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MikeWaters · 08-22-2007, 07:18 PM

based on my baby blessings, I hope I am not called to be a patriarch. Because I would say stuff like "be a good person, learn charity, have a family if you can, learn to love the gospel and serve others, and if you do all this I think God will be happy, amen."

People would leave, crying, I'm afraid. Personally I don't get super-long super-detailed baby blessings.

Black Diamond Bay · 08-22-2007, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

I wonder if they don't have preplanned stuff with which they bless us ordinary run of the mill folk with, and every once in a while are inspired directly for somebody special. Mine could have been given to any one of millions of male members.

There was a guy at BYU that wanted to have his PB redone because apparently the patriarch was exed a few months after he received his for an affair he'd been having. Unfortunately the Sunday School teacher was not able to provide him any counsel on the matter.

MikeWaters · 08-22-2007, 07:23 PM

How old were you all when you got your PB?

Some might theorize that if you get it while too young, you may end up with something more non-specific.

Black Diamond Bay · 08-22-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

How old were you all when you got your PB?

Some might theorize that if you get it while too young, you may end up with something more non-specific.

I was 20.

MikeWaters · 08-22-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

There was a guy at BYU that wanted to have his PB redone because apparently the patriarch was exed a few months after he received his for an affair he'd been having. Unfortunately the Sunday School teacher was not able to provide him any counsel on the matter.

ordinances are not ordinarily reperformed for things like this. What about the priesthood holder who has baptized and confirmed people and then in 1976 does he geneaology and finds out great-grandma was black? Are all those ordinances invalidated? No.

MikeWaters · 08-22-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

I was 20.

Yours was specific in a distressing way, so the theory holds.

Black Diamond Bay · 08-22-2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Yours was specific in a distressing way, so the theory holds.

Mine is actually distressing in several ways, some of which I would say are very specific, and others sort of vague. For instance references to unspecified "tragedy." It's kind of specific, and kind of not all at the same time.

MikeWaters · 08-22-2007, 07:33 PM

Mentioning a tragedy in a PB is pretty dang specific, as most contain mostly things to be happy of, or contain warnings that wouldn't surprise many.

DrumNFeather · 08-22-2007, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

How old were you all when you got your PB?

Some might theorize that if you get it while too young, you may end up with something more non-specific.

Because we are better equipped to handle more "stuff" when we are older?

MikeWaters · 08-22-2007, 07:38 PM

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Because we are better equipped to handle more "stuff" when we are older?

Maybe because your "course" is more set. As you age, your options narrow.

08-22-2007, 07:18 PM	#31
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,368	based on my baby blessings, I hope I am not called to be a patriarch. Because I would say stuff like "be a good person, learn charity, have a family if you can, learn to love the gospel and serve others, and if you do all this I think God will be happy, amen." People would leave, crying, I'm afraid. Personally I don't get super-long super-detailed baby blessings.

08-22-2007, 07:23 PM	#33
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,368	How old were you all when you got your PB? Some might theorize that if you get it while too young, you may end up with something more non-specific.

08-22-2007, 07:33 PM	#38
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,368	Mentioning a tragedy in a PB is pretty dang specific, as most contain mostly things to be happy of, or contain warnings that wouldn't surprise many.