annamaureen

I've always personally interpreted it as "if the sport you're playing generally requires an outfit that would reveal your garments, then you can remove them." For example, basketball shorts are generally pretty long and you could easily wear your garments while playing a game. However, things like soccer shorts or tennis skirts tend to be shorter.

My husband is the same way with his iPhone... he can't survive without it, because it allows him to check the scores and read about sports wherever and whenever!

I have no advice or anything; but I do know how you feel. Whenever I stumble across articles by antis or former members, they always leave me feeling really down and doubtful. The scripture that I always remember (and perhaps might be helpful to you to) is D&C 6:22-23. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things. Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?"

Adding to the "are dogs or cats smarter" debate... dogs have been bred for thousands of years to perform certain tasks and work with humans. Cats have not.

Perhaps this is the Spirit prompting you, that he's not the person you should be with?

Regardless of whether the women are actually being intimate with each other, they're still in the bed of another married couple engaging in sexual acts. I can't imagine how that's not breaking the law of chastity in some form.

The man is married to each woman, but the women aren't married to each other. It would be breaking the law of chastity to be sexually intimate with each other - which would happen if they were all in a bed together in a threesome/foursome/whatever.

I'm a big animal lover and like both. But if I had to pick, it would be dogs! Cats can be affectionate but it's just not the same as a dog's loyalty and desire to please.

From what I've personally seen, most pro-choice women believe the father has no rights when it comes to abortion.

I don't know if that's what the OP was implying. I tried to find a really nice, formal dress recently and had a difficult time. It's pretty easy to find modest clothing but if you want something a little more elegant and formal, it gets harder.

I hate the PC vs Mac argument, because so many Mac users get smug about how SUPER AWESOME AND AMAZING their Macs are. I have a PC laptop and it works great. My husband has a Mac which I use sometimes, and I don't see what's so wonderful about it.

I don't know much about this subject but googled out of curiosity. Here are some links I found; maybe they'll be helpful to you, too. Pro-Abortion Feminist Scouts Baptist Press - FIRST-PERSON: Not your mom's Girl Scouts - News with a Christian Perspective What happened<BR>to the Girl Scouts?

I understand that it's meant to teach the children about testimonies and all that. But I too find it mildly annoying. I personally don't think it's cute or spiritual to have the parents whispering into their ear and the kid mumbling, "I love my parents... I know the church is true.. I love Jesus... nameofJesusChristamen..."

Arabic!

I beg you - nothing like Jayleigh, Mykynzy, Kailey, Addisyn, etc. I keep seeing those horrible names around Utah and they just make me cringe.

What baffles me is why Courtney always sticks around so long. The girl is a toothpick and and they sit her out for challenges as much as possible - why is she even there?

I agree with this. I love my father dearly but if he had asked for a sit down "interview" with my husband, I would have told him to buzz off. He's marrying me, not my father. Of course they talked and got to know each other before the wedding, but there was none of this sit down, "man to man" discussion where my father deemed him worthy or not.

I think we can go in circles with all the anecdotes and "personal experiences." Some people in this thread are talking about all the non-RMs who ended up leaving the church and doing bad things. Others are talking about RMs who lived the picture perfect LDS life but ended up leaving the church and doing bad things. Personally, I dated (briefly!) some RMs who tried to feel me up, sent me inappropriate pictures of themselves, didn't wear their garments... doesn't sound very worthy to me! But I guess my point is that, in regards to the original poster, she needs to evaluate this young man as his own person - and we should all look at RMs and non-RMs alike as individuals with different life experiences, not just lump them all together and make assumptions about them.

I don't know why Russell was so obvious with the whole "I'm going for a walk" thing. I mean, the tribe wasjust talking about the idol, it's not like people aren't going to figure out what you're doing. I think it would be funny if somebody made a really realistic, authentic looking idol before the game, and snuck it in and hid it and let someone else find it!

In my opinion, all you need to ask yourself is, "regardless of his past, is this young man currently worthy, righteous, active, an honorable priesthood holder, and able to take me to the temple?" If the answer is yes, I don't see the problem. As others have said, being an RM isn't a guarantee of worthiness.

Stunning!

If a girl rejects a convert because he didn't go on a mission... well, you don't need that kind of person for a wife! There will be some girls who are looking for an RM and an RM only, and I'm sure you'll run into them. But there are also plenty who will be understanding, and will see your righteousness and worthiness regardless of whether you went on a mission or not.

I always have to laugh when people call us a "cult." If you go by the dictionary definition, almost all religions are cults! 1. A particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. An instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers. 3. The object of such devotion. 4. A group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. 5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols. I have a theory that since people just aren't used to LDS doctrine, it comes across as "bizarre" to them. Certain belief systems may seem odd when you really look closely at them, but they're so widely accepted that people don't think of them as odd anymore. But since LDS beliefs are not as common or widespread, and there's much confusion about it, it's easy for people to mock and distrust. For example: many religions have special clothing - priests wear white collars or cassocks, Muslim women wear headscarfs, Jewish men wear yarmulkes - but since it's been around for a while and people are used to seeing it, it's become common and accepted and not thought of as weird. But when it comes to the LDS garment, it's not commonly seen or heard of so people will make fun of it. Same goes for all our beliefs.

Ah, that makes sense. In my view, a young man who didn't go on a mission just because he "didn't feel like it" and simply doesn't care, is a bit different than someone who was inactive, a convert, was prevented from going due to a sin but has since repented, etc. My problem is with those who choose to judge ANY man who didn't go on a mission as automatically unworthy and not good enough.

I think there's a big difference between your examples. Not serving a mission is in the past, and the man may very well regret not having gone - but refusing to live the WoW or looking at porn is a current, ongoing sin and bars him from being worthy. A guy who says "I was inactive in my early twenties and didn't serve a mission," is not the same as one who says "I don't do my home teaching and I look at porn, who cares?"