Snigmorder

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Jesus was sent by the Father, Jesus is the Father's servant. We did not break Jesus's laws, therefore it is not his forgiveness we ask. 

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@Sunday21

Forget about men.
Men and women are theomorphic. This means they look like God the Father. In the restored gospel, we know that Man is theomorphic because Man is the actual offspring of the Father. It is not a respectful or righteous thing to adorn and array, to dress this body, in clothing that is trashy, disgraceful, irreverent, or even clothing that's too expensive  or impractical. 
Now let's come back to men. Like it or not, when you show skin, men notice, and you have made yourself an object of immorality, whether you like it or not (I don't necessarily include or exclude LDS men.) Would you look your Father in the face and tell him "I didn't dress to please you because I didn't want men to control me?" 
Or a different way "I care more about my pride than Your wishes."

Here are my thoughts on reading logs.  I prefer the second, but to each his own...

It's your responsibility as a PERSON to dress appropriately.  This isn't a woman/man thing (although there are absolutely gender aspects to it).
It's just as inappropriate for a woman to walk around in skimpy attire, as it is for a man to do so.  Behold:

Forget about men.
Men and women are theomorphic. This means they look like God the Father. In the restored gospel, we know that Man is theomorphic because Man is the actual offspring of the Father. It is not a respectful or righteous thing to adorn and array, to dress this body, in clothing that is trashy, disgraceful, irreverent, or even clothing that's too expensive  or impractical. 
Now let's come back to men. Like it or not, when you show skin, men notice, and you have made yourself an object of immorality, whether you like it or not (I don't necessarily include or exclude LDS men.) Would you look your Father in the face and tell him "I didn't dress to please you because I didn't want men to control me?" 
Or a different way "I care more about my pride than Your wishes."

*reads title of video*

*watches video*

Forget about men.
Men and women are theomorphic. This means they look like God the Father. In the restored gospel, we know that Man is theomorphic because Man is the actual offspring of the Father. It is not a respectful or righteous thing to adorn and array, to dress this body, in clothing that is trashy, disgraceful, irreverent, or even clothing that's too expensive  or impractical. 
Now let's come back to men. Like it or not, when you show skin, men notice, and you have made yourself an object of immorality, whether you like it or not (I don't necessarily include or exclude LDS men.) Would you look your Father in the face and tell him "I didn't dress to please you because I didn't want men to control me?" 
Or a different way "I care more about my pride than Your wishes."

These things are all true. Prior to Luther's day the Catholics solved this by selling indulgences. Problem solved 

You are right, but you are missing the point. (Or more accurately, they -- those who would buy the ticket -- are missing the point.) People want to eat their cake and have it, too. They do not really want to be saved from their sins; they want to be saved in their sins, not understanding that "salvation in sin" is an oxymoron. People think only as far ahead as the tip of their own nose. $10,000 for eternal happiness? A bargain at twice the price!
But of course, it is not. Because the people who want to be saved in sin would be excruciatingly miserable standing before God. They would infinitely prefer to be cast out altogether rather than be in the presence of the Divine. That's what they're missing: Heaven isn't for people who jump through the hoops and dance prettily. It's for people who want to live in heaven. And literally the only people who will dwell for eternity in pain and misery will be those who freely choose to do so, because they prefer it to heaven.

You, on the other hand, got the point perfectly!

Still gotta to be baptized.
"Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." John 3:5
And you gotta have obedience to the commandments.
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." - Matthew 19:16–17

Do you have anything to say about FAIR's apologetic work? Because that's how I see FAIR,  they're about apologetics, not doctrine. If I were to come across your comment, I would conclude that you find their apologetic arguments "unbalanced and untruthful."

Absolutely
Fom my own personal experience, masturbation is the catalyst for all other perversions and sexual defilements. I am inadequate to express in words how wrong this practice is. It is not innocent or "not that bad." In my opinion, it is foremost among sexual wrongs, not by law, but by the danger and potential it carries. 
Pornography is arousal on demand. The things which you see in pornography are things you were never supposed to see. It broadens what's possible in your descent down the hole of depravity, it is a rocket fuel for personal and social wickedness. Couple that with the self agitation of the genitals and you have a disturbing situation.
Let me tell you a short story. I've had a masturbation problem since I was 6 or 7 and a pornography problem since 15. The only attraction I'd ever had for girls was "sexual" (or a variation thereof.) They were a pillar of flesh whose individual parts I got to fantasize about and stare at on the computer. 
Since I'm anonymous, I'll share something else with you, something you might hear when discussing porn addiction. I got bored of "normal porn" and slowly ventured into gay porn, then slowly into beastiality, then slowly into pornographic cartoons of children.
The constant sexual haze I had been subject to, and the neurological changes which accompanied it, ruined any normal response to the opposite sex I was supposed to have. This changed at age 22 and only after years of trying to quit and prayer and revelation. As far as I'm concerned it was an act of grace,  that the damage I had inflicted upon myself had begun to reverse and a new view of love and women shown to me by revelation. Nowadays, happily for me, a smiling girl is mind blowing, whereas before I wouldn't have noticed, how gray.
I still have a problem with pornography and masturbation. However, its not nearly as bad as it used to be. There has been much healing performed.
Do not trifle with these things. Get away now.

Absolutely
Fom my own personal experience, masturbation is the catalyst for all other perversions and sexual defilements. I am inadequate to express in words how wrong this practice is. It is not innocent or "not that bad." In my opinion, it is foremost among sexual wrongs, not by law, but by the danger and potential it carries. 
Pornography is arousal on demand. The things which you see in pornography are things you were never supposed to see. It broadens what's possible in your descent down the hole of depravity, it is a rocket fuel for personal and social wickedness. Couple that with the self agitation of the genitals and you have a disturbing situation.
Let me tell you a short story. I've had a masturbation problem since I was 6 or 7 and a pornography problem since 15. The only attraction I'd ever had for girls was "sexual" (or a variation thereof.) They were a pillar of flesh whose individual parts I got to fantasize about and stare at on the computer. 
Since I'm anonymous, I'll share something else with you, something you might hear when discussing porn addiction. I got bored of "normal porn" and slowly ventured into gay porn, then slowly into beastiality, then slowly into pornographic cartoons of children.
The constant sexual haze I had been subject to, and the neurological changes which accompanied it, ruined any normal response to the opposite sex I was supposed to have. This changed at age 22 and only after years of trying to quit and prayer and revelation. As far as I'm concerned it was an act of grace,  that the damage I had inflicted upon myself had begun to reverse and a new view of love and women shown to me by revelation. Nowadays, happily for me, a smiling girl is mind blowing, whereas before I wouldn't have noticed, how gray.
I still have a problem with pornography and masturbation. However, its not nearly as bad as it used to be. There has been much healing performed.
Do not trifle with these things. Get away now.

@Anonymous1101
I am convinced that sin is bad not because of what it does to others but what it does to the person that sins.  Often it seems to me that evil and sin are defined by what it does to others.  For example, we think of the sin of murder as a horrible thing because it seems to be the ultimate damage to someone else -because it ends their life.  What is overlooked is the damage that is done to the person before they even commit the murder.  Jesus touched on this when we warrened about anger – which includes revenge. 
Truth is that G-d can fix anything you do to anyone else.  He can restore them and make them whole.  What he cannot do is fix the damage you do to yourself.  The damage you do to yourself is the problem of repentance.
The problem with masturbation and porn is not what such things do to others but what these things do to those that get caught in this trap.  Like the worm of the fish hook the person enticed does not realize their loss of freedom and agency until it is too late and that the hook will limit and bind them and make them captive.  It will define for them their passions and desires and remove from them the power to choose and determine their passions and desires.
It is interesting to me that without exception every homosexual I know started their sexual experiences with masturbation.   Not that everyone that masturbates becomes a homosexual but everyone that becomes a homosexual masturbates.  So powerful is this hook placed into their flesh that they believe they are powerless and unable to choose anything else – they are in complete bondage to their desire and passion to be a homosexual.
 
The Traveler

One of my favorite FAIR conference presentations recently re-posted.

A website that provides answers to scholarly questions about the lds faith 
Once you have looked over the website, https://www.fairmormon.org/
You can post questions  https://www.fairmormon.org/contact

Since we're talking about garments, I have a short story told me by my dad.
My dad was helping my uncle move an old metal shed. In the process of moving the shed, the old metal collapsed and tore and came down on my dad's leg. It tore straight through his new denim jeans, but his leg was left uninjured because it hadn't penetrated his garments.

Since we're talking about garments, I have a short story told me by my dad.
My dad was helping my uncle move an old metal shed. In the process of moving the shed, the old metal collapsed and tore and came down on my dad's leg. It tore straight through his new denim jeans, but his leg was left uninjured because it hadn't penetrated his garments.