"Kermit" wrote:

PERSISTING in blasphemies against the Holy Ghost is NOT pardonable.

61 Yea shall ye be thine own saviour, saith the Lord?

62 And yet will ye go on in the foolishness of thy sin, thinking that I the
Lord God will excuse thee, when I excuse not myself?

63 Yea, faith, repentance, baptism for a remission of sins, laying on of
hands, and obedience to righteous dominion, is the way of life and
salvation, for he who is obedient to the same, is preserved by the same,
saith the Lord.

64 And he who is a law unto himself, shall die a second time, if they repent
not in the next world.

65 For thy police and thy magistrates and thy thoughts and thy ways shall
not save thee from death and hell.

66 Therefor, repent ye, that when the times of refreshing shall come from
the Lord, thy soul shall be saved, as was David, for he also transgressed
the law.

67 For I would that ye had attempted to tread upon me, as swine, and
murdered against the light ignorantly, but behold ye are guilty, and my
power, is it not absolute, saith the Lord, for ye shall die as decreed by me
in the beginning, and are powerless at all to stop it.

68 For it is that the children of men would tread the very God of Israel
under their feet, imagining that a radio station or the tower belonging to
Babel is mightier than I!

69 Yea, O vanity, build thy tower to reach to heaven, and broadcast thy
shame and ignorance and folly, and see real authority and power as it
confounds thy soul to hell to thy destruction, if ye repent not, that my
justice shall have its claim.

70 For my wrath, is it not kindled against thee in these things?

71 And thus saith the Lord unto Anne, and thy sisters, who hearken and obey
not my Priesthood, in thy heart ye think ye are above my law because of thy
beauty, but all are subject unto righteousness, from the greatest unto the
least and none are exempt, for I am more beauteous in my appearing than that
which is conceived in the heart of man, for I the Lord God in my glory am
greater and more abundantly alive and virile and beauteous than they all.

72 And all shall obey me through my priesthood or they shall be cut off, and
shall become ugly in that death, for they perish, for they have no power,
but are as the grass of field or the blossom which fadeth away and withereth
and dies.

73 For imagine a vain thing in which ye imagine ye are as the gods, above
the law.

74 How is it that ye are anything, saith the Lord, if ye die?

75 For how can a grape exist except that it should be connected to the vine?

76 And I the Lord God am the true vine, and every branch that abideth not in
me is cast away and withereth and is burned.

77 And my servant is the head of the vine for them on the earth, and ye
shall receive him or be cut off.

78 Even so. Amen.

Revelations of Jesus Christ 23:61-78

7 ... I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the
word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his
name. But [his word] was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my
bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not [stay].

(Old Testament | Jeremiah 20:7 - 9)

John Taylor, Apostle of Joseph the Seer:

When the light that is in heaven communicates with the light within us; when
the Spirit that dwells in the bosom of the Almighty dwells in ours, and an
intercourse is opened between heaven and us, we are then placed in a
position to understand that which it would be impossible to comprehend upon
any natural principle known to us, and hence it is written, "For what man
knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of man which is in him? even so
the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." In order that men
may indeed become the children of God, He has introduced in the first
principles of the gospel the means of their becoming possessed of His Spirit
through baptism and laying on of hands by those having authority, being sent
and ordained and authorized by Him that they may receive the Holy Ghost.
What can be a stronger evidence to any man than an evidence of this kind?
It is not something that affects the outward ear alone; it is not something
that affects simply his judgment, but it affects his inner man; it affects
the spirit that dwells within him; it is a part of God imparted unto man, if
you please, giving him an assurance that God lives. This is a thing of very
great importance, more so, perhaps, than many people imagine. A man
receives an assurance that God lives, and not only that God lives, but that
he is a son of God, because he feels that he has partaken of His spirit, the
spirit of adoption; and hence it was said concerning the Saints of old, "For
ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit
itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God."

The Saints of old received a spirit whereby they were enabled to say Abba,
Father, or, my Father. Now, reflecting upon this, what strong confidence is
imparted unto the Saints of God, giving them an assurance that no person
has, and that no person can have, unless they adopt the same means, in order
to partake of the same blessings or to be administered to in the same way,
and receive through the same medium, that same spirit of intelligence which
nothing but the Holy Ghost can impart. When persons receive this they are
enabled to say, My Father.

~~Journal of Discourses, Vol.11, Pgs.22-23, John Taylor, December 11, 1864

Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God.
He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great
strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it was
through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own
courage which procured that happiness. He also gradually changed the
government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of
God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power. He also said
he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world
again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to be able to
reach; and that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their
forefathers!

~~Josephus, *Antiquities of the Jews* (Book 1, Chapter 4)

20 For it was that them before the flood obtained promise of deliverance in
the resurrection from hell, which shall not be given unto this generation,
saith the Lord, for thou hast also blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, O
liberal man and woman, which they did not do before the flood.

23 ... the fall of thy economy, and thy utter destruction both body and soul
which hangeth over thee, O man, even now, and these things are upon thee
except ye repent and come unto me through him whom I have appointed for the
deliverance of the righteous in these things, saith the Lord God of Joseph
Smith and Hyrum, whom your fathers, O ye Gentiles killed, and rejoiced in
their deaths.

24 And did I not pour out civil war upon them as punishment, even in these
things, saith the Lord, to requite the blood of the prophets upon their own
heads, saith the Lord God of destruction and terrible vengeance?

25 For is not all flesh in my hands that I the Lord God cannot cause that
which looketh as the natural course of events unto the natural man unaided
by the spirit of Revelation, but which are strong delusion which I the Lord
God poured out also upon the Jews before their destruction before the Roman
Eagle, in the which I the Lord God brought about their destruction easily, O
man, and effortlessly by their delusion and deep sleep as to things which
are real, that they perished under the sword, dreaming that their necks were
stronger than the steel of the blade as it was brought down upon them, that
their God would deliver them?

26 And thus I the Lord God destroyed them, even as I, the Lord God will
thee, O man, and O woman, for I the Lord God am the author of life and of
death from before the foundation of the world, and was not the flood murder
unto thee, O liberal man and woman whom I loath, saith the Lord, for thou
hast provoked me, the Lord Thy God as before the flood, with thy haughtiness
and wickedness.

Revelations of Jesus Christ 24:20,23-26

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his
whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the
stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my
wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and
have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a
valiant [man]:

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one
gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was
none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall
the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should
shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should
lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of
a fire.

17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a
flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

(Old Testament | Isaiah 10:12 - 17)

Josephus, continued:

Now the multitude were very ready to follow the determination of Nimrod, and
to esteem it a piece of cowardice to submit to God; and they built a tower,
neither sparing any pains, nor being in any degree negligent about the work:
and, by reason of the multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high,
sooner than anyone could expect; ...

The biggest mistake a man can make is to put a woman on a pedestal and give
her power over him.

Men, no less than women, are suckers for romance and sex. Romantic love is
the ersatz religion of our pagan era, a form of idolatry based on sexual
infatuation. No one is worthy of adoration. No one is perfect.

A man might regard a woman as a means to an end rather than an end in
herself. A man needs a woman to create a home and family, for companionship,
emotional and practical support, intimacy and you name it.

A "means to an end" may sound harsh to some. But in fact, nature designed
women to make things happen. Mainly babies. My first girlfriend said, "I
want to be used."

A man might think of a wife as a race driver thinks of his car, a cowboy his
horse, a shepherd his dog, or a carpenter his tools. Men treasure what
belongs to them, serve them well, and are true.

A woman expresses her love by her devotion to husband and children. She is
loved for what she does, not for her appearance. Women (and men) earn love
by their deeds.

The romantic model of male-female love, based on lust and idealization of
beauty, does not work. A man who "looks up" to a woman is destined to remain
a child. On the other hand, a woman wants to look up to her husband.

Beauty is skin deep. There is no correlation between beauty and intelligence
or character. Women have used sex to control men from time immemorial but
they want men they can't control.

A man might also abandon the notion that there is only one special woman for
him. There are many women who will fit the bill. Finally, a man should not
expect his lover or wife to think like him. Vive la difference!

"A MEANS TO AN END?"

Women are human beings worthy of the same dignity, respect and fulfillment
as men.
I'm talking about the way many men really love, and how many women really
want to be loved.

Women are designed by nature to implement a man's vision and to be cherished
for it. When a woman loves a man, she often wants to have his children.

Sex is the symbol of a permanent relationship. No matter what "liberated"
people say, sex is an act of possession and should be exclusive.

The feminist idea that women are "strong, creative, independent" persons
loved for their repartee and sex appeal doesn't work. People get bored and
move on.

repartee, n.
a witty reply, ability to make witty replies.

If you think this model of marriage is suspiciously like the old fashioned
one, you are right. There is nothing wrong with it. It has been maligned and
undermined by a sophisticated propaganda campaign designed to turn us into
hetero-homosexuals, incapable of bonding with the opposite sex and having
families.

The result is a growing population of isolated individuals who use
promiscuity to assuage their loneliness. These people are easily controlled.
See Aldous Huxley's prophetic novel, "Brave New World."
...
Feminism tells women that marriage and family are instruments of oppression,
and urges them to usurp the male role abandoning the feminine one. We also
see this attack in the promotion of homosexuality/gay marriage, in demands
for genderless bathrooms, and birth control and sex vaccines for children.

Sexual promiscuity (a.k.a, the sexual revolution) is part of this attack.
Promiscuous people are less likely to form permanent marriages and stable
families. Men who can get sex easily are less likely to marry.

What we are told is "progress" is really "progressive" only if you are a
satanist.
...
CASUAL SEX

Women haven't twigged to how self-destructive feminism and "sexual
liberation" are. Young women are no longer valued as potential wives and
mothers, but by how "hot" they are. They are pressured to have sex because
other women will, and it is the only way to get male attention. There is
nothing more demeaning to women (and men) than casual sex.

No wonder women suffer from low self-esteem. They want to be used for a
higher purpose: as lovers, wives and mothers. They must demand evidence of
love (patient courtship and marriage) in exchange for sex. Otherwise they
will be used and tossed away.

The separation of sex from love and procreation is degrading. It makes us
view people as objects. It is the source of virtually all sexual perversion.

Sex, the ritual of marriage and procreation, creates a powerful bond between
a man and a woman. It is a perversion to use it as diversion and
entertainment.

~~Henry Makow, Ph.D. (English Literature, the University of Toronto)
http://www.henrymakow.com/the_biggest_mistake_men_make.html

JJ Cale:

Shirley down the street she gets so lonesome
She calls around to men on the phone, some
Hopin' one will show up at her door
She don't care, just where they come from
Where they've been, just if they want some
Give it to her straight, she want to score
She needs hard love
Hard love
She wants a hard love, just to make her day

Handsome Bill sells cars for a livin'
He's not the takin' kind, he's the givin'
He likes his women real firm, and real tight
Bill don't want no conversations, small talk or consultations
He don't want no long relation just one night
He needs a hard love
He wants a hard love
He needs a hard love, to make his day

Chances are if you're feeling lonely
And you miss your one and only
You'll only care for that easy exercise
You know what I'm talkin' about
That no feeling in and out
You gonna have to improvise
If you want a hard love
You need a hard love
Hard love