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Here it will cost around 5,000 €. But if you want a reliable, small car I'd go with a FIAT 500 or Citroen C2 or Renault Clio. But obviously they cost more than 5,000€

I still consider myself an Agnostic, but I'm experiencing things that are putting my current beliefs in question.

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I agree with you. Television in my country is horrible, basically I only watch sports, then I spend my free time at my computer, watching movies, listening to radios, reading. Here Satellite TV is still too expensive for the majority of people, you pay 12€ a month but you don't get interesting channels, if you want the complete package (news, docs, movies, sports, soccer) it's around 52€ per month, PPVs excluded, so most people here just get 7 national channels, 3 public run by the Government and 4 privately owned (3 of them are owned by Berlusconi, who's Prime Minister), that basically suck, you get Tv series, agony aunt style talk shows, a lot of gossip talk shows, (ir)reality shows, infomercials, old and low quality movies and sometimes football, car racing, motorbike racing, and starting at 11PM we get some documentaries, political talk shows, better movies, it's absurd; plus some local Tv Channels which run infomercial for like 10-12 hours a day, a couple of news flashes, maybe a 2 hour football program and then they all show softcore videos or porn chatlines and websites commercials for all the night long. I am anti low quality, gutter, sex oriented, immoral TV. Tv can be a great thing actually.

Love thy neighbor like thyself, it counts also people from different places

Because they're good people. Talking about the Scriptures you guys advised me to read, I'm reading them and they're opening my mind much more than I thought they would, I don't know if I'm overreacting but it's just the way I feel, like my head is empty, fresh and relaxed. Thank you! This one, in particular "we see that the devil will not support his children at the last day, but doth speedily drag them down to hell. "

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Well, I live in Italy, the only members I see here are the Missionaries, but I can tell you, the reality of Catholicism is no better. Thanks for the advice on the scriptures.

I read some parts of the Book of Mormon, the part posted makes me think, that I've questioned, I've been doing that all my life, and God answered me, like I'm scared, I think about Him and he answers in His way and I suddenly can fall asleep without fear. Can this be an explanation? PS: Unbelievable how inspirational and revealing (revealing? is it correct?) those few lines can be. Many people told me "it's faith, you just have to believe! there's no such thing like sample or proof, just faith!", instead in the Book of Mormon it tells me "Ask God and he will answer". That's so different from what I usually heard.

Thanks. I think I find a more appropriate section of this forum to discuss my feelings http://www.lds.net/forums/general-discussion/22205-power-suggestion-god-calling-me.html

Foremost I hope nobody will feel offended by what I'm going to say, second I hope this is the right section of the forum (if it isn't Mods are going to move the discussion somewhere else like every other forum:D) I am absolutely not here to question your beliefs, your faith or your doctrine, I'm here so we can all question me. I've always tried to live by the teachings you find in the Bible, I think that if we all lived by those teachings then we would all live in a much better world. I find the Bible extremely inspirational. But I've always been a "rationalist", I've never considered the concept of God as a supernatural being, let's say I've always rejected the concept of creationism(even if on different occasions there are things of our world that makes me wonder if there's been someone putting all this stuff together in perfect balance), judgment, punishment, afterlife(I think that when someone dies everything just ends there). However I strongly believe that Jesus did exist, but for me Jesus is a Master, an extremely intelligent man who helped a lot of people, who taught the whole world many many precious things. Religion for me is not 'believing in God' but is more like a lifestyle, a philosophy which I've decided to live by, a Savior because he said so many wise things that we could really have a great life listening to him. I've always considered the Bible as metaphors, for me there's no God punishing you or blessing you, but the punishment is the consequence of a bad action, the bad action is going against the teachings you find in the Bible, example: if you smoke 40 cigarettes every day, I don't think there's God punishing you with lung cancer, but you're harming your body, you're going against the teachings, and the cancer is just a consequence of your bad actions. Same goes for blessings, if you work hard you get praises and a nice job, you're following the teachings, but I don't think there's God giving you a "price" by letting you get a better salary. A basic simple scheme: Jesus' teachings ====> good things ===> good actions ===> good consequences Satan (which for me is the metaphor that stands for 'anything against Jesus' teachings') ===> bad things(sins) ===> bad actions ===> even worse consequences But, there must be a 'but' unless all this would just be a theoretical philosophy class, in the last year, more or less, I found myself more and more thinking about the fact that we have to die, dead people, death, afterlife and every night I went to bed scared by my own thoughts, scared of what? ghosts? evil ghosts? demons? I mean, scared to the point that I had to fall asleep with TV and lights on, because I felt alone and exposed to those thoughts becoming reality and I needed something to keep my mind busy so I wouldn't be able to think about other things so that I could fall asleep. Lately, a matter of a couple of weeks, I steadily kept on thinking about God, the existence of a benevolent being that cares about me, that protects me, that wants me to succeed in life and live happily, while I still thought about death, but, I don't know if that's just the power of suggestion, I wasn't scared, I wasn't scared at all, I slept well, with no TV or lights on. I even enjoy staying in my bed with no noise and no lights, I now find it relaxing. Now, is there a God or is just the power a suggestion? I know you will tell me that there's a God, which I hope, but being the 'rationalist' that I am, I still can't help to think that my mind needs a proof in order to believe. Then why the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints? Because I was raised Catholic, I don't believe at all in the Catholic Church and its humans invested with God-like powers of judging and forgiving, and I can't forget Vatican's history and how they keep on trying to influence life in my country. I think that Latter Day Saints are the last Christians who are actually Christians because they believe in what they're doing and are not Christians just because someone told them they're Christians, and I think that they, or better, you, are the last Christians who actually try to live your lives by the teachings of Jesus and you're not there just to tell other people how they should live their lives. As for Joseph Smith, well, if we believe that God give mankind the Bible, why can't we believe that God gave testimony also in the Book of Mormon? However I am not that well-educated regarding your history and doctrine so I will not discuss it.

Hi people, I'm confused, I'd say in a transition moment, and I'm here to learn.

I'm not a church member but that sounds like a serious sin to me. Hope everything will go in the right way for the child, for her and for the family. Hope she can get back as quickly as possible on her path, with more morality and more hope.

We all make mistakes, but it isn't a man who can judge or question your morality, or can forgive you (that's why I don't understand catholics). Only God can forgive you. I never condemn Love, but if there wasn't love, if it was just curiosity then I'd say you did a wrong thing, you made a mistake, big deal! we all make mistakes every day, you may have made a big mistake there but that doesn't mean you're sentenced to hell. You should focus on yourself, just on yourself, on your path, that's what counts, your path towards God and His teachings. Talk with the Lord, talk with yourself, read inspirational scriptures. It doesn't matter if your homosexual or heterosexual, what really matters is that you love God and try your best to live by what Jesus taught us. Love, love, love! Do not harm other people and do not harm yourself. Find deep within you the answer, when you find it then you'll know what to do with your life and how to continue your path. Take care bro'!

I would say, break up with him, it's prolly the best thing to do, if you're not sure you'll be able to wait for him without dating other guys then just stop your relationship with him. I'm a very jealous person so I can pretty relate with your current boyfriend. Nobody here can tell you what's the right thing to do. If he's as jealous as I am I'd consider cheating if my girl dated other guys while I was doing such an important thing. That's my opinion: take your time, talk with yourself and then you'll know if he's worth 2 years without dating or not. I'd also tell you that even if you do not date that doesn't mean you're not going to have good times in those two years.