Ladymar

Ladymar posted on Jokes  I have an Autistic daughter who is very bright, but humor isn't always her best thing (think Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory ), but she said something the other day that I thought was hilarious! Out of nowhere, she came up with, "Chuck Norris expects the Spanish Inquisition!" If you know Monty Python, you'll know why that's funny! : ) May 6 at 01:11 EST .    Gerty  One of my nephews is autistic. Watching him has given me cause to rethink the meaning of 'very bright'. There is SO much we don't know about autism. May 6 at 10:22 EST .    Ladymar  Hi Gerty - I guess that's why the symbol for Autism is a puzzle piece! Both of my kids are Autistic. Both very high functioning. My son is a year from getting his Masters in Accounting at the top accounting school in the country. My Daughter is about to graduate with high honors from High School. But my son doesn't drive, doesn't date, doesn't make friends, etc. My daughter has had a full time aide since she left the self contained Special Ed class in sixth grade because, while she can learn facts, figures, etc. she can't quite navigate life. She can't keep track of assignments and she's incapable of making good judgments about her safety. Autistic people are so interesting - so uneven in their development. I'd love to talk to you about your nephew, but this is probably not the right "wall." Maybe the Health wall? : ) May 6 at 11:06 EST .    Ladymar  But I will say this, some of the Autistic people I know have extremely dry, wry, hilarious senses of humor. My son does! May 6 at 11:06 EST .    Wrightwinger  I taught an autistic kid in school, who had memorized all the license plate and odometer readings in the school parking lots. He was a huge fan of Weird Al Yankovic who makes funny song parodies. The last I heard of him, he was a parking lot attendant at a VA hospital. He KNEW who was supposed to be parking there! May 6 at 20:42 EST .

Ladymar posted on Gardening & Landscaping  This is a shot of one side of one of my two greenhouses. I started all of these from seeds in March. Some of the other crops will go in the ground next week. Tomatoes and peppers, et. al. will go in the week after! Woo Hoo!    May 5 at 16:55 EST .    Flaming Sword  Ladymar, Beautiful and healthy looking ! Your harvest is going to be bountiful. May 7 at 14:14 EST .    Ladymar  Thanks, Flaming Sword! Sounds like yours is already bountiful! : ) I grew up in Texas - wish I'd been farming then - what a lovely long growing season! : ) May 8 at 14:48 EST .

Ladymar posted on Main Page The Lobby  Here's a shot of one side of one of my two greenhouses. I started all of these from seed in March. I start putting plants in the ground next week, but most of them will go in the week after that! WooHoo!    May 5 at 16:50 EST .    1 person like this.  View all 14 comments.    Ladymar  Oops - thought I posted this on the gardening wall. Still trying to figure this all out! Sorry! May 5 at 16:52 EST .    Rake King  Looks great. Good luck. May 5 at 16:55 EST .    Uno  Looks good. Me and the Wife have to go to a green house for our flowers, so bonus points to you for starting from scratch!! May 5 at 18:45 EST .    Gerty  They look wonderful!! So healthy and well cared-for. Best of luck in their transplanting. May 5 at 19:18 EST .    Bob913  Something familiar about those leaves. Hmm.. could your name be Mary Jane? : ) May 5 at 21:35 EST .    Phooey  Bob913!!!!!!! May 5 at 23:05 EST .    Gop_guys  Funny comment. I admire gardening from seed. One can't help but wonder what the plants are. I bought an angels wing begonia at a monthly trade show in a little resort town (Wimberley ) in the Texas hill country today. It is beautiful! May 5 at 23:23 EST .    Phooey  It looks like a flowering vine. Gop guys, did you get a 'Dragon wing begonia'? If you did?.... trust me... it blooms all year. Any cutting will root(water or soil ).. then a new plant. May 5 at 23:39 EST .    Ladymar  You are all so funny! They are very innocent little tomato plants! Mostly heirloom Moscow variety. I also have some San Marzano and Caprese varieties. About 30 called Super Fantastic. I plan on putting a little more than 200 tomato plants in. There are a few peppers and squash plants in the shot and quite a few tomatillo plants toward the back. The other side of the greenhouse is also tomatoes plus a lot of peppers (mostly hot ) of all sorts of varieties. And a lot of basil, some dill and savory. The second greenhouse is across the street and it houses almost all melons - cantaloupe and watermelons. I plant a lot of both of those! I plant a lot more, but the rest of it is seed that goes right in the ground - corn, potatoes, beans, limas, swiss chard, etc. Then comes all the bottling! Sigh... May 6 at 01:06 EST .    Gerty  Talk about a "green thumb"---you are the envy of the wannabes like me!!! May 6 at 10:03 EST .  View all 14 comments.

Ladymar posted on Faith  Hollyhock - I finally got around to answering you. Sorry to take so long. It's planting season! : ) April 25 at 21:18 EST .

Ladymar posted on Faith  After an article regarding Mormonism, and in response to to an uninformed, innacurate criticism, I posted that I would be happy to clarify the Mormon's beliefs on various topics. Another poster very graciously invited me to come to this forum to answer questions or respond to the many innacurate perceptions that so many people of of Mormons. So...here I am. I 'll do my best to respond to any reasonable questions or remarks. I may need some clarification of other beliefs in order to get context for my answers. April 20 at 00:54 EST .  View all 14 comments.    Rakasha  Ladymar, it's good to see you, thank you for coming for this. I apologize for taking so long, I have a house full of sick and today seems to be my turn. I guess I'd like to start in two places. First, do Mormons believe that Jesus is the only son of God (Whom I would define as Jehovah ) and that he died for the forgiveness of our sins? The second question is not intended to be insulting or impertinent, I read a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card many years ago in which a young man and woman basically went to a distant planet and began as 'Adam and Eve' - populating the planet - but ended as being the 'Gods' of that planet. At the back of the book I read that Mr. Card was a Mormon and that this was actually either a belief of his religion or a former belief. Is this true? April 20 at 10:57 EST .    Hollyhock  This shoud be an interesting discussion. I feel like I know some things about Mormons and would like to know more. SIL is one along with her family. I have already been hearing things from people about a Mormon president based on some ideas that they can't back up with facts. There are people who say they are Christians that don't act like it. Likewise Catholics who say they are Catholics (Pelosi ) and Mormons who say they are Mormons (Reid ) and Jews who say they are Jews. You can go right on down the line. The Bible says by their friuts you will know them. April 20 at 18:54 EST .    Hikergal  Mom's Catholic church group ran a food booth every year at Hill Cumorah during the pageant to raise money for their charities.The devout Catholic that she was she believed they were Christians who had some wrong ideas, like us Protestants, but she believed as do I they are Christians. April 20 at 23:59 EST .  1 person like this.    Hollyhock  HG, could you explain "Hill Comorah"? April 21 at 08:14 EST .    Hikergal  HH it's the hill in Palmyra NY were the Angel Maroni told Smith the golden tablets were that he translated into the Book of Mormon.Every year the LDS put on a HUGE!!!! out door pageant that re-enacts the Book of Mormon. I think it's called America's witness for/of Christ.Any way it's a spectacular event. Imagine the big stories of the Old Testament acted out on a huge hillside with the audience sitting at the base.It's done every year in July in the evenings it runs for 2? weeks April 21 at 09:27 EST .    Ladymar  Hello, Please forgive the delay. Prom weekend is over for my daughter and we almost have her registered for college, so I'm finally catching a moment to sit and write! First, Thanks again to Rakasha for your graciousness. I'll do my best to answer. First let me say, I'm no expert or church official. I'm a housewife, born and raised in the Mormon church. My Mom was a life time member, my dad (a research scientist ) converted as an adult, so I've had the advantage of viewing the church from both perspectives. Again. I'll do my best. To answer Rakasha's first and most important question: Yes, Mormons believe that Jesus (Jehovah ) is the Only Begotten Son of our Father in Heaven. He is the Christ. The Savior of the World. He came to this earth and submitted to all, atoned for our sins and died on the cross - all to redeem our souls and allow us to return to live with him and our Father in Heaven again when our lives here are finished. Christ is the only path to Eternal Salvation and we worship him as our Lord and Savior. It always baffles Mormons to hear that others do not consider us Christians. We do have some doctrinal differences from other Christian religions, but so too do they from one another, yet I never hear Baptists saying that Catholics or Methodists are not Christians. Our commonalities are much more numerous than our differences. Second - I don't know the Orson Scott Card book to which you refer (though I do know of the writer ), but I can tell from your description that it is a work of science fiction based in only the most remote way to some common ideas (not all of them doctrinal ) that many church members hold. I'll explain more on that in a moment, but I feel I should at least give a little background on the Mormon church for those who know nothing about it. April 22 at 15:07 EST .    Ladymar  Let me start with the Bible. I’ll describe it the way Mormons perceive it and you guys tell me if this differs from your perception: The Bible is a sacred account of the Lord’s dealings with his children in ancient times – predominantly in the area we would now refer to as the Middle East (Israel, Egypt, etc. ) The Lord instructed his prophets to keep records of the important political and spiritual events – the prophecies, the visions, the word of God to his children - that took place at the time so that these sacred records could be preserved and used to teach and inspire future generations. It is from these records that we have knowledge of the Creation, the Flood, the wars, the political strife, the Israelites’ freedom from Egyptian slavery, the birth of the Savior, his atonement and death and the missionary work His apostles continued after his crucifixion. We learn of faith and courage and the nature of God from reading His word and from reading the accounts of people like Moses, Noah, David, Jonah, Job, Peter, Paul, Esther, Ruth, ….. These Holy Scriptures are a Testimony of the Divinity of Christ and a guide for us on how to live according to God’s commandments. Does any of this differ significantly from how other Christians perceive the Bible? Mormons believe (and modern archaeology has proven ) that during these same ancient times, there were other groups of people living on this, the American Continent. Science has uncovered the remains of great and mighty civilizations that lived here during those same Biblical times. What of them? Is there any reason the Lord would have such long and prolific interaction with his children in one part of the world while totally disregarding his equally beloved children in another part? Mormons believe that since God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, that it is logical that God would have had dealings with his children here. That he would have called prophets to teach and lead his children, testify to them, that he would work miracles among them and even come to them in person to bless and teach them – just as he did on the other side of the world. And that he would command his prophets and scribes to keep a record of these events so that these sacred records could be preserved and used to teach future generations. The Book of Mormon is an abridgment of those many hundreds and hundreds of years’ worth of records. It is a second Testimony of the Divinity of Christ. It tells of the people who were living here. The wars that were fought, the miracles that God wrought. We believe that after his resurrection, Christ visited his children here, taught them the Sermon on the Mount (just as he did in Israel during his mortal life ), established his church and called disciples to lead it. Healed their sick, and blessed their children. If you look at the religious beliefs of most native April 22 at 15:54 EST .    Ladymar  If you look at the religious beliefs of most native American and South American cultures, they almost universally tell of a “great white god” with light hair and light eyes who visited here in ancient times and who blessed and taught the people, instructed them and promised to some day return. We believe that though these stories have been twisted over the last two thousand years – sometimes into “legends” that are almost unrecognizable – the root of these stories is plain to see. While other Christian religions don't recognize the Book of Mormon as scripture, does the idea of its existence in any way lessen the impact or importance of the Bible? I don't think so. Most Christians seem so sure that the Bible is the beginning and end of what God has to say to us - but why? Why could he or would he suddenly stop all communication of that sort with his children on the earth? If he is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow, Why appear to prophets and issue commandments and work miracles for only that brief period and in that small area of the world? April 22 at 15:57 EST .    Ladymar  Last post for a bit so that you can respond: There was an ancient prophet who lived here in the Americas named Mormon. He was commanded to take the voluminous records of his people and abridge them - to include only the most important and most spiritual events. He did this by engraving his abridgment on thin plates of gold in his own language - which was some sort of reformed Egyptian. Again, archaelogists have since found a number of examples of ancient records preserved in exactly this way on plates of this brass and gold. We believe that Joseph Smith was instructed as to where to find these plates and with God's help, was able to translate them into what we now call the Book of Mormon (since it was Mormon's abridgment ) so that this second testimony of Christ could be given to the world. To Hollyhock and Hikergal - Moroni was Mormon's son. Upon Mormon's death, Moroni was commanded by god to seal the records up in a stone box and bury them to protect and preserve them. Moroni, as a resurrected being, was later commanded by God to visit Joseph Smith and lead him to the burial spot so that he could retrieve the plates on which the records had been preserved. OK - done for now. Follow up questions? YIKES! : ) April 22 at 16:12 EST .    Phooey  Ladymar, don't say YIKES! say Whew! that was a lot of typing and/or copy/pasting! Rest. I'm not LDS or Catholic or any other religious denomination. I'm a Christian. I will not berate you or your beliefs or any others. Let me think about questions.....later. April 22 at 18:03 EST .  View all 14 comments.