Comments for Thinking in a Marrow Bone

Comment on Obama vs. McCain 2008: Round 7: Abortion by thailand seo

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Comment on What Does It Mean To Think in a Marrow Bone? by Hellen

Hellen — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:53:41 +0000

It was also exposed to Arabians who brought them to Africa.

This will ensure that the moisture in them will not increase quite as rapidly.

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Comment on Update about this blog by Ed Darrell

Ed Darrell — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 03:26:44 +0000

Where is anyone blogging these days?

Comment on Rough Stone Rolling vs. No Man Knows My History: The Heavyweight Championship of Joseph Smith Biography by Karl

Karl — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:16:44 +0000

The author of this paper seems to be unable or unwilling to detach himself from his own blinkered Mormon view, by the one-sidedness of his writings. They do not stop short of being Orwellian even, “Rough Stone, good; No Man bad.” When something is so one-sided it does impact on its credibility,
Am I an Anti-Mormon, trying to defend Fawn Brodie, who I think only wanted the Mormon community to know the facts about Joseph Smith, that the church would never tell them? Nope, I am a Mormon just like you. But I can see the good in both of these pieces of work.

Comment on Unearthing Parley P. Pratt — And Some (Interesting?) Questions by Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:55:08 +0000

Excuse me: I meant to ask what Parly P. Praatt said about the timing of the resurrection in “the Key to the Science of Theology” and “The Voice of Warning”?

Does anyone know?

Comment on Unearthing Parley P. Pratt — And Some (Interesting?) Questions by Mike Burke

Mike Burke — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:26:02 +0000

What did Paly Pratt sa about the timming of resurrection in “the Key to the Science of Theology” and “The Voice of Warning”?

Comment on Bad Times at Goodtimepolitics: Turning Politics Upside Down by jaycubed

jaycubed — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:13:46 +0000

So goodtimepolitics is such an insecure exhibitionistic masturbator he feels the need to come & spew here after wiping his spoo off from his own site.

When “liberals that made fun of Sarah Palin with pictures” they didn’t need to photoshop them to make her look ridiculous.

I’m sure Dennis will not erase this because you know you look like a self-righteous, simpleminded git!

We could go on and on like this all day long. But it really is quite silly.

Comment on Bad Times at Goodtimepolitics: Turning Politics Upside Down by Desperate Republicans? Recycling four-year-old PhotoShop hoaxes . . . « Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:38:53 +0000

[...] Dennis at Thinking in a Marrow Bone — not an Obama supporter, mind you — posted a conver… he had with a guy who posted a hoaxed photo of Barack Obama, purporting to show him holding a landline telephone upside down. This is the hoax photo The real photograph. Notice there is no clock on the wall, and the phone works properly. By the way, the suit fits, too — Obama’s a very tall man, and that’s what a well-fitting suit looks like on a tall man sitting in a low chair. [...]

Comment on What Does It Mean To Think in a Marrow Bone? by Grampa Will

Grampa Will — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:18:26 +0000

Thank you for posting this. I found the Yeats poem in a book on Catholicism and discovered a deeper understanding in your blog on Mormonism. From this I infer that, way down deep, our faiths have found a match in the Universal Spiritual Marrow Donor Program.

Comment on Beyond the Sunday School Answers: Tips for LDS Teachers by carstenbn

carstenbn — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:57:56 +0000

Thank you. I am considering cutting out the classes here in my branch because they just feel like such a disconnected waste of time. They do not strengthen my faith because they just cover the material. So I felt my time can be invested in better ways on the Sabbath, though I am by no means apostasizing.

It’s nice to see that someone else experiences a bit of disappointment with the same, and thank you for your suggestions. I agree.

Where’s the second part?? I came here on a mobile device, and can’t find it by going back or next. If you wrote it you should link to it at the bottom of your post. Thank you :)

Comment on Meditations on Time, Part 1: My Childhood Fear of Living Forever by Jay

Jay — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:31:07 +0000

Thank you so much for your further thoughts and comments. I really do wish you all the best Miriam. Stay strong…

Comment on Meditations on Time, Part 1: My Childhood Fear of Living Forever by miriam

miriam — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:23:55 +0000

First, I had to seek a lot of support through PRAYER from friends and family. This was the hardest part because I felt very weak publicly discussing such a personal, mental issue, especially where I am from in farm country these types of issues are highly skepticized.
Second, when I would feel my fear grow too strong, I would remind myself to STAY IN THE MOMENT. I would focus in a solid, concrete object–a wall, a lamp, my feet touching the ground, etc to help me stay “grounded”, and then I would think a phrase over and over (“here and now, here and now” was what I used). This helped my mind to not spin off into the abstract and scary places..
I think that mental blocking is a very uinhealthy thing but it works better than the alternative. I still struggle but I now have some sort of control, and that is very comforting.

Comment on Meditations on Time, Part 1: My Childhood Fear of Living Forever by Jay

Jay — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:07:49 +0000

I am happy to hear you are doing a little better. Any chance you could let us all know what your therapist suggested? It might be useful to others reafing this.

Comment on Meditations on Time, Part 1: My Childhood Fear of Living Forever by miriam

miriam — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:05:14 +0000

@Jay- I’m feeling better although I did have to seek therapy but mostly I’ve just learned to block my mind from those thoughts. I can’t allow them or I lose control too easily.

Comment on Allen Bergin: Encounters with B.F. Skinner, Carl Rogers, and Albert Ellis by Allen

Allen — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:02:48 +0000

This is a link to the above mentioned NYTimes article regarding the Star of David symbol, referred to by Skinner and discussed with Bergin. Their meeting occurred on Thursday, March 25, 1971. The article appeared in the Times on Tuesday March 23, 1971. It refers to the same professor, Dr. Alexander Wuthenau, who spoke on the subject at Brandeis University. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50D13FE3D5D117B93C1AB1788D85F458785F9

Comment on Meditations on Time, Part 1: My Childhood Fear of Living Forever by Jay

Jay — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:27:13 +0000

@Miriam – are you feeling a little better now then? When you posted earlier this year it sounded as though you weren’t doing so well.

Comment on Meditations on Time, Part 1: My Childhood Fear of Living Forever by miriam

miriam — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:51:00 +0000

don’t ever let yourself think too much about it you will go out of your mind

Comment on Meditations on Time, Part 1: My Childhood Fear of Living Forever by Axel

Axel — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:43:12 +0000

I had the same thought at 7 and ten years later I’m still thinking at times in how’s gonna be life after life, and it makes me feel weird and creepy.

Comment on Catholics vs. Mormons on Abortion (The Pregnant 9-Year Old) by Teddy

Teddy — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:05:40 +0000

Do not compare Catholic Church to this LDS – bandit sect founded by lunatic. LDS is a heresy and an insult to Christianity. That’s it!

Comment on Why I Hate the Theory of Evolution by Herpy McDerp

Herpy McDerp — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:45:20 +0000

That’s hilarious, my comment answering to “dont be silly” has been censored.