MustardSeed

Obviously, it would feel better to have no issues of trust. I would much rather be married to somebody who always followed through with what they promised than somebody who was wrong or who changed their mind or who made mistakes. It would be an easier ride that’s for sure. Where might I find a spouse like that?

Merry Christmas indeed! I hope you and all feel loved and safe and closer to God on this special week.

I’m still here.

I’m not sure how you define that, or where the problem lies for you. But I will tell you that my husband‘s a very happy man. 😉

We as a people need to catch up with God. We absolutely get in our own way.

Just a suggestion here, always ID an opinion as such I’ve found it to be very helpful both as a poster and as a reader.

I don’t necessarily see any distinction. The church likes to say same sex attraction, instead of anything else. I think the church is fairly uncomfortable using common colloquialisms. I think if there was any other word for pornography they would use that as well.

One would think. But this is a very complicated religion, even though we like to think it’s very simple. The gospel is simple, but the religion is not. We are entrenched in a lot of rich history, heavy expectations, family, pressures, etc. Sometimes belief is layered underneath a lot of things.

If a young woman is widowed and it is difficult for her to find a new partner who is willing to get married outside the temple, I would say that our policies of today have an impact on us today. This is just one example. I also believe that ritual, tradition, symbolism, etc. has a significant impact on one’s view of the self and even of their relationship. I believe that our practices around sealings speak volumes to a lot of people and has an impact on how we experience this earthly life. I’m less concerned about eternity because I agree with you, we know absolutely nothing.

You don’t agree with my displeasure - I’m assuming you agree with the fact that we still practice presently through our temple activity.

Since so much of religion is determining what is right and what is wrong, it doesn’t seem like much of a leap to me to identify a behavior which a church condones supports or otherwise, as being wrong and therefore a reason to decide that the church is off base. My understanding is that we (the church) still support polygamy and the imbalances that come from it in our temple practices. I don’t see polygamy as strictly historical. I see it as past present and future in various forms.

Why can’t two or three prophets be wrong? If one can be?

“Proof to me”

But what a ripple. We believe that God will move mountains to obtain His objective, which is to redeem mankind. But this issue has denigrated us and lost so many. Seems to me to be a man’s error, and proof to me that God isn’t always in the details. Where might we be today, had Joseph not been so curious about Abraham’s lifestyle?

First, my deep condolences. That’s a pain unmatched, as I am to understand. I wish for you peace, if needed. Second, simply say “no thank you.” “If” it’s asked, it surely comes from positive intent (though timing is critical) but you can say no.

I feel that way now about a lot of things, some of them fundamental to what I believed we were all about.

I All I can say is that the heart has a mind of its own. I’m not sure why I was so drawn to him. Maybe it’s because he was the prophet during the most important phase of my life. Also, I was there when Cody Judy did that thing at the Marriott center-

President Hunter.

Of course. No issues, but I am annoyed that something taught so prevalently in my young life never was true. I had to erase because the question I asked was easily answered with a simple google search, and I would have looked more stupid in front of everyone here than I enjoy looking 😂

I mean you joke but seriously I was led to believe this garbage as a young person. It’s so embarrassing and I feel crazy. What else am I off the mark on? What else is nonsense? Im learning- that apparently- a lot is.

Never mind. Apparently I’m worse than not a scholar, im actually ignorant. I feel often times like I took a nap and woke up to a weird new religion, and that the old one was a fever dream.

The movie Ghost?

And this is precisely why when we judge we are sinning- and in the process, willfully rejecting the gospel.

Dont we all reject the gospel every day, willfully, as we sin? as an active member of the church, do my sins stack up differently than somebody who, for example, decides not to go to church on Sunday even though they’ve been taught the gospel?

Well look at both your chosen names.