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Hi!!

Thankyou :) It definately feels that way! Its really changing my life and I thought I was already living a reasonably good life. But, it's given me the strength to do things that I've wanted to do for a long time. I'm so thrilled and thankful God sent missionaries to knock at my door.

but isnt the whole point of the restriction detailed in the Word of Wisdom for those who cannot control themselves with those things. The reason everyone abstains from alcohol being that whilst some people may be able to have 1 drink in moderation, others cannot, so by restricting its consumption totally, it doesn't encourage "the weakest of all saints" to consume. I can say as somebody who was totally addicted to Coca-Cola for many many years until just recently when I found the LDS church and the Word of Wisdom. It caused me ill health with weight gain and absolutely horrific dental problems which caused me to shy away from smiling until I had some expensive dental work done. Now, the whole point of the Word of Wisdom is that it promotes good health, shouldn't it be included. I went to a new years party organised by some other members of my local ward, and towards the end of the night half the drinks available were Coca-Cola, I was so tempted to drink it and it made it uncomfortable for me. Wasn't the Word of Wisdom designed to help people like me? I suppose I am lucky that I've never had a similar problem with alcohol. But I know if I take a relaxed attitude towards Coke again, within a short time I will be back in my old habit of drinking a Litre or two a day.

thankyou :) well i gotta get back to working, i'm sure you'll see me 'trolling' about in the near future.

thanks and hi!!

gah! you read that a bit too quick thanks for the kinds words :)

GAH.. I just posted this at test.lds.net.... *facepalm*.. i'm like why has nobody replied hahahha Hi there, my name is Jeremy. I've recently become a member of the LDS church. I was baptized on the 27th of December 2008. I live in Perth, Western Australia where I'm a member of the Doubleview ward. As I'm a recent convert (previously Presbyterian Christian), I was googling away on various questions I had on my new faith and stumbled across this site. As I generally spend a lot of time on forums trolling around expressing my beliefs, I could not resist but to sign up here. I'm looking forward to listening/sharing beliefs from/to other members of the LDS church. Though I suspect my reputation as a 'bible-basher' (despite the fact I don't tend to involve religion on various moral/intellectual discussion in public forums) on various other forums may be replaced by 'hedonist' on this forum (no not quite, im sure I'll get along well here, much as I do with my new found brothers and sisters at church). I'm looking forward to talking with all of you and I think I'll start my first thread by kindof asking for help. This Sunday I've been asked to give my first talk at the church, and I'm very nervous about it, so I thought I'd post it here in hope that some people could read over it, and give suggestions or point out any grammatical errors etc etc. I'm a terrible public speaker and when I give my testimony at my baptism I almost wet myself so this is a first talk and I was advised to make it 5-8 minutes long. So very nervous please excuse me if I don't reply right away. It's way past my bedtime