My fiancé and I live together. We intend to marry, however are waiting on some important legal matters to resolve first. We do not sleep together, or even in the same room as we are committed to doing this right. I strongly want to get Baptized as I have never been. I am fairly new to the church; I've been attending for a little over a year and have gone through all the missionary teachings. I am struggling with the cohabitation out of wedlock being a barrier to my baptism. My position is would Jesus say I cannot get baptized because I am living with a woman I am not married to? What if we were not romantically involved and just roommates? would the same barrier exist? This is rather frustrating for I know the Blessings of being baptized are immense. I cannot find in the scriptures anywhere; in either the Bible or the Book of Mormon where it clearly outlines this, and I fall back on a lifelong opinion that church rules are often made by the humans who created the church. Unfortunately, that opinion leads me to move away from the church through resentment. I would love feedback...
