Who Knows?

Who Knows?

"If I don't know I know, I think I don't know. If I don't know I don't know, I think I know."

Confusing right? Or is it? I think I know what is means...Or do I? Soooo who knows ya knows??

Sitting in history class today reading the beginning of Chapter 2 in my book...(ok so maaayyyybee I didn't read the chapters like Dr. Ruff said........oops. ) Anyways! I'm reading my book and in the second paragraph I read some things about some dude named Gilgamesh. First of all....Gilgamesh? Really? Sounds like something you can eat at The Ivy. But back to the real story...So I was reading and by the description someone would wonder if he were real and if he were, how could anybody be like him today?



In the book Traditions & Encounters it describes Gilgamesh as having "super human strength and courage". I bet that when a person reads that they think about like..Superman. "What's that!? In the sky!? It's a bird! It's a plane! NO, it's GILGAMESH!" That's so what the people of ancient Mesopotamia were yelling...However, I don't think that was the case. I think that my friend Gilgamesh here was like Superman yes. But not the bullet proof version we're all thinking of. Instead the regular guy Clark Kent version. I mean come on! Who says you have to be able to lift a car with one finger to have superhuman strength? I believe that strength is from within and is given to us by Heavenly Father. I think that every being, young or old, rich or poor, can have this superhuman strength and courage. In Joshua 1:9 in the Bible says "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." Don't you think that even though we can't stop a bullet with our eyeball or catch a woman falling from a building (cause those things happen all the time) that we can have superhuman strength? It just depends on the kind of strength. Heavenly Father can give us strength beyond our wildest dreams if we simply have faith in Him.



The book says that Gilgamesh "saw mysteries and knew secret things". How could a person be like that today? Honestly, how can a person actually know secret things without trying to take your money? Well, in 3 Nephi 18:20 of the Book of Mormon it says "And whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, which is right, believing that ye shall receive, behold it shall be given unto you." This shows that if you pray and have faith that you will get an answer the Lord can help you to know anything that you need to know. If you listen to the Spirit you can get through any trial and work your way through any maze the world has to offer. Maybe that's how Gilgamesh "saw mysteries". He just prayed and asked Heavenly Father for the truth.

Women vs. Men

"When you look at something you don't see everything."

~ Dr. Ruff

In class today Dr. Ruff said that a long time ago before the agriculture revolution women were expected to survive better than men and that they probably even came up with the idea of farming. Well...I have one thing to say about that......DANG STRAIGHT! With out us men would be absolutley nothing. Women are the ones with teh brains! I find is rather sad that in today's society men are the dominate roles when we women have to kiss their sad little booboos. Let's just face it, all men are babies. If one gets sick the others start "feeling bad" too. They get one little sniffle and its "Oh baby, Austin gave me that dad gum flu! Make me a sandwich will ya!?.....Oh and I'll take beef stew for dinner I think that'll help...don't be stingy with the beef." HA! All men are babies...

However, even though all this is true, I personally believe that both sexes are equal. I know that I wouldn't be who I am without that certain someone to help me open my pickle jar when I do make him a sandwich. Therefore, that shows that women do need men in their lives. Think of all the poor unopened jars and sad little broke down cars on the side of the road. That would be a sad life, but the mechanics would make even better money then they do now! Haha!

According to M. Russell Ballard of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "The gospel of Jesus Christ can sanctify both men and women in the same way and by identical principles. For example, faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost are requirements for all of God's children, regardless of gender. The same is true of temple covenants and blessings. Our Father's work and glory is to brong to pass the immortality and eternal life of His children (Moses 1:39 Pearl of Great Price). He loves us all equally, and His greatest gift, the gift of eternal life, is available to all." This proves that men and women are equal and are capable of acquiring something so wonderful that a person can't even describe the way it makes them feel. Both genders can accomplish this amazing thing if they simply believe. If that isn't equality; I'm not sure what is.