FanOf31

When you say "Most of the potential beneficiaries could be treated with existing legal drugs as well as, or in many cases better than, they would be treated with marijuana". what are you referring to? I hope not pills, as pills are all terrible for you! Smoking is bad and everyone knows it, but what about vaporizing or eating it? I think the church just thinks being high on it allows the devil to have greater influence on you, and THAT in my opinion might just be true but I don't know for sure.

So it sounds like I need to start going to church at a singles ward in my area for this to happen, well I'll go to the ward in Highland I guess since there are no other options.

This brings up an interesting few thoughts in my brain. The way I see it, beauty shall be seen on the inside when we are resurrected, NOT on the outside. It's about the big picture and not about vain items when you truly humble your ego and see this. Satan brainwashes us and chooses what we think is beautiful. It reminds me of that Dr. Seus book about the sneeches (I think that's what they were called lol) who had a star and others who did not. What if that's how we looked? You would think completely different about what was attractive. It's all in your head as you have grown up in our society. Just take a look at other cultures such as indigenous people who have a completely different idea of beauty. My 2nd thought, is this: I was lucky enough to be born with ears that stick out. My real mom asked if I wanted an otoplasty to "correct" them and I did say yes as kids of course made fun of me in school up to that point (I was the sneech with no star). My step mom said no way and I lived with her and had no choice as my step mom and Dad would have been required to pay for half of the surgery and my mom the other half. I went through nonstop suffering for this physical feature my whole life, yet at the same time have become quite strong but it was never easy. I am now in a position to pay for the surgery myself to get the otoplasty and think I will just go ahead and get this surgery just to boost my self confidence while still on earth. People truly judge me for this and it's wrong but unfortunately that's the world for you. I don't want to miss any oppurtunity for anything as I'm taking life serious now. I have wondered if when I'm resurrected, will my ears go back to how they were?? I think they probably would as looks have no true effect on the big picture. What do y'all think? And do you think I'm vain for wanting this surgery? I will also have this surgery done for my kids if their ears are this way only for the fact I don't want to see them suffer the way I did, NOT because I think they are ugly! Opinions?

No one has any thoughts about dreams even though the scriptures are full of accounts of visions huh? I'm not claiming to ever have had a vision, but I know that some dreams have put ideas and thoughts into my mind which have helped me in certain situations. over 30 views and no comments lol wow.

It seems like this is the year of everone getting married. Is everyone scared of the 2nd coming? haha jk as the 2nd coming would still allow us to live out our lives on earth, only in a better way. I almost got married about 4 years ago, so I am absolutely ready for it now :) Time to start being a grown up

I have asked my grandpa this very same question or maybe he even brought it up I can't remember. Either way, and he is a very respected and very religious devout lds member who's been a bishop twice and in the stake presidency. He told me "in a world where the church ended up not being true, which it IS true, just take a look at the scientific, mental health, physical health, and financial benefits you would STILL gain by having followed the commandments. You would be smarter, healthier in every sense of the word, and have a much more fulfilling and pleasing life on Earth. This in itself testifies and proves that the true church on Earth is ours as it's perfect, as God's true church would be". Quite an enlightening discussion if you ask me

I go to church maybe once a month, but that's better than never going which is how it was for me for the past 7 years of my life. I am slowly becoming active again. I haven't even talked to "my" bishop. I just go to sacrament meeting with my fiance which is a Latino ward in west valley. It's quite amazing to hear the gospel in a different language I tell you what! It just confirms how true the church really is. My fiance talked with "our" bishop and this is what she was told. I told her we could give him gas money, but it just seemed almost wrong or something doing that, but I'd still be willing. My Dad doesn't want me going t his ward for whatever reason (don't even know why, but we are not very close but I do live with him). My friend who lives in Orem has setup an interview/appointment with his bishop who claims he can do this for me. I'm praying literally that he can do this as I get married in 28 days! Does anyone know if this will work? I'm applying for my marriage license next week. (Obviously it's not a temple marriage, yet the temple is our goal when we are able).

Basically after I was ordained an Elder I was trying to go on my mission. I had turned my papers in and was doing everything necessary to go including obstaining from moral and word of wisdom issues. I moved while waiting for my call and I NEVER got my call. I have never heard of this type of thing happening to anyone, so I hope you can try and visualize where I'm coming from now. I basically turned my back on the church in a certain way but still believed it. I just didn't understand why I never got my mission call. I basically from that point within about a month of not hearing back started smoking weed, drinking, eating mushrooms, fornicating, and decided if it wasn't meant to be, then God didn't think it was for me. I never went against the church and always felt guilty for my sinning, but I definitely became mentally addicted to pot, not necessarily phyisically. I started hanging out with the wrong crowd, they weren't terrible shady people, just happy hippies that only did the natural things. I was fortunate enough and thank Heavenly Father I never touched the harder things that turn people into zombies and they either end up overdosing or going to prison. Could never stay loyal to any of my girlfriends and was just in a dark place. Finally everything got old and I've spent thousands of dollars on weed within about 7 years time. When I met my fiance I decided it was time to grow up and prepare to learn the true meaning of life which was NOT about partying as I slowly discovered. I've come a long way and have never EVER said the church isn't true. I don't do any of those things now and have been 100% loyal to my woman. It's hard to describe the difference that you feel when you do things the right way. I still though tend to think that weed is not really a big deal as I am so familiar with it and it's not what everyone makes it out to be, it's just not. However, if it's the Lord's will to obstain, then that's what I shall do. I just need to mentally prepare myself for a time when it might be legal with a prescription AND a time when the church says it's okay if you use it for medicinal purposes as I would most likely want it back in my life, but no other past time habits. Does this make me a bad person having this open-minded view? I personally know weed became illegal so paper manufacturing companies would thrive as hemp paper was about to take over as it's stronger and ten times cheaper and faster to grow. The drug companies need weed to be mostly illegal because people would stop buying all their terrible pills that kill yet make them billions. There are a lot of twisted laws such as (immigration in my opinion but we won't go there this time) and I always look at both sides. In my opinion thc is a natural gift from God when used in a proper manner which includes not smoking it as carcinogens will kill you. Sorry for the novel but I've always wanted to get other church member's take on this as I've been out of the church scene for so long. Thanks for taking the time to read this and give your opinion!

I haven't. It's definitely my goal though!

I'd want my tithing back lol

29 days for me :)

And offered as a prescription drug, would the church be against it if you had a health reason to use it? The only reason I ask is because I know of it's values and it's negative effects. The fact the church allows us to use prescription pills which are 1000 times worse for us (our liver specifically) brought this question to mind. The answer "no because thc alters your mind when you are under it's influence" doesn't hold true since prescription pills do the same thing.

I go to church in West Valley but live in Highland. My bishop claims he can't marry us because we're getting married in a different county (in Provo, Utah County). What's the easiest way for me to find a bishop down here that can marry us?

Yes usually they're random thoughts our mind generates from the day sorting out problems and desires. However obviously there are times where dreams have deep meanings. Some interesting things I have always wondered is, for example, when I have dreams about my ex, can she sense this connection? I wake up feeling connected to her in a spiritual way even though she's now married and I'm engaged to someone else and we're both perfectly happy now with who we're with. I believe it's known as telepathic dreaming. I know this can happen as I've talked with girlfriends or friends the next day and they had the same or similar dream... Also, I've had dreams where the next day what I saw in my dream actually came about... thoughts?

I agree. I have been too. I'm not perfect and just getting back into the swing of things but I just wanted to know of anything besides a normal prayer that I could do. I don't know if attempting to use the priesthood would be appropriate as I know I'm not fully worthy to use it.

I've noticed these things recently as I've been prescribed adderall for my ADD. Haven't gotten much sleep for the past few days only a few hours a night and have started really experiencing some weird and scary stuff.

I was ordained an Elder (I received the Melchezadic Priesthood) but have been semi-inactive for a few years I'm becoming more active and know the church is true, but I won't go into detail about my personal life here. I'm just wondering something... I believe I was born with a higher than normal intuition and can sense good and evil energy/countenances quite easily. As of late I have impressions of evil ones bothering me and I'm wondering if me casting them out in the name of Jesus Christ is appropriate or if it will work. I don't want to offend the Lord and want to know the right way to handle this until I'm fully worthy. I know I can always say a prayer, but I'm talking more of a casting out type scenario. Does anyone know?