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Mormons: We are Christians, too

I thought the line about gnawing through the leather straps was appropriate.  (2 hrs ago | post #15961)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

Well, good. I am not your judge, and it certainly is not my life, but can you see how your responses have colored the perception of those around you? There are many on this thread and others that simply will not answer you. Not because you have blown them away with any logic, please understand. Not even because you simply have been correct in their viewpoint. I actually agree with many of the things you post. It is clear that you have a strong belief in God and the Savior and that belief is very central to your life. I do hope that you live your life in accordance to that belief, I suspect you do. But what causes people that even agree with you to treat you in a standoffish manner? You spend a LOT of time insulting people, and in the same breath, complain LOUDLY that you are being personally attacked. This schism in perception is either pathological or personality based. I suspect that you simply do not respect yourself, and therefore cannot (or do not know HOW to) respect others. How much of this is cultural and/or language based? I really don't know--I know and work with Canadians AND Brazilians AND engineers AND others that have an excuse to act this way...but they don't. I had an experience with someone like this once. I am known as someone that is patient---to a fault. I was a product specialist/manager for kind of a high tech product. My company and another manufacturing company were entering into a joint venture. The only problem was that my "partner ", the person in the other company that was responsible for the part of the company similar to mine, was highly valuable---but a real a**. He really was excellent at what he did, but received a NEGATIVE rating on the "plays well with others" scale. Well, before we did this joint venture, I was gratified that MY company president and HIS company president sat me down in a room, just the three of us. They promised me a vacation anywhere in the US for my wife and I if I could bring this thing off and I would be this guy's kicking boy for a year or so, and supported him even though I would definitely want to kill him. I agreed. We pulled the project off. It was a feather in MY cap, and HE got the glory he was seeking. I left the company and went out on my own, and never looked back. But it was nice to know that sometimes, we "handle" people like that. I hope your people around you don't marginalize you because of your behavior. It gets to be a lonely world  (Yesterday | post #15931)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

I DO believe in fairies! I DO!! I DO!!>>> LOL  (Sunday | post #15927)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

You know, CIB, I was just on another site for work and I believe I may have misjudged you all along. No one with a sense of integrity can bounce back all these balls from all the different directions they are lobbed...unless it's the tussle you crave. You have been given reason after reason after reason, you've been proven wrong over and over and over, and you've lied over and over just to keep the game in play. I think, after our last few comments about engineering the truth comes out. You didn't have to say anything about my comment to Blackbird. But you took a chance that I DIDN'T know what I was talking about and slammed me anyway. But in THIS side of things, I see your character. I see your methods. They show themselves by your simple minded, closed ears, closed eyes rant <<I DO believe in fairies! I DO!! I DO!!>> You are no more Sola Scripora than I am a Martian. You may even THINK and BELIEVE you are, but your fear is that you really aren't. I'd bet your biggest fear is coming face to face with the Savior...because you KNOW the following two things: 1. What you SAY you believe---you really don't, 2. Or even if you DO, your behavior is so far out in left field that Christ would have no time for you...unless you repented GREATLY for a significant period of time. What is it, CIB? Are you addicted to some behavior that you keep secret from everyone? Is there something about your life that you YOURSELF can't deal with? I make no judgements or specific accusations. All I am fairly certain of is that there is a LOT of heat and very little light coming from your posts. More than should be for someone on this thread. Something's amiss.  (Saturday | post #15914)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

Do you want a cookie? I know ABB. ABB drives do NOT use PWM as I am using PWM. I do not want to use a inverter grade motor. My PWM is square wave, but at 83 kHz. I take the + to - gradation and filter out the 83kHz noise, and end up with an almost perfect sine wave. I can tell you work on ABB. I used to sell them. They are good, except for the output stages, which provide so much reflected dv/dt that they sell separate (extra cost) filters to filter out the spikes that otherwise burn through the insulation in the motor. They really shine in vector control, though. Their DTC (direct torque control) systems are really neat. I've set them up in a demo with a jai-lai thrower (I don't know what they are called) to throw a ball. From -150 degrees to +120 degrees. Stopped at full torque. Smooth throw. And return. You may THINK you know what the heck you know, but what you don't understand is that I'm an engineer and you are a technician. I DESIGN this crap. From the math on down. Just the same as your religious knowledge. You may THINK you know what you know, and you can say what you want to me anyway, But the truth is that "it's impossible to teach someone something they think they already know."  (Saturday | post #15912)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

And I am using a International Rectifier 3640 PWM driver for a signal for the PWM signal. A simple flipflop for the boost, for now. Tell me I don't know something. You do get me riled sometimes.  (Saturday Nov 21 | post #15895)

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Mormons: We are Christians, too

I am going to count this as my weekly missive to you. I don't care about you Calvinist leanings, because every word out of your mouth proves my point. However, when you talk about electricity, you need to go back to play. I am using three custom inductors, (I wind them myself) and three toroid cores from Magnetics, Inc. (permeability about 23mu) I am winding 5 gauge square wire on one, (the main transformer) 19 gauge on both others, to boost the voltage from 250 to 660 VDC, I am switching the ten IGBTs in parallel to double back the big inductors and boost voltage. I use ten TO-220 diodes, as well. The reason I use the small TO-220 units is that I am trying to save money, and ten TO-220s are far less expensive than a large IGBT unit. I am driving a 220 vac 2 hp motor with a 1.15 service factor. When I get the 660 VDC on the HVDC bus, I will put a high voltage cap on it, and pulse-width-modula te it into a 220 Vac variable frequency sine wave with a THD of less than 5%, after filtering it. And I plan to do it in volume for less than 100 USD a board. Any further questions? Tell me I don't know what I'm doing.  (Saturday Nov 21 | post #15894)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

Google "over unity devices." It will amaze you what physics-deprived people are willing to believe.  (Thursday Nov 19 | post #15880)

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Baptist Verson of Book of Mormon

That is true. I've sent out 3 so far and that teaching is common with them.  (Thursday Nov 19 | post #6652)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

You place your thumb into the eye of the problem: If what I have free will at accept His atonement BEFORE, you are saying I can't change my mind? You tell me no one would. Does that mean I can't? My point to you is your faith takes away free agency--that unique and important piece of doctrine that keeps up ACTING civilized. Under your doctrine, there is not a thing to keep someone from settling down into a sinful life once they are saved, because what they DO doesn't MEAN anything. You can tell me all the shoulds and woulds you'd like to, but the bottom line is this: You believe once we get our hand stamped, we can go and play around doing anything we want. I vehemently disagree and I think that doctrine is of the devil. For someone to come and tell ME the LDS Church is misguided because we expect more of our members than that is ludicrous and silly. PLEASE examine that piece of your doctrine. It is false. We argue about works vs. grace all we want, but do you really think a God and His Son that paid for your sins would want His people to be free to sin as they wished and still enjoy the fruits of His blood? Of His pain? Every time I do something that is contrary to His will, I WANT to feel pain. I WANT to know I am making Him sad. I want to be like He is. HE wants me to be like HE is. This is one of the false doctrines that have crept into the religions on earth and this is one BIG reason we needed a restoration. I say this with all the force I have in my heart: Whatever brings you closer to Christ is good. Think about the man, the person, the personal attributes, of the Savior. The Master. Forget Scripture for a millisecond. If He was standing next to you and you were kneeling to Him, as he places His hand on you shoulder, raises you up and wants to talk to you, what do you think He will say? I bet part of it is "do as I do." The next part is "I forgive you, because I have paid the price." AND THE THIRD PART is "Go, and sin no more..." You, my friend, are very good at espousing the doctrine as you have been taught. You are amazing with the words, and it is clear they make perfect sense to you. I am simply saying that the doctrine you spend so much time defending has errors that simply do NOT fit with the Savior's Church. The one HE started. And you can be stubborn all you want, but I am telling you there are some plain and precious parts missing and some pieces turned around. I was never as learned as you when I was Baptist. But I was Baptist. I understand there are some wonderful Baptists. But the doctrine is wrong. Simply wrong.  (Thursday Nov 19 | post #15877)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

Didn't get it yet... Transformers only work for ac. I am using 250 volts from batteries. It's a little more complicated...  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #15874)

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And there is no excuse today to be following ANY scripture, using your thesis. The Book of Mormon is just as valid as any other scripture. My dogma is bigger than your dogma.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #2742)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

You know, there are viewpoints that I agree with you. "By their fruits you will know them" I believe MOSTLY not all, that a religion that makes a better neighbor, citizen, and friend is probably more true than one that doesn't. Truth is truth, and natural law is a pretty large piece of it. At the core of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints is the knowledge that we are all brothers and sisters. You and I. Everyone. We have an eternal Father in Heaven. Our reason for coming here was to learn how to, with our families, come back Home. Religious dogma aside, (for there is always enough of that no matter where you look) that is a pretty enticing viewpoint, is it not? It was to me. It means that service and behavior IS important. It means that "nice" is important. It means that at the end of the day, we come home to the most important people in the world. I enjoy it. It does it for me. I chose this way.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #15871)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

Thanks. Coming from you, I appreciate that.  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #15870)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

Mormons: We are Christians, too

You are AMAZING. I've spent much of my time developing a circuit that will take 250 VDC and turn it into 650 VDC (at about 8 amps) then pulse-width modulate it down to 220 VAC--with a variable frequency sine wave. I love what I do, but sure would love to take it across a lake!  (Wednesday Nov 18 | post #15869)