mrmarklin

Never saw the movie but read the book. Every slander about J Smith and the church was really an outright lie. I researched every one I didn't immediately know the answer to. Even more disappointing in the book was the fact that all the references and footnotes of "sources" for the lies were other discredited anti Mormon tracts, books and articles! All "straw man" stuff. No real scholarship whatsoever. I have no quarrel with disagreements in doctrine. We can agree to disagree based on various interpretations of scripture. But I draw the line when lying becomes part of the equation.

Yes, kimchee really is quite wonderful!!!

Plenty of this in the LV area. Red Rock area + Mt Charles........................etc. Even indoor place in town.

The Flamingo is in the heart of the Strip, and you can walk to many major attractions, including TI Pirates, and the Bellagio water show. Trust me, you don't want to be driving up and down the Strip looking for entertainment. It's very crowded. The Flamingo is the oldest hotel on the Strip because it was the first. It's still a pretty decent place to stay with kids IMHO. It has great pool area, and don't miss the pink flamingos in the garden in back. It's across the street from Caesar's which has the Forum shopping mall should you be so inclined. This mall has the most sales per square foot of any in the US. Inside Caesar's Palace is Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill a not to be missed dining experience for lunch if you like well prepared food. Unfortunately you must go through the casino to get there.

Best advice I've ever heard is that you should BE the person you expect to marry in character, values and integrity. Character counts, don't settle for less. The North American idea of dating is to filter people by getting to know their character and values. In most cultures worldwide this is done by relatives and many marraiges are "arranged". I know two women who went through the Arrangement process and they are happily married today because concerned family and friends did this process for them.

I don't have a reference for the quote, but the most impoprtant calling is the one you currently have.

1 I think if you share your feelings with like women you would be surprised at the sympathy you would get in raising a family and the stresses involved. 2 I am a successful, albeit male professional. I make a good 6 figure income, I have a good career and a good life. BUT at the end of the day I WON'T say to myself when I'm retired I WISH I HAD SPENT MORE TIME AT THE OFFICE. Enjoy your children, they ar gifts from God.

In any lawsuit the attorneys sue everyne who could conceivably have any money and was in any way involved in the problem. This has nothing to do with the church, the member whose home is involved or the member lawyer. It's all SOP. If your father was a licensed contractor and very legit as you state he would have had insurance for just these sort of contingencies. Let the insurance company handle the lawsuit.

I have never, nor will I ever buy a dress for my wife! That would be disastrous! Of course we don't wear garments when participating in many sporting activities. You've got your sports, and I've got mine.:-)

Newton was a closet Arianist, a belief that would have led to great persecution had he openly preached it to others. The Arianist doctrine which was replaced by the Trinitarian at the Nicean council was a bone of contention in the Church for literally hundreds of years. But Constantine decided that the Trinity fit his Greek beliefs more, and the rest as they say is history................................!

Not if you continue to drive over nails.

Glen Beck is first and foremost a Libertarian. Libertarians believe that social justivce is best achieved by a lessez-faire attitude that leaves social activism in the dustbin of history. I would not take his comments as anti-religion per se, but as an anti-liberal rant. Some Catholics and Protestant denominations are very liberal and activist in their beliefs, and try to influence policy in the US by force of political numbers and activism.

There is no church doctrine AFAIK about this, but there have been statements over the years by various GAs and others regarding the "problems" of cultural differences. Frankly, if one has married in the temple to another worthy member, isn't that the same culture??? Both share the same basic beliefs about family, religion and how to live etc, etc. So I'm not sure what "intercultural" means as applied to members unless it means marrying outside the faith. I married a woman from another country, and we seem to have survived 35+ years so far and had 4 kids. Two of whom married persons from other countries......but then I live in California which is a big melting pot of "cultures".:)

There is no chance of this ever happening. Only One knows the future. I can't belive the number of replies to the Troll post.

Yeah, well no one could access the website.

All dating an RM does is improve the odds....hopefully.

This is not a good tax system because as a percentage of income it falls mostly on the poor, who need to spend almost all their income just to live.. God's way is the best, a % of gross that falls in equal percentages on rich and poor alike. The rich pay more in absolute $$ because they have more.

Saguaro has a point. What if your daughteer decides to marry a non member--like mine did. I've found that once your kids reach a certain age, they are really beyond certain "controls". Ideally I would have arranged marraiges for each of them. I would only have picked one spouse out of four so far. Unfortunately we live in a "free" country, and each child is free to make their own mistakes.

You are not a porn addict. Most guys have looked at it whether they will admit it on this forum or not. So I don't perceive that as the real issue. In fact the situation appears to be so complex that I don't have any answers for you at all. BUT I will say this: get some sort of counselling. A good friend of mine was divorced twice before he sought counselling, and by following the counselor's advice and correcting some things about himself his third marraige has now lasted for over 25 happy years.

Some really good women on this forum...........reminds me of the Oscar Wilde quote........ My dear father, if we men married the women we deserved... we should have a very bad time of it.

It is marraige and that's certainly important. But we are talking about Four Years of bad behavior. People don't change that readily, and bad habits are very hard to break. Leaving can be a wake up call, and not necessarily final. It's the only lever she has left, and remember she was very young when first married. .

I don't think it's necessary. You have repented and forsaken the sin. I agree you are not addicted, and never were. Addicts have a behavior pattern that they will forsake all else but the addiction. Your pattern is not that of an addict.:)

You ARE married to an immature baby. Leave him now before you have any children and find an actual Man to marry. I don't think you need to waste a lot of time and money in counselling to arrive at a proper conclusion with this jerk.

Time heals all wounds as they say. My experience in the church tells me that the average LDS jumps into marraige too fast. Nine months is not very long, and I'm certainly an advocate of "4 season" courtship ie. seeing someone through an entire annual cycle of holidays, vacations and normal stressful life! Take your time. Have you dated other men since your divorce? Participated in singles activities as part of a group? Had a chance to meet a lot of other men? Talking marraige after only 9 months seems like a lack of maturity and life experience to me. You were married very young, and a lot of normal growing up over the last 4 years has passed you by. You have not had the normal life experiences of someone your age because of your bad marraige. I reiterate..................take your time.

Totally untrue. I take them out all the time.