Jezebel2011

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  1. I meant a normal sexual past, not illegal activity .
  2. Excellent excerpt to use In our Ward, the husband of one couple and the wife of another had an affair, which led to divorce. Both born in the Covenant, both had Temple marriages, the man had served his Mission from 19-21. The two of them had a child together and got married not long after the child was born. It has taken them 7 years to get their Temple Recommend back and their Endowment. So it can be done but does take a long time - rightfully so in my opinion. .
  3. Where relationships are concerned I have always considered that the past of any man I have dated is the past, it is part of what made them the person they are now. From that point of view I wouldn't want to know. Even from an LDS Member perspective the very fact that you have acknowledged and repented of past transgressions would be enough for me. Do you really feel the need to tell all about your past?
  4. "choose the one you love, love the one you choose" Gordon B. Hinckley (I think) Have a read of this - Priesthood Power - general-conference
  5. I looked up the website and the address is Signs of An Abused Woman | Battered Women | Emotional, Psychological and Mental Abuse .
  6. That is so very true. My ex kept telling me that nobody would have me, that I wasn't worthy enough to have anyone else love me, that nobody could ever love me, that he was my last chance, etc. I am have now been out of that relationship for just over 18 months. It took me a year before I was able to go on any dates and even then I am very wary. Not that I am expecting it to happen again but I am so emotionally scarred from what happened that it is so difficult to move forward. It was because of that relationship that I ended up joining the LDS Church. I had started praying for a way out of that dreadful relationship, I found the mormon.org website and started investigating. Then joined the Church. Was baptised within 2 weeks of seeing the missionaries for the first time. .
  7. It can come in different forms - Making all the decisions without any consultation Belittling Bargaining ie you can do xyz if you do abc first I went through an horrendous relationship where this happened to me, and the reason that I ended that relationship. I can give you dozens of scenarios of what went on - I would go into my favourite store. He would say "if you spend 30 minutes in there I will spend double in HMV" If you make me a gingerbread cake I will allow you to watch xxxxx tv programme Deciding where and when I could go, if I could go. Locking me into a room until I agreed with him on whatever subject. Just basically forcing me to be under his control. Not allowing me to talk to my friends. Allowing me to go with my Mother on holiday for a week then berating me for it even a year later. Not being allowed to go shopping without him being there. Emptying my purse to see how much cash I had on me, so that he could decide what he was going to spend it on. .
  8. Provided that you can answer truthfully and honestly the questions below then you are deemed 'worthy'. None of us like the last question, by the way. It seems immodest to say yes to that question. If you know in your heart that you are Choosing the Right now then leave the past behind where it belongs, in the past and move forward with your life. Good luck with your Mission application 1. Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost? 2. Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer? 3. Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days? 4. Do you sustain the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and as the only person on the earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys? Do you sustain members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators? Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local authorities of the Church? 5. Do you live the law of chastity? 6. Is there anything in your conduct relating to members of your family that is not in harmony with the teachings of the Church? 7. Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? 8. Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and other meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel? 9. Are you honest in your dealings with your fellowmen? 10. Are you a full-tithe payer? Do your keep the Word of Wisdom? 11. Do you have financial or other obligations to a former spouse or children? If yes, are you current in meeting those obligations? 12. If you have previously received your temple endowment: Do you keep the covenants that you made in the temple? Do you wear the garment both night and day as instructed in the endowment and in accordance with the covenant you made in the temple? 13. Have there been any sins or misdeeds in your life that should have been resolved with priesthood authorities but have not been? 14. Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord's house and participate in temple ordinances?
  9. Have had experience with a few JW's and believe me when I say that they do have some very strange ideas that they come out with on every subject under the sun. Stuff that they have been fed by the hierarchy. JW's do have Elders in their Church but they are the folks that run it, apparently. It is hard to believe that supposedly modern men can come out with such garbage as a woman whom has been raped is her own fault. That is from the dark ages and doesn't belong in modern society. Have had a look at the beliefs of JW's and rape. Apparently if a woman does not scream, even in the event of being held at gunpoint or knifepoint, the JW's classify it as 'fornication'. So, when they question a member on having been raped, if it becomes apparent that she was too frightened to scream and shout, they will disfellowship her. How is your friend doing now?
  10. I am especially concerned about one of my late Father's aunts who married a Dutch man way back after his family had fled the Netherlands to escape the Nazis. Since both he, his wife and their children are all now deceased I would guess that I am considered family. Their work has been done at the Temple. I am not sure whether this man was Jewish or not and there is no-one left in the family who would know. .
  11. No, well it wasn't at mine, I wasn't asked that at the Temple Recommend Interview. All that was pointed out to me at the Temple when I had the interview immediately prior to taking my Endowments. .
  12. My friends and I had a discussion about this just the other day. We are concerned that we might - inadvertently - have submitted, or submit people from our own family tree that were Jewish, that we didn't know were Jewish. .
  13. This is a beautiful piece of writing - The Temple Garment: ?An Outward Expression of an Inward Commitment? - Liahona Sept. 1999 - liahona and one of many of the most the important quotes from it And in a letter to priesthood leaders dated 10 October 1988, the First Presidency made the following important statements regarding how the garment should be worn: “Church members who have been clothed with the garment in the temple have made a covenant to wear it throughout their lives. This has been interpreted to mean that it is worn as underclothing both day and night. This sacred covenant is between the member and the Lord. Members should seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to answer for themselves any personal questions about the wearing of the garment. … The promise of protection and blessings is conditioned upon worthiness and faithfulness in keeping the covenant. .
  14. The way that both the Bishop and the Stake President (whom is American btw, from Utah) explained it to me is that wearing the garments whilst running a marathon would not be possible, or whilst swimming, but that they should be put back on as soon as possible afterwards. They advise that we wear cotton garments for doing yard work (gardening to us!) and suchlike. Our missionaries wear their garments even when it is a blazing hot Summer and doing gardening for Church Members - have seen that for myself. I guess the simple answer is that we can start slipping up and not wearing garments when we should be. Am not going to get into the history of garments, have read the historical reports on the whys and wherefores, since in Joseph Smith's time Members were not all required to wear them. It seems to me that a lot of the original rules & regulations from JS's time have been changed over the years, including the WoW. I had a little controversy with one of our past missionaries over the WoW itself, since another Member thought it perfectly alright to drink a glass of wine when she fancied it and I said that it wasn't. The missionary said, and I quote "the WoW is not a commandment it is only a guideline". Needless to say I didn't and I don't agree with him since he was not correct and we had long discussion about it but I didn't succeed. .
  15. The question was not that! The piece quoted says - "added a clause about wearing them as instructed in the temple" The question is not quite that, it is about wearing the garments without modifying the way that you wear them, ie, not tucking the cap sleeves under sleeveless dresses, etc .
  16. They have just - in January - altered one of the questions on the Temple Recommend interview. The Stake President had just got his letter from the First Presidency that day and shared the information. The question is not for first time Recommend holders, though, it is for subsequent .
  17. We are going to have major problems in a few areas - Firstly young adults inter-marrying other family members since they don't know whom their biological Fathers are - and neither do their Mothers (in a high percentage of cases). One only has to watch Jeremy Kyle to see that fact. Secondly - it poses huge problems for our Temple Sealings when doing work for the dead. Simply because if a couple aren't married they cannot be sealed, and therefore the children cannot be sealed to the parents. Have experienced this with an LDS friend at Church whom is 83 shortly. Her parents were only 16 and not married so she cannot be sealed to her natural parents. Yet SLC have allowed the Sealing of her Mother to her Step-Father and herself to them. Which is very odd to me. The lady concerned is very upset about all of this. Our Society is falling apart at the seams and yet nobody seems to be the slightest bit bothered about it. .
  18. These celebrities bring a lot of revenue to the USA or Canada or the UK or wherever else they are from. They pay taxes which bring billions of dollars into your country and thousands of people from overseas into the USA to visit concerts, bringing money into your hotels, restaurants and other such stuff. So what if New Jersey wished to honour one of their own in this way. It is for one day where one State shows its own respect. .
  19. Have a read of John 13: 34-35 All of our Wards in our Stake have folks who take sweeties into Chapel, drinks in bottles, children with anything from chocolate to biscuits/cookies/cakes plus colouring books, noise toys, etc. They are all our brethren with all their foibles. We have a cleaning rota with about 4-8 people each week whom clean our Ward. They tidy up the place, vacuum and wash windows, empty rubbish bins and clean up after our brethren - no less than you would do at home for your own family. Allow an old lady some dignity to attend Church when she wants to do so, in her own way, without judging her for her every movement. Where is the love of others in your Ward? As far as I can see it is very sadly lacking .
  20. The women's garment necklines come in different styles for a start. Some higher, some lower. I have not had to discard any of my pre-LDS clothing in order to wear my garments which, I have to say, surprised me too. I bought a dress on the net which arrived the other day, has the same neckline as the dress on that BYU student. I tried it on yesterday with my garments and all is well. The difference being my dress comes below the knee - but then I am a lot older than her!! Common sense needs to prevail here I think. I don't agree with girls wearing shorter dresses and thick tights, though.
  21. Just to answer one of your points. Three of the missionaries whom have been in our Ward in the two years I have been attending have returned home to the USA. All three have started doing a University Degree. One in maths One in engineering One in engineering robotics All are doing tremendously well. It must be difficult for your parents to understand what a mission actually means when they aren't LDS themselves. I say that if you want to do a mission then don't be dissuaded from it. If you feel it in your heart then it is something that you must do.
  22. The neckline of that dress WOULD most definitely cover a Temple garment!!! Having been Endowed now just over a month I can safely say that.