Solstjerne76

I just want to thank you all for answering me:) I have only been in the temple once in my life at the age of 17 to do baptism. I even dont have my patriarchal blessing yet. I am preparing myself for the patriarchal blessing and to go to the temple to do the full work:) So I thought that prior to this I need to talk to the bishop anyway:) But i was curious in genereal as well. I have few friends now in church who was inactive like me and they all got different "punishement" and some hasnt got one at all. Some has talked to the bishop and some hasn't.. And over the years I have also heard of two people committing the same sin and one "got away with it" by the bishop (in lack of better word) and the other one lost its membership?? So I get confused and therefore asking here in general. Thank you again everyone.

Nah. i just trying to understand all the "rules" and what you should and shouldn't do:) I am a curious person. I was born and raised in church but from I became inactive at the age of 18 and came back at the age of 33 made me realize that I never really understood everything, so that is why I am asking.

Yes i konw the prayers but still dont really answer my question..or maybe it does. Cause i honestly feel worthy of taking the sacrament. Meaning "I only sin a bit" like be more angry now and again than I shhould for example..perhaps said a bad word, was a bit selfish in a few situations etcc. I really wonder what one must do in order not to take the sacrament since we all sin in one way or other.

Really? THen NO ONE should take the sacrament. We ALL sin one way or the other. So again, what "sin can you do and not do" in order to take the sacrament?

I thought to take the sacrament is to remember our convenants and ask for forgivness for whatever sin you may have done and promise to be better or do your best for the following week??

I became active in church again 3 years ago. But i have never talked to the bishop about all my wrongs while i lived of the world. I have only been in his office once to talk about the 10% thing (dont know the word in English, menaing how to write it, only how to say it) I feel God has forgiven me for all my wrongs, I feel the Holy Ghost daily, i get inspiratitions, my prayers are answered and I am truly blessed. So why should a person who has been away from church for a while confess their sins to the bishop? Then everyone should confess their sins every week to the bishop since we all sin in one way or the other..Where do a person draw the line to put it like that?

I have never understood that you see. What wrongs have you done in order not to take the sacrament? Where does it say you can not take the sacrament if you do that and that?

Thank you for your answers. It has helped me to see things in a new way and also to pray in a new way :)

Thank you for thinking that I do, I am actually afraid of people might be angry at my weird thoughts.

Not sure if it should be posted here on in General discussion so the "boss" of this forum just have to move it to the right place if needed :) I think to much, and one of the things I am thinking about is this: I pray my husband will be intereseting in the church etc. (my husband is not a member you see) but we all have free will, right=? So if God let my husband suddenly find intereset in the church, then God made him feel that way, riight? So in way, free will is gone? You understand how I am thinking and what I am trying to ask? Or is it more like this: I ask God, God answer by giving my husband THOUGHTS about the church,,perhaps a feeling of intereset, but then it is up to my husband to do something about it?

I thank you all for answering my Q. BUt, I am bit simpleminded so here goes: Why could not God from the ADAM and EVE and until today let humanbeing have an average life expectancy of 80 so then a human can have a chance to mature etc? I am aware that people didnt live longer than 30,40 or 50 and is only recently we live as long as we do. But it really dont answer my question. God has a plan, we are here to be tested, to have a mortal body, to be GODlike etc. But in order to feel, learn, teach etc is it not better to live till you around 80 rather than 40 so you can mature more, be able to feel things like having a crush, falling in love etc? When you are like 12 or 13 how can a woman or a man actually feel those things when they get marreid and have children? If it was accepted by God that a man should married a girl at the age of 13, then we should not be horrified that men like girls under 16 today then? Dont get angry now, i am just thinking or trying to see the logic here. Back in the days it is ok that a man of say 20 marry a girl of age 13, he actually finds her attractive ( he must do since they get kids etc) but todays world dont accept that sort of things, calls the man a pig etc. So is that why we have so many men out there who likes girls younger than 18 cause it is in their nature to like them that young, cause it has always really been that way until recently? I hope you understand my thinking and not think I actaully support men who like girls younger than 18, cause i Dont, I just trying to understand the Logic, or Gods way. I know that us LDS has to follow the worlds law and at the same time follow Gods Law. I just trying to understand everything. I thank you all in advance for answering me ..

I feel a bit silly to ask but it has been on my mind for a while. Why does women get their period so early when it has noe purpose before earliest at the age of perhaps 18 and married? Why has God made the woman body like that?

I just want to say: velkommen..Norge her:)

I just had to reply what you wrote here: THANK YOU:) Although I dont have the same problems as the person who started this Thread has, it still opened my eyes actually. So thank you thank you thank you. Because of what you wrote, you inspired me to change my attitude. Thank you:)

Hello and welcome :) I am very new here as well and I can relate so much to what you write regarding being surrounded by non members. I live in Norway and we are only 4500 members, so u can imagine how few it is in each city and how few it is in my every day life. Every day is a challenge so I was very pleased to find this site to help and motivate me whenever I feel weak etc.