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Huh. Just out of curiosity, how many folks would need to claim that they consider themselves bisexual, and have never been involved in bisexual behavior, in order for you to rethink your claim?

The only advice that makes sense to me in such situations, is this: You are role modeling behavior for your children. What you put up with, they'll put up with in their marriages. How you choose to react to the obstacles and poisons of life, is how they'll react. So pick the behavior you want to see coming out of them once they're married, and then go do it. If that means leaving your addicted destructive husband, then so be it. (And I'm sorry.) If that means staying together and toughing it out, then so be it. (And I'm sorry.)

Bytebear is correct. Teaching situational awareness and how to not walk around with your face plastered to your smartphone, would probably prevent more muggings, rapes, and murders than buying stronger doors for schools.

October, 2008: August, 2013: Interesting decision to resurrect your thread, StillSmallVoice. So, the Gov says annual inflation looks to be under 2%, and you figure it's 10-15%. Ok. I'm wondering - at what rate of yearly inflation (government numbers) do you believe we will see government price controls on food, panic, and food shortages?

I think one of the defining characteristics of an INTJ, is that we discuss things on the internet.

I'm either an INTJ or an INFJ, depending on my mood when taking the test.

Maybe you could ask her to point to the church that claims to not be the true church, so you could see what nonboastful looks like. (This is only if your fiance has a sense of humor and wouldn't think you're being sarcastic.)

I sometimes feel like I have lived in two different worlds. Back in the '70's and '80's (and I assume before that), this was pretty much the going opinion culturally. Not only that, but it was pretty much never talked about or even thought much about. When I was growing up, you read a newspaper, and you could find the society page written by and for women, but the authors and contributors were all identified as "Mrs. Bill Mitchell". Only the mocked and scorned 'wimminz libbers' ever made a stink about such things.Stuff changed (for me at least) in the '90's. There seemed to be a push for dealing with this stuff. Victims came forward and spoke openly to groups of people. Books were written and read. Crime reporting went up. These days, the notion that spousal rape doesn't exist, comes from a tiny minority of folks, and maybe people who haven't really thought about it much, and are in the process of thinking things through.

Kind of. The Gospel (good news), is that there is a God. Not only that, but He's a just/kind/wise/perfect/loving God. Not only that, but He's interested in our well-being, and wants us to return to Him after death. That information, along with the details of how we go about returning to Him, the nature of sin and atonement and repentence and all, is what makes up the Gospel.

I used to think this was for LDS only, until my Catholic neighbors had us over for a picnic, and the dad did the same thing when saying their prayer!

Hi Chucke, About the only useful thing I can really say, is that your wife's experience (and your experience being married into this situation) is hardly unique. Stuff like this happens a lot. I'm gonna recommend a non-LDS book to you and your wife. Miss America by Day: Lessons Learned from Ultimate Betrayals and Unconditional Love. Ten bucks used off of Amazon. Other than that, I guess the only thing I can say here, is to advise against you trying to set the terms of your wife's relationship with her parents. Even if it's just urging your wife. It's her baggage, and her relatives. The decisions and changes need to come from her. God bless. Read the book.

I can admire Christians who risk life and limb to smuggle bibles into closed countries. But the LDS church isn't like that. If we go in, it will be because we've been invited through the open front door, legally, honestly, and transparently.

JARGON by Lawrence Heywood My son's a CTR ... I go to PEC. I work for CES....I study the TG. I read the B of M .... I probe the D&C. I search the KJV ... I ponder the JST. Today in BYC ... we planned for EFY. I stayed a little after ... and had a PPI. The YM and YW ... are putting on a play. It's one that I remember ...we did in MIA. Before our oldest son ...went in the MTC, He helped the BSA .... complete their SME. Soon our oldest daughter ... is heading for the Y. Soon our oldest clothing ... is going to DI. Now, if you've understood ... this alphabetic mess, The chances are quite good ... that you are LDS.

My friends and I would have bottle rocket wars with each other. Metal Shop wouldn't let us make weapons, but they would let us make shields! :)

I think this is some pretty horrible advice. I pretty much disagree with every single thing CTS is saying here.CalledToServe, could you share exactly how you know that embupley6 has not already turned to Christ? Seems a tad unrighteously judgemental to me. The notion that all suffering is due to people not turning to Christ enough, is false. We didn't come to earth to not have any burdens. The notion that a spouses love will enable people to motivate others to turn to Christ, is sometimes true and sometimes false. The notion that suffering cannot be ended through someone's own actions, is sometimes true and sometimes false. The notion that bishops, therapists, spouses, and victims of child abuse can't have a hand in fixing things, is false. The notion that reading scriptures is the only way to save a husband and a marriage, is false. Here's some required reading on the subject of mental illness. Myths about Mental Illness By Elder Alexander B. Morrison Of the Seventy

I guess I have one last comment. If you are someone who gets offended when others sin, you'll be just as offended in church as you are most anywhere else. We don't stop falling prey to hipocracy, insensitivity, or just plain ignorance, just because we happen to be active.I guess what I'm saying, is if you will be basing your notions on the truth or correctness of the church, on if you run into some smarmy fake politeness, then I can save you the trip and the hassle. I was inactive for around 6 years, and had a similar experience to you. One friendly little old Swedish lady prayed for me daily and gave me chocolate, one very awkward conversation from some elder who had obviously been asigned to be my friend, and nobody else paid me a second thought (that I was aware of). Maybe one difference between us, is that I had pretty clearly set the expectation that I wasn't interested in the church and didn't really want to be contacted. I was getting pretty much exactly what I asked for. It sounds like you've been wanting more contact than you've been getting, and that can be a difficult thing when it doesn't come.

It seems to me that all you really need to do is set the right expectations. You say you haven't been inside a church in 10 years, but you have home teachers, know some families, have talked with the HPGL and bishop? So they already know you're inactive. If they see you show up to church, they may want to talk to you. If and when they do, try just flat out telling them "I'm planning on coming to sacrament only, and pretty much would like to be left alone and not extended a calling".If they press for more information, tell them "There's much about the claims of the church I doubt. I'm not interested in talking with anyone about it. I'll let you know if I have any questions. I'd just like to be left alone for now, thanks." If they continue to press, then they're being rude. Feel free to make a big loud obnoxious stink and yell something. Rude people can use a little public embarrassement.

All I can really say here, is that I have personally experienced personal revelation a small handful of times in my life. I guess there are several levels of answer.Are you welcome in church? Can you come in and sit down in sacrament meeting? Sure. It's pretty much written in stone on every church building: "Visitors Welcome". Are you welcome in church as a baptized member? Absolutely. I mean, if you show up to argue your point of view, disrupt lessons, push your beliefs that contradict church teachings on others, then the answer is probably you will be asked to not attend. But if none of those things are true, I don't see a problem with you attending, having home teachers, maybe even having a calling. You certainly wouldn't be the first person who doubted certain tenets of beliefs to have a calling. Can you go to the temple? Probably not, unless you anser untruthfully on one or more of the temple recomment interview questions. But again, others have certainly lied their way into the temple. Personally, you'd be welcome to hang out with me and my family. We don't demand strict adherence to beliefs to some church in order to be friends with someone or sit next to them in church.

Yay! Happy Birthday! It's also Pres. Obama's birthday too. :)

Congrats Lakumi! I suppose it's time to initiate you into the ways of things then. Mormon Brony DeviantArt Group Page Latter-day Bronies Facebook Group (No, Mormons don't understand bronies any more than any other group of people. But at least you're not alone here.)

So what are you? I'm a son of God, inheritor of a divine birthright, doing time as an error-prone agenda-driven fallen sinful guy on earth. Sometimes I do ok, sometimes I don't. I have strengths and weaknesses, and can be pretty selective about who I let comment on my weaknesses.Life got a lot easier once I realized most other people are pretty much just like me in these ways.

Maybe this rewrite might shed some light: I don't know if it helps or not, I just like to remind myself that everyone's a sinner.

What if the parents are toxic and harmful? There are other ways to Honor Thy Father and Mother besides having frequent contact with them.

I've made (or supported) the decision to put dogs and cats down at least 4 times, and a horse once. But I cry every time, so it's ok.

You know what they have in Australia?