If you'd paid tithing and gone to the temple frequently then none of this would have happened...
...is what Mormons may believe.
Family Issues
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_jon
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Re: Family Issues
'Church pictures are not always accurate' (The Nehor May 4th 2011)
Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told.
Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.
Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told.
Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.
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_Jersey Girl
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Re: Family Issues
jon wrote:If you'd paid tithing and gone to the temple frequently then none of this would have happened...
...is what Mormons may believe.
Why is going to the temple frequently an important feature to LDS in a case like this?
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Chinese Proverb
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_lostindc
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Re: Family Issues
Jersey Girl wrote:jon wrote:If you'd paid tithing and gone to the temple frequently then none of this would have happened...
...is what Mormons may believe.
Why is going to the temple frequently an important feature to LDS in a case like this?
jon is right, this is clearly the reason for why bad things happen.
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_Doctor Scratch
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Re: Family Issues
Am I alone in finding it appalling that Simon Belmont would try to exploit this situation for apologetic purposes?
"[I]f, while hoping that everybody else will be honest and so forth, I can personally prosper through unethical and immoral acts without being detected and without risk, why should I not?." --Daniel Peterson, 6/4/14
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_Daniel Peterson
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Re: Family Issues
Doctor Scratch wrote:Am I alone in finding it appalling that Simon Belmont would try to exploit this situation for apologetic purposes?
Don't compound the problem by seeking to exploit it against apologetics.
Just stay out of it. I'm going to.
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_Simon Belmont
Re: Family Issues
Mercury wrote:
please read my first post and ask a more in-depth question.
Mercury,
I do not know you, and you do not know me. This separation will no doubt be hard for you and your children. I feel sympathy for you, really I do.
But I strongly disagree with you blaming the church. So, I ask again: how is the church at fault?
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_lostindc
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Re: Family Issues
Simon Belmont wrote:Mercury wrote:
please read my first post and ask a more in-depth question.
Mercury,
I do not know you, and you do not know me. This separation will no doubt be hard for you and your children. I feel sympathy for you, really I do.
But I strongly disagree with you blaming the church. So, I ask again: how is the church at fault?
Best damn trolling on the world wide web. I bow to your ability to fire up the masses.
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_Simon Belmont
Re: Family Issues
lostindc wrote:
Best damn trolling on the world wide web. I bow to your ability to fire up the masses.
It isn't trolling. I'm genuinely curious, and genuinely sorry about what Mercury is going through.
I mean, he did post it on Mormon Discussions, didn't he? Or is this ExMormon Sympathy?
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_Lucretia MacEvil
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Re: Family Issues
Just ignore Simon. You don't need that negativity in your life.
I'll be sending white light, Mercury. Feel better.
I'll be sending white light, Mercury. Feel better.
The person who is certain and who claims divine warrant for his certainty belongs now to the infancy of our species. Christopher Hitchens
Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions. Frater
Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions. Frater
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_Yoda
Re: Family Issues
Jersey Girl wrote:jon wrote:If you'd paid tithing and gone to the temple frequently then none of this would have happened...
...is what Mormons may believe.
Why is going to the temple frequently an important feature to LDS in a case like this?
Going to the temple frequently as a couple is encouraged as a way to grow closer. There are different ordinances you can perform on behalf of your deceased ancestors in the temple, such as sealings. When you do a sealing, it's kind of like renewing your wedding vows. I can see the logic in that.