (or re-read) "Let Us Be Men". It's one of our favorite talks. I actually have what I think is a really good example of D&C 121 in action, I think:<br /><br />A few months ago, Jim and I were having our neighbors (who happen to be a gay couple) over for dinner. Halfway through dinner, M. turned to me and asked, out of the blue, "how much does liposuction cost?" I thought he was making a comment about me! I said I had no idea, why? M. turned to his husband and said, "because, J., you really need it". He then proceeded to reach over and give J. a pat on the tummy, to indicate his "problem areas". This turned into an all-out attack on J.'s fatness. Jim, gently but very firmly, cut into the conversation and said, "don't worry, I'll testify at your divorce proceedings--you don't have to take that". He then turned to M. and said, "that's verbal abuse, and I won't let you speak to another person that way under my roof". He then basically told M. he could apologize, or leave.C.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08086277404490573891noreply@blogger.com