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Welcome! :)

I thought the exact same thing!

3-6, depending on the day. Lately, it's a lot because I'm writing two different eight page papers.

Gran Torino

Misty

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Thanks to everyone for their replies! :)

Boring

diamonds

When will it end?

I'll be honest, I really hope he yelled "BANZAI!"

Welcome! :) I'm sorry to hear about the depression though. I'm still a n00b myself, but these guys are welcoming and will treat you right. :) And also an animal person. :)

What? Seriously? Last time I checked the only fetuses used are chicken fetuses. Institute for Vaccine Safety - Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccine Components Components of the MMR Vaccine - Vaccines MMR vaccine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia All these list components put into the process. I'm sure you could find many more sites backing this up.

Haha It's hard to think of spending less time with kids I've been best friends with and been through everything with for years.

Yeah, and it's true, another couple I know hangs out quite a bit, it's all up to the individuals. I respect others decision to have children, but it's not something for me. I don't dislike children, or anything like that, I just have different goals in life. I definitely see the happiness it has brought others, though. :)

Haha it's good to hear that you found someone that seems to be so right for you. :) My biggest problem would be cutting down on the time I spend with my friends. One couple we know that got married never comes around anymore.. and it's kind of a bummer. But I guess that's life, right? Nah, it's just curiosity more than anything. I'm not worried about it at all, I care much more about making money and having fun.

That's the beauty of agency, isn't it? The final decision rests on my shoulders, along with any positive or negative consequences that follow said decision. :) I'll be frank, God's covenants are something I should be more familiar with! Sometimes I think we are all continually seeking. But yes, you're correct, I am. I'm coming up on 24 in a few months, but a considerable portion of my peers from high school are already married, I feel older than I am. One thing you might learn about me too is that I'm restless and a free spirit, so the idea of settling down scares me a bit. Haha, quite more than a bit, actually. If I'm married I can't randomly go to Vegas on a whim or drop everything and go see another part of the world, I can't be out till all hours of the night with my friends, etc... Haha I realize that those to many are silly things, but it's just a part of who I am. Besides that I do have other personal reasons of why I would prefer to not get married... Among them career goals, travel and bucket lists, and I don't plan on having children. (Things that I'd prefer not to discuss, they are my own personal choices) My choices, amongst everything else in my life, are in my prayers, though I have yet to hear an answer. I confess that I have only felt the spirit once in my entire life. But that doesn't deter me from seeking. I'm not worried, I figure I will find the answers I seek in good time.

I'm glad to hear that! Sometimes I worry how a question or thought may come across, so I'm relieved you understand. :) I took a brief look at those and I am book marking them to study!

love the sports analogy! That is certainly more food for thought! The one thing that I seem to have trouble with is the idea I would need to be married. While I admit I am young-ish, so far in life I have no desire to be married. There are many other goals and passions I want to pursue that I worry marriage might interrupt. But I digress, that is neither here nor there, and apologize for that, it's just why I'm curious about the situation of a single person not marrying.

That's completely fair too. I found it odd when I learned that the LDS faith viewed resurrection this way, mainly because it was unfamiliar to myself. This isn't to say I think it's wrong, or negative, but simply a different belief. I'm glad I could be edified on the subject from somebody else's viewpoint. :)

Wow! That IS a long reply! It's definitely a lot to think on... and I certainly love seeing things from a different perspective! Any good scriptures from the Old/New Testaments about covenants regarding the need to be married/have a family that you would suggest? I did read the Book of Mormon once, though I feel like I remember very little of it. I am technically Mormon, but I quit attending regularly at the age of 11 and have attended very little since, which is why I am unfamiliar with more in depth doctrine such as this. Thanks! That helps a lot! :)

Thanks for the great response! That's certainly quite a bit to think about, not to mention a different way to look at it. :) I've always viewed/been taught that marriage is a mortal and temporary institution that we experience in this life, and that while we are together with loved ones in the next, that the focus has shifted from each other to God, and that, because we will not have physical bodies, nor Earthly desires, we will not have need for ideas/concepts such as marriage. This raises a couple of questions for me then. If a sealing is eternal, what about all those who were never LDS who were married in this life? Will they be separated from their spouse? (I've learned that the LDS church believes in different tiers of Heaven, per se, kingdoms of glory, I believe?) It seems that for an individual to reach the highest levels of Heaven one has to be married, if able? ^If the above question is yes, then what if a person does not find love in this life, or they would prefer to pursue other interests and choose not to marry? Will they be unable to reach the highest levels of glory? Haha, I apologize about all the questions.

I've always heard that the LDS church believes in marriage lasting into the afterlife. Is this correct? What are good resources to learn more about this? From what I understand the LDS faith is one of the only churches that teaches that doctrine, unless I'm mistaken. My next question would be how does that belief of a marriage continued into the next life relate to these verses from Luke and Mark... (I ask this sincerely, I have always been very curious about the dynamics of the afterlife, if that makes sense) Mark 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. Luke 20:34-36 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Haha, I apologize, I meant that more of in the sense of "user friendly" as in they are a little harder to work with at first. Docile or passive I think are probably better words. Such as Ball Pythons and Rubber Boas. I've heard Rubber Boas have been used to work with people to help treat Ophidiophobia because they are so docile and relaxed. PS, I'm glad to hear that about your son! Unfortunately snakes get a bad rap, when really they are helping us keep down pest animal populations.

I like that as well Anatess! Very well put!