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You do have to wear them if you want to go back to the temple and be worthy to go, after you've gotten your endowments done. No, random members aren't going to really care about the day-to-day or question you about it except the leaders during the temple recommend interview. Heavenly Father will care because you've made the promise to Him to wear them.

lol, very nice!

I'm amazed that your standards of what constitutes good looking and wonderful are so low but I'm happy for you that you have this belief if it gives you comfort.

And try to ignore those "guys" who have an over-inflated opinion of themselves, they're nothing but trouble.  

1. I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead. He lives, my ever-living Head. He lives to bless me with his love. He lives to plead for me above. He lives my hungry soul to feed. He lives to bless in time of need.

I think I know a few automormons, (or maybe they've had the app implanted?) but unfortunately, they don't do even half of these functions

I think I know a few automormons, (or maybe they've had the app implanted?) but unfortunately, they don't do even half of these functions

I'm looking for an app to do my scripture reading for me, does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm looking for an app to do my scripture reading for me, does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm looking for an app to do my scripture reading for me, does anyone have any suggestions?

1. I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead. He lives, my ever-living Head. He lives to bless me with his love. He lives to plead for me above. He lives my hungry soul to feed. He lives to bless in time of need.

Who said anything about knowing it ALL?
Just a little scriptural evidence that knowledge is possible:
 

I think the above comments come closer to causing me offence than anything I have read in quite some time. I have built my life, and am trying to build the eternal future of my family on certain certainties, knowledge, and absolute truths
There are places where uncertainty does not exist.
There is NO UNCERTAINTY about the existence of God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, and their love for us, none at all, 
There is NO UNCERTAINTY that God has a plan for us and that if we follow it fully we will return to Him.
There is much we can know, and the value of this knowledge is immense.
I KNOW that God exists, that the Plan of Salvation is real, that the scriptures are true, that Thomas S Monson and all his predecessors are true and living prophets of God, either in this life or the next,
I KNOW that Jesus Christ died for my sins and that through His atoning sacrifice, I can repent and be saved from my sins. 
And there are many many more things that I and I believe most members of this forum absolutely KNOW.
There are concrete answers.
The CONCRETE ANSWER to the question of whether there is life after death is yes.
The CONCRETE ANSWER to whether God knows and loves me is yes.
And there are many more questions to which there are absolute CONCRETE ANSWERS
I reject the idea that my beliefs are a result of what I have talked myself into. My gospel related beliefs, and knowledge are a product of revealed truth and guide what I choose to pursue and should be shaping my personality and eternal character.
I reject the idea that uncertainty is that this life is full of. Rather than teaching that life is full of uncertainty, we should be trying to teach faith. truth and our divine identity and purpose - there are no better antidotes to the fear, hopelessness and worry that so often accompany excessive uncertainty. 
 

https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-42-the-gathering-of-the-house-of-israel?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-46-the-final-judgment?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/manual/foundations-of-the-restoration-teacher-manual/lesson-20-plural-marriage?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/official-declarations/official-declaration-1-manifesto?lang=eng
etc...
True. This hasn't been revealed so...what is there to discuss? I'm not sure this discussion would ever be appropriate and always, without a doubt, the discussion would be filled with nothing but nonsense.
https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-john-taylor/chapter-13?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/manual/aaronic-priesthood-manual-2/lesson-22-patriarchal-leadership-in-the-home?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/manual/young-women-manual-1/lesson-14-patriarchal-leadership-in-the-home?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/manual/presidents-of-the-church-student-manual/joseph-f-smith-sixth-president-of-the-church?lang=eng&query=patriarchal+order
etc....
True. Unrevealed. No point in discussing.
Every lesson discusses this inherently. They are all based on doctrine and truth.
https://www.lds.org/manual/foundations-of-the-restoration-teacher-manual/lesson-3-the-coming-forth-of-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng&query=translation+in+a+hat
https://www.lds.org/manual/eternal-marriage-student-manual/same-gender-attraction?lang=eng&query=homosexuality
 
This was just a cursory search of the church manuals. There were many, many other results. Obviously there will not be lessons on things that haven't been revealed because they haven't been revealed. You're not going to find much on the specifics of our Heavenly Mother, and no lessons on the exact time of Jesus's second coming either. 

You mean you say them without conviction and with little thought. Or are you implying that you are a mind reader who knows the convictions and thoughts of other people? Maybe it's your lack of conviction and little thought on the "basics" that are the problem?
Revealed truth is neither. It is merely truth that has been revealed. Someone speaking it after the fact by reading it from a lesson manual or expressing it with great "conviction" doesn't change the nature of it. It is still revealed truth.
That being said, what "compulsion" is there in reading something from a lesson manual in a boring tone?
Every time the Holy Spirit speaks to our souls as a witness that something is true it is revelation. Every person on the earth must go through this process of having truth revealed in order to know God. What does that have to do with "discussion" in Sunday School?
What about unintelligent people?
Oh...and also...
O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish. 2 Nephi 9:28
Yeah...how foolish those fool prophets and apostles are. Fools!
Once again, are you a mind reader? How is it that you claim to know so profoundly what the collective "we" see?
Of course God is the one who organized His organization and called the people therein to be the people therein, and so a claim that truth is separate from God's organization and methods is just flatly wrong. Sincerity doesn't define truth either. Someone can be as sincere as they want in a conviction of something wrong and it doesn't make it right.

I suppose it comes down to how you define "deep doctrine".  Some people point to like King Follet, but I don't think that's it.  Here's really fantastic article from June's Ensign:
"When you hear the word deep in connection with gospel doctrine, it’s sometimes meant to suggest something mysterious, obscure, or difficult to understand. But perhaps a better way of thinking about it is to consider which teachings affect us most deeply. Our relationship with Heavenly Father, His plan, Jesus Christ’s Resurrection and Atonement, His teachings—these and many others are the “deep” doctrine. God has revealed them to prophets. They’re easy to find. They’re in the scriptures. They’re taught by modern prophets and apostles. The Holy Ghost carries them unto our hearts (see 2 Nephi 33:1). They enlarge our souls, enlighten our understandings, and are delicious to us (see Alma 32:28). They help us build “faith unto repentance” (see Alma 34:15–17). They cause a deep change in us. That’s why they’re deep, not because they’re “out there” or hidden.
This doesn’t mean our study should be superficial. There’s plenty to learn through more study. But as Nephi said, “My soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding” (2 Nephi 31:3). "
https://www.lds.org/new-era/2017/06/to-the-point/where-should-i-go-to-learn-the-really-deep-doctrine-of-the-church?lang=eng

No one's advocating to say things without convection or thought.  We actually want the reverse actually: great convection and great thought.  The difference is oftentimes not the words being said, but the heart behind them.  For example "Jesus loves me" is a simple truth that we teach nursery kids and (let's be honest) each of us sometimes say it without much conviction or thought.  But that's not how it should be!  "Jesus loves me" is simultaneously the simplest and the deepest doctrine a person can ever learn.  
The difference lies in how each person speaks/thinks of Christ, not something to blame a teacher about.
LDS basic truth: God IS still revealing things.  See AofF #9.
This is LDS belief/teaching 101: focused on developing people into disciple of Christ.  

Dear @Kimberley93 
Why not hang out with the lds crowd for awhile? Attend the activities, go to church..maybe there is a Book of Mormon class? Things have a way of resolving themselves!

I'm very happy for you Kimberley, I'm sure that was a wonderful, moving experience, and I'm guessing you have never had that kind of experience before. My guess is that what you were feeling was the fruit of the spirit as described in the New Testament, in Galatians 5:22: 22  "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith" I believe that what you felt was a spiritual experience, with the Spirit communicating with your spirit, telling you that what you heard from the missionaries, and read from the Book of Mormon is true. I really hope things go well for you at Sunday, and that you feel comfortable and at home in the church meetings you attend.  

So what?
If you and I are both motivated to get food to eat but you stab a man and steal his food and I went out to get an honest job to buy the food we're both motivated by the same thing.
I find the -- being motivated by the same thing as someone evil is problematic -- idea a bit of a logical faux pas.

He that loses His life shall find it.
The first shall be last and the last first.
The gospel is full of paradoxes.
 

Looking at these verses alone, the first shows an attitude of taking something away from God, or bringing Him down; the second and attitude of giving and sharing; the third an attitude of submission followed by receiving a gift. In the first, honor is taken away in a deal; in the second honor is granted in love; in the third honor is shared.

And...there will never be a time when we will not give the glory to God.

Doctrine and Scripture regarding Cleaning and Organising
Or
How to wrest the scriptures to support your pre-existing view
Matthew 8:201 suggests that Christ did not have His own place so its unlikely that He did any house cleaning. This is an area in which I am 100% willing to follow His example
It is recorded in the scriptures that on one occasion, Christ did clean His Father’s house 2. His methodology showed a preference for removal rather than reorganisation, ie, He threw the moneychangers out rather than organising them in a more orderly manner.
The rationale for the revelation now known as the Word of Wisdom was Emma’s concern about having to clean up tobacco stains. Rather than reveal the formula for a new, super effective tobacco stain remover, God gave a revelation prohibiting the use of tobacco. This suggests that the preferred approach to cleaning is prevention before rather than cleaning up after.
The Earth will be cleansed by fire, (scriptural reference) whereas our souls are cleansed by immersion in water (Scriptural reference). This suggests that difference approaches are required for different areas, and there is no “one size fits all.” Cleaners risk burn injuries if they mix up these two methods.
The task of cleaning the Earth has been allocated to the angels 3. My kitchen, laundry, shed and garage are part of the earth. Far be it from me to take upon myself a task which has been assigned to the angels.
 
1.       Matthew 8: 20  And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
 
2.      John 2 13  ¶ And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14  And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15  And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16  And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
 
3.        Doctrine and Covenants 38:12  Which causeth silence to reign, and all eternity is pained, and the angels are waiting the great command to reap down the earth, to gather the tares that they may be burned; and, behold, the enemy is combined.

Your post reminds me of the position my daughter was in on her mission. During her setting apart it was made clear that she was going to be a planter rather than a harvester. On her mission, her Mission President was all about harvesting. So my daughter had to very significant figures in her church life basically telling her two things that were the opposite of each other. This was something she struggled with for much of her mission. Only one of these leaders could be right and in the end if ended up being the one who had set her apart.