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We can better discern the truthfulness of ideas by comparing them with the truths we learn from the scriptures and our current leaders. |
President Harold B. Lee taught: “If [someone] writes something or speaks something that goes beyond anything that you can find in the standard Church works, unless that one be the prophet, seer, and revelator—please note that one exception—you may immediately say, ‘Well, that is his own idea.’ And if he says something that contradicts what is found in the standard Church works, you may know by that same token that it is false” (The Teachings of Harold B. Lee, ed. Clyde J. Williams [1996], 540–41). |
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Scripture study strengthens our testimonies so we are less likely to become complacent in righteousness or to be influenced by false doctrine. |
President Lee taught, “If we’re not reading the scriptures daily, our testimonies are growing thinner, our spirituality isn’t increasing in depth” (The Teachings of Harold B. Lee, 152). |
• How has studying the scriptures protected you from being deceived? |
We should recognize that the things of God will always edify us |
The Prophet Joseph Smith explained that soon after the Saints were settled in Kirtland, “many false spirits were introduced, many strange visions were seen, and wild, enthusiastic notions were entertained; men ran out of doors under the influence of this spirit, and some of them got upon the stumps of trees and shouted, and all kinds of extravagances were entered into by them; … many ridiculous things were entered into, calculated to bring disgrace upon the Church of God, to cause the Spirit of God to be withdrawn” (History of the Church, 4:580). Concerned by these excessive spiritual displays, the Prophet inquired of the Lord. The revelation in D&C 50 is the Lord’s response. |
• Read D&C 50:17–24 with class members. What do these verses teach about how we can discern the things of God from the things of Satan? (The things of God will edify us by enlightening our minds and helping us grow spiritually. They make us want to follow the Savior and improve our lives. The things of Satan will do the opposite.) |
President Joseph Fielding Smith taught: “There is no saying of greater truth than ‘that which doth not edify is not of God.’ And that which is not of God is darkness, it matters not whether it comes in the guise of religion, ethics, philosophy or revelation. No revelation from God will fail to edify” (Church History and Modern Revelation, 2 vols. [1953], 1:201–2). |
We should apply the Lord’s pattern for protecting ourselves from being deceived |
The Lord revealed D&C 52 the day after a conference in Kirtland. In this revelation He provides a pattern by which we can avoid being deceived. |
• Read D&C 52:14–19 with class members. According to these verses, what are the characteristics of teachers who are “of God”? How can the pattern that is given in this passage help us avoid being deceived? |
Review the deceptions of Satan that can lead to apostasy. Review the counsel the Lord has given for protecting ourselves from deception. Emphasize that as we follow this counsel, the Spirit of the Lord will keep us in the way of truth. As prompted by the Spirit, testify of the truths discussed during the lesson. |
Additional Teaching Ideas |
1. Activity to introduce the first section of the lesson |
Prepare a note for each class member. Each note could contain a short message of appreciation or an assignment to read a scripture in class or to participate in some other way. However, spell each person’s name wrong in some small way. Distribute the notes at the beginning of the first section of the lesson to introduce the story of Simonds Ryder and the other stories in that section. |
2. Additional counsel about how to strengthen ourselves against apostasy |
Elder Carlos E. Asay of the Seventy specified the following things we can do to strengthen ourselves against apostasy: |
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Avoid those who would tear down your faith. … |
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Keep the commandments. … |
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Follow the living prophets. … |
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Do not contend or debate over points of doctrine. [See 3 Nephi 11:29.] |
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Search the scriptures. … |
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Do not be swayed or diverted from the mission of the Church. … |
7. “7. |
Pray for your enemies. … |
8. “8. |
Practice ‘pure religion.’ [See James 1:27 and Alma 1:30. … |
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Remember that there may be many questions for which we have no answers and that some things have to be accepted simply on faith” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1981, 93–94; or Ensign, Nov. 1981, 67–68). |
Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913 |
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The Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which voters in small local areas in Scotland were enabled to hold a poll to vote on whether their area remained "wet" or went "dry" (that is, whether alcoholic drinks should be permitted or prohibited). The decision was made on a simple majority of votes cast. |
The Act was a result of the strong temperance movement in Scotland before the First World War. Brewers and publicans formed defence committees to fight temperance propaganda, and publicans became unwilling to spend money on improvements to their premises in case the district went "dry". The Act was superseded by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1959 which incorporated the same provisions as the 1913 Act and consolidated Scottish licensing law. These provisions and the local polls were abolished by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976. |
There was resistance from the House of Lords to the passing of the Act, leading to threats to use the (relatively new) Parliament Act 1911 to pass it. In the end, these threats pressured the Lords to pass the act. |
1920 Referendum[edit] |
The first opportunity to petition for a poll on local prohibition was in June 1920. In order for a poll to be called, there had to be a petition signed by 10% of the registered voters in a burgh, parish or ward.[1] The first batch of polls were then held alongside municipal elections in November and December, the first being in Glasgow on 2 November.[2] |
The conditions required to prohibit the sale of alcohol in an area were strict. Three options appeared on the poll: no change, a 25% reduction in licenses to sell alcohol, and the abolition of all existing licenses. In order for prohibition to be implemented, that option required the support of at least 55% support of voters, and at least 35% of everyone registered to vote in the constituency. However, if this option was not successful, all votes for "no license" would be counted towards the 25% reduction tally.[1] The prohibition was also limited. There was no proscription of the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, nor of their wholesale, or their consumption in private. Local authorities were still permitted to license hotels and restaurants, providing that alcohol was only consumed with a meal.[1] |
Although temperance campaigners initially hoped to hold polls in at least 1,000 of the 1,200 licensing districts of Scotland,[1] ultimately there were 584 successful petitions.[3] By the end of polling, in late December, 60% of votes had been cast for "no change", 38% for "no license", and 2% for the reduction of licenses.[4] About 40 districts voted in favour of prohibition, including Airdrie, Cambuslang, Kilsyth, Kirkintilloch, Parkinch, Stewarton and Whitehead.[5] Glasgow was a particular target for the prohibitionists. At the 1920 poll, a majority of voters plumped for "no license" in eleven wards, but due to the turnout and supermajority requirements, it was only successful in four.[2] |
Repeal attempts[edit] |
In many newly dry districts, new polls were sponsored by licensees at the earliest possibility, three years later.[5] 257 polls were held, in total, the majority being a second attempt at prohibition. The next big wave came in 1927, when 113 were held,[3] following which, prohibition remained in place in only seventeen wards.[5] Among these was Lerwick, where alcohol remained prohibited until 1947.[6] |
Between 1913 and 1965 1,131 polls were held under the Act and the same provisions in the 1959 Act, with the vast majority (1,079) held before 1930.[7] The holding of votes continued to tail off during the 1930s and 40s. By 1970, there were still sixteen districts with prohibition, but just one or two new polls held annually.[3] |
1. ^ a b c d "Temperance Reform: Local Poll in Scotland", The Age, 6 November 1920 |
2. ^ a b "Worldwide Movement: Comprehensive Address", Ashburton Guardian, 12 March 1921 |
3. ^ a b c "Veto polls: the constant threat to licensees", Glasgow Herald, 7 December 1970 |
4. ^ "Local option: how Scotland voted", Sydney Morning Herald |
5. ^ a b c Callum G. Brown, Religion and society in Scotland since 1707, p.146 |
6. ^ Callum G. Brown, Up-helly-aa: custom, culture, and community in Shetland, p.169 |
7. ^ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1965/dec/15/temperance-polls#S5CV0722P0_19651215_CWA_127 |
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What does Nightmarish mean? What other qualities excist and what do they mean? |
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It is abilities the monsters can have, the harder the difficulty the more it can have and some are only available on harder difficulties. A list can be found here. |
Nightmarish is a boss modifier in Diablo III. This is another utility modifier that allows the boss to cast the Witch Doctor's Horrify spell, which sends the player running around in random directions for a short duration under the fear effect. While, like the fast modifier, it isn't very dangerous on its own, it has the potential to scale in effectiveness with other boss mods such as molten. |
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Death: It's inevitable, and a subject that musicians always come back to, no matter how often they drift to places other than mortality. Whether it's about the artist's own eventual demise, or their experience with the passing of someone close (or distant), it's a theme that spans across all genres and eras of popular music (let alone unpopular music). |
The Notorious B.I.G. made his debut with an album titled Ready to DieThe Smiths made dying next to your lover sound like the most romantic thing a couple can experience, short of a honeymoon (on which you die, listening to The Smiths). Funkadelic taught us what a maggot-filled skull would sound like if it was a guitar solo. Society and pop culture have an aversion to serious considerations of death—and for good reason—but let's never forget the incredible music it's inspired. |
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