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Interesting Facts - Page 238
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Wheeled suitcases were invented in 1972, three years after humanity first walked on the moon.
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In Japan, it is the law that every married couple must have the same last name. According to one study, this means that by the year 2531 everyone will have the same last name: Sato.
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Per unit of energy generated, a coal power plant releases 100x as much radiation into the environment as a nuclear power plant.
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In 2016, there was a person alive whose father was born in 1832. Violet May Fallmer was born in 1919 to August Charles Fallmer, who was 87 at the time. She died in 2016 at age 97.
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The Abu Dhabi Plaza is the tallest building in Kazakhstan.
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Credit @Xtrordinary for 1187 and 1188.
Credit @Andromaque for 1189.
Credit @Danny999 for 1190.
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Daughter: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5R8-D2N/violet-may-fallmer-1919-2016
Father: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L7N3-YHG/august-charles-fallmer-1832-1933
Contrary to popular belief, there are no tax advantages to incorporating in Delaware. In fact, Delaware charges annoyingly high fees to its corporate "residents".
The reason for incorporating in Delaware is that supposedly there is a body of settled case law which reduces the risk of unpredictable lawsuits. But the Musk case revealed that this was actually false and that Delaware corporations are at high risk of capricious legal action.
Funny enough, the Delaware Supreme Court overturned the original ruling, meaning that Musk got paid. But the damage is done. Delaware has been revealed as an unideal location for corporation domicile, and people will incorporate elsewhere going forward.
They also believe that God the Father was once a man, like we are, and we can become gods, like God is, blurring the Creator/creature distinction essential to Christianity.
They don't believe the creeds, I think
1. Yes, Mormons do not believe in the New Testament’s concept of the Trinity, wherein The Father (God) is not the Son (Jesus Christ), the Son is not the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is not the Father, yet each is fully God. The Mormons believe in those same entities, but regard them as separate beings rather than kinda-the-same.
2. While Mormons do believe in the Bible and teach lessons from it, the more central text is The Book of Mormon, which is considered blasphemous by other denominations. This is what you’ll find in Marriott hotel room nightstands instead of a Bible.
Now, as for my personal belief (I am an ex-Mormon and an agnostic, I do not observe any organized religion and I don’t believe in a divine power or deity), I would say Mormons are Christians, because they believe in Jesus Christ and his teachings. That being said, I wish Jesus’ teachings were more of a central focus in the Mormon church because I always believed them to be the best, most consistent, and most valuable parts of the Christian faith. The seeming lack of emphasis on Jesus in the LDS church is a big reason why my father left it.
But yeah, they believe in many of the same things as other Protestant Christians do with some differences, differences which I don’t think makes them so far out-there that they can’t be considered any less-Christian than the other denominations. That being said, I truly don’t care who is considered what