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I'm not going to ask him 'excuse me before I get serious about you, have you ever murdered anyone?' Asking if I've had an abortion is the same thing as far as I'm concerned and I'd be super insulted. I wouldn't want to be with anyone who would think I could have possibly done such a thing. He could take his judgemental un-intuitive butt elsewhere 😉

🤣😂 Whoops! I'm defiantly not a lesbian! To clear things up, if I was dating a man I was romantically interested in and he asked me if I'd had an abortion I'd be highly insulted and dump him immediately.

As a woman, if someone I was dating asked me a question like that, I'd probably dump them!

Thanks, videos are always helpful, and I like the idea of financial lessons being tied to faith, I'm interested to see what the course holds. Reading something from a different faith can't hurt, its always good to be open minded. 😀

That's so amazing. Is there any chance these manuals are available online? I'd love to go through them with my family. Its so important.

I think this is brilliant, I'm not LDS and I really don't understand a lot of what you guys are talking about in this thread (a years supply of food and water for example, no idea lol) but the fact that there is an actual course run by your church on personal finance is wonderful. I think too many children (and adults of course) grow up without knowing how to handle money, how to prioritise their money so they don't have to stress out when the electricity bill arrives (after all the electricity bill is not a surprise!). As parents my husband and I talk to our son about money a lot, he has a good financial plan and is on track to buying his first home (well apartment or townhouse but still!), but unfortunately we are a minority and most of his friends are not in the same position. You should all be proud to be part of a church that talks openly about this subject. Its so important that people are in control of their finances. Money is certainly not the most important thing in life but if you are not in control of it, it can have the power to ruin your life.

Thanks I think I get it now, so its up to the bishop on a case by case basis. Two people can have the same sin and get different outcomes dependant on their attitude to the situation. The bishop then prays about it and seeks guidance from the Lord on what to do about the situation. Is that right?

Sex outside of marriage is a very serious sin. In my church it would have me banned from receiving communion until I had rectified the situation (confessed, repented, done penance and of course stopped committing the sin) Just trying to understand the LDS confession process as I see similarities and also differences. In my faith penance is dished out by the priest taking the confession and is up to him what it will be (its always prayer and/or bible reading but what exactly is up to him), but certain sins (like sex outside of marriage, and it would have to be a marriage done by or at the very least approved by the church) would automatically end in the same consequence for anyone who committed it (no communion until you sort yourself out). From what I read in this thread the LDS confession/penance process is similar but different. For example people have said that some people who commit sexual sins are excommunicated and some are not, so is it just up to the bishop taking the confession as to what happens? Or is there a definite list of sins that automatically require banning of the sacraments or excommunication? I'm trying to understand why the OPs friend would be afraid of going to confession, I hope she doesn't continue to live in sin or with the guilt of having done it and not confessed, it must be a terrible feeling. My heart goes out to her. Forgive my ignorance on this subject, just trying to understand.

Hi Morgaine I'm new here too What a lovely name, very pretty

Hello I'm new here, I hope to make friends with other the members here and learn more about the LDS church. I love talking about my faith in God and learning about how others worship him. Hope to get to know you all better Marge