omegaseamaster75

The rules in my house are pretty set...a mission or college...anything else and your OUT

Not common at all I would say that being LDS has nothing to do with it. There are other issues in play

Your being overly sensitive. You are traveling a very long way to see the general conference, your experience will not be lessened by taking your family out to eat. There are many decent restaurants in SLC and the surrounding areas.

I agree with Just_A_Guy context is the key for D&C, try to understand to whom specifically the Lord was talking to, to whom the instruction was given and in what context, think about the political and cultural environment of the saints at that time and how those revelations may have been influenced by that.

I would take the advice to talk to the ward clerk, but it sounds like the ward is pretty unorganized, and often in these situations not everything get put in the computer as it should. Be prepared to discuss these issues with the Bishop, If your husband has been called to scouts he should just show up on the activity nights and inquire. As previously posted be more proactive. I know you have inquired etc, but go out of your way to do so and be part of the solution

We may have swung the pendulum to far to "don't aspire to callings" and I agree we should prepare ourselves temporally and spiritually for whatever call the Lord has in mind for us. That said I work very closely with my Bishop, I understand the nature of his job and the pressures and scope of his calling. No one would aspire to that. It is one thing to know and learn and understand the position it is another to do it. God qualifies these individuals for those types of leadership positions. I do see that some people have qualities that translate well to leadership, and others do not. My experience has shown me what I have stated. Those who want to be Bishop/EQ pres are not the people you want in the position.

I am not sure if you are a member of the LDS faith or not, but I have to assume that you must take real issue with our wealthy leadership in the church. Your line of thought is very idealistic "if I had millions i'd give it all away" Easy to say not so easy to do. Make your millions and get back us on that. I read through your posts and it is evident that you are from or live in the UK. Redistribution of wealth is a foreign/not socially popular policy in general in th US. Unless your poor... I like to think that we should help the helpless not the hopeless.

You guys are reading to much into the speculations of the GA's, why can't the Jews build a temple? They know how to do it and how it operates. Let us remember that they were once the "true" faith. their records I am sure are complete. Why do we think we are the only ones who can build a temple?

When you think about it, it makes sense and really has been a long time coming. There are more members out of the US and English speaking countries than in. I say good for them. I will happily read the subtitles and listen to the Spanish speakers I think it is great and long over due.

I would say that anyone who wants to be Bishop or EQ president or even RS president are the wrong people for the job.

Not this. I to have reservations about bishops meeting by themselves with YW, but I am sure your bishop will know how to deal with the situation

Regular school, ultimately your daughter wants to be with her friends and socialize. I am sure that the teacher has great things planned and she does not want to miss out. I have always felt the "social anxiety" excuse was a co-out anyways. I am sure I will get blasted for that statement. I would not worry about the conflicting "revelations"

Your husband is a pillar of light and a long suffering example to all of us quitters.

Quantify abuse, is emotional abuse not as bad as physical abuse or worse? What if they had kids? would your opinion change at all?

I have not read every post, but as a practicing LDS and any practicing LDS should know or come to the realization very quickly that from a historical documented stand point we have NOTHING on the Catholic church. You can make all the arguments you want about the "great apostasy" and weather it did or didn't happen. I personally happen to be a believer, however I am not so naive to think that I "Prove" anything. If you want proof go to a Roman Catholic church and you will find a chart hung up somewhere with a picture of Christ at the top and every Pope down to modern time. This is documented and traceable undisputed fact. As LDS there comes a point and time in our religion were a leap of faith is needed....a big leap. If you want to enter into a scholarly discussion about theology with a Catholic Priest (and I don't know that the responses posted have been done by such a person) by all means go ahead but know that you are out gunned. They go to school for this, they receive training, and instruction. We do not.

Life is full of exceptions, this forum is full of them

I mention addict because I copied the line I highlighted in bold directly from church materials, so clearly there is a line drawn between viewing/being exposed and addiction.

If your husband stopped smoking from one day to the next he didn't really struggle with it did he? Again not relevant

If your husband stopped and never touched another cigarette he was not addicted....so not really a relevant comparison.

You must not know any smokers

Not all members who use pornographic materials become addicted..... This is not to say that members should view pornographic materials they shouldn't and should work towards not viewing them at all ever

Let's say the BF says "yeah I watch porn every once in a while but its not a problem" The OP has not commented on as to what is an acceptable level to her of porn. Is watching it infrequently ok? Does she have a zero tolerance policy?

As a consequence of the world we live in I challenge you to find an adult male who has not had some exposure in one form or another however minor to some form of what can be considered pornography. Clearly the church standard is to not view pornography and I never said it wasn't.

Fair enough, but when the standard is "no" exposure at all to porn many will lie about it

Here is an idea, I mentioned earlier that you should just ask him in thinking about it some more it comes to mind that most men have been exposed to porn in one form or another. So the question really is do you want to marry someone who has been exposed to porn? Or do you want to marry a liar? I think maybe your better off not asking because you'll be disappointed either way