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askandanswer reacted to zil in A spouse is coming out with Gender Dysphoria - Divorce OK or not?
And what happens when you hit it with a hammer and it splinters into pieces? Split-spirit disorder?
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askandanswer reacted to eddified in A spouse is coming out with Gender Dysphoria - Divorce OK or not?
Well how would you know? You've never even talked to one!
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askandanswer reacted to NightSG in A spouse is coming out with Gender Dysphoria - Divorce OK or not?
How would that even work? Rocks don't die.
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askandanswer reacted to a mustard seed in A spouse is coming out with Gender Dysphoria - Divorce OK or not?
A good litmus test is how does her being able to talk to rocks bring her closer to Christ?
I cannot remember it very well but there was something in a lesson in Gospel Principles when we learned about the gifts from God(speaking in tongues, healing, etc.) and how the adversary tries to mimic them with cheap imitations. There was a difference and a way to tell and it had to do with who was being glorified or helped by the gift. Like the "gift of tongues" where people gibber gabber and scream incoherently, the purpose of this state wasn't to bring anyone closer to Christ but to draw attention to the individual doing it. So, someone who can talk to rocks, I'd really ask what that communication does to benefit her or other people to bring them to the gospel of Christ.
Not to get off topic though. I found myself in a similar situation. It wasn't the sole reason for my inactivity but one of the contributing factors; my following my ex-husband in an attempt to love him and support him in the way he needed to be. Turns out, taking God out of the relationship, there's not a enough love just between two people to sustain you both in sin. I echo what others have said; if there is a desire for righteousness, then stay and support. If the spouse is going to follow the "dream/delusion" then it is putting yourself in the hole with them to stay. The potential for corruption of the self and both falling away is very high. As others have stated the pull of this particular malady is very strong; to help someone come back from that without sacrificing your own testimony in the process and being won over by normalization, is a strong soul indeed.
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askandanswer got a reaction from zil in LDS culture problem
Its also said that the tuth will come out in the end
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askandanswer reacted to zil in LDS culture problem
Well, you know what they say - the tuth can be painful...
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askandanswer got a reaction from zil in LDS culture problem
This story is full of holes. I suspect there is not an element of tuth in it.
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askandanswer reacted to Jane_Doe in A spouse is coming out with Gender Dysphoria - Divorce OK or not?
Honestly, if put in that uber-tough position, I would go straight to the Lord for options. I would not try to proscribe "ok" options from the outside. That's a highly personal highly individual things.
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askandanswer got a reaction from Sunday21 in LDS culture problem
No I didn't. Can you please tell me the story?
I offered my dentist candy once. He declined.
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askandanswer reacted to anatess2 in Lame Jokes, the Sequel
John is dating Lorraine. Lorraine's best friend Clarely came home from her mission and met John. John fell in love with Clarely and Clarely fell in love with John but John couldn't break up with Lorraine because he doesn't want Lorraine to get hurt and put a pall on his future relationship with Clarely. One day, Lorraine sat John down and told him she's going on a mission and so she will have to break up with him because she wants to focus on her mission and she doesn't want John to wait for her because by the time she returns she would be a different person. Lorraine then got on a plane for the MTC. Instead of getting devastated, John ended up singing, "I can see Clarely now, Lorraine is gone."
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askandanswer reacted to NeuroTypical in Lame Jokes, the Sequel
Why does the Norwegian navy have bar codes on the side of all their ships?
So when they come back to port, they can...
... Scandinavian
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askandanswer reacted to anatess2 in Empathy
The problem always comes because people also want you to believe they are right. And if you don't, then you must not have listened nor understood them.
My husband is the perfect example of <whatever word it is we want to use for this>. He says this a lot - I don't understand you, I think it's stupid and wrong, but go ahead and knock yourself out. I'm not going anywhere.
If he thinks it's stupid or wrong, then I'm doing it on my own. And sure enough, whether I succeed or fail, he's right there. And yeah, he has no problem saying, Whoa, great job! or See, I told you so! at the end. But, it doesn't matter, because when I wake up every morning, as sure as the sun shines every morning, he's still there.
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askandanswer got a reaction from zil in LDS culture problem
No I didn't. Can you please tell me the story?
I offered my dentist candy once. He declined.
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askandanswer reacted to zil in LDS culture problem
Did you hear about the dentist who was so popular his peers gave him a little plaque...?
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askandanswer got a reaction from Sunday21 in LDS culture problem
I certainly didn't enjoy it either although I would have been willing to continue if the right classes had been available. Once upon a time I could analyse phonetically, but that ability disappeared pretty soon after I dropped the subject.
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askandanswer got a reaction from Sunday21 in Happy Pioneer Day!! (Not anymore)
I'm not sure what it is about pies and ears that is worth celebrating, unless we are talking about a really really good Aussie meat pie
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askandanswer got a reaction from Sunday21 in LDS culture problem
I certainly remember Ballroom Blitz but the biggest hit that I remember from Sweet is Fox on the Run. That was the one that most people got up for.
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askandanswer got a reaction from Vort in LDS culture problem
The really scary part is that Vort watched all of an Adam Sandler movie
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askandanswer got a reaction from Sunday21 in LDS culture problem
I've always been a little envious of people who are multi lingual. So when you decide to revert to your atheist vocab, is it a well considered decision taking into account all the relevant factors, or is it more of a spur of the moment kind of thing?
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askandanswer reacted to zil in LDS culture problem
Which reminds me of the one about the 3 men at the restroom of an international airport: One was Finnish, one was Russian, and one was European.
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askandanswer got a reaction from Sunday21 in LDS culture problem
I see some similiarities with modern day prophets. Sadly, more than 99.9% of the world do not believe that they say.
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askandanswer got a reaction from SilentOne in LDS culture problem
I'm looking at the link here in the above post. It almost reads great shall be the piercings of thy children, which would be kind of funny given the actual text of the message
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askandanswer reacted to anatess2 in LDS culture problem
I take what I said to Maureen back. These ones can't be saved.