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  5. Sexual Sin Before Marriage

    in Advice Board

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    I agree with what has been said already but would like to offer you some reassurance. My friend ended up pregnant before marriage not once but twice, the first time before I knew her and the second time a few years later. After speaking to the bishop and going before the disciplinary committee and was disfellowed shipped for a year. After that year, during which time she continued to attend church. And now 10yrs later she has been through the temple and is happily married with 2 . more children.

  13. My Future

    in Marriage and Relationship Advice

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    If where I live is anything like where you live then there will be plenty of dating options for you - here single women appear to way out number single guys. As you focus on progressing your faith and make the effort to be in situations where you will meet someone then it may well happen.

    If it is any reassurance to you my friend recently married a 50something guy and another dated one for about 8 months before it fell apart.

    Here in Scotland we have a saying which it seems appropriate to share "whats for you will naw (not) go by you" -if we are living the commandments heavenly father has blessings he is desperate to pour out on you.

  18. Universal Health Care

    in General Discussion

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    Being from the UK where we too have "free at the point of delivery" health care. I have never understood why American's are so against universal health care.

    This does not mean that the health care is actually free. Everyone who works has to pay something called national insurance which is how both the NHS and our state benefits are paid for.

    Given that the majority of health conditions that people suffer from are not the direct result of poor life style choices and the if you suffer from a condition it makes it much harder to get affordable insurance - why should these people be denied health care?

    I am grateful that I live in the UK and have the NHS - don't get me wrong I am not naive enough to think our system is perfect - there are plenty of flaws in it. And I have seen the advantages interms of the speed of treatment etc in the current US system compared to ours.

    If we are to live the commandment to love thy neighbor as thy self and we want to have access to health care then surely this should extend to necessities like health care not just being nice or shovelling the snow from their drive way.

  24. Release from calling

    in LDS Gospel Discussion

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    I had to be released from callings at one point - I was a stake missionary which mean5 I should have had no other callings but I had 4 other callings - with college, work and caring for my mother it became too much. I would say if you are struggling don't do what I ended up doing and breaking down to a member of high council talk to your bishop.