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Question for Mormons

Mormons: Would you only marry if it was to another Mormon?

  • Yes

    Votes: 13 41.9%

  • No

    Votes: 18 58.1%
  • Total voters
    31
CONAN said:
No, I don't know that's what you're saying. That's why I asked that question. How would you react to that situation?
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It's never happened quite like that so I'm unsure, but hypothetically speaking, I would probably be very guarded, would listen, pray about it, and speak with my child, albeit cautiously.
 
PKM said:
It's never happened quite like that so I'm unsure, but hypothetically speaking, I would probably be very guarded, would listen, pray about it, and speak with my child, albeit cautiously.
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So I was right except the part about inviting him in. You'd maybe just step out on the porch and have a conversation. I think that's weird but it's not like LDS don't do stuff that's hard to grasp.
 
CONAN said:
So I was right except the part about inviting him in. You'd maybe just step out on the porch and have a conversation. I think that's weird but it's not like LDS don't do stuff that's hard to grasp.
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Weird all weird .. I mean peculiar. Have a good day Conan, you seem alright. :)
 
CONAN said:
So I was right except the part about inviting him in. You'd maybe just step out on the porch and have a conversation. I think that's weird but it's not like LDS don't do stuff that's hard to grasp.
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We're all weird .. I mean peculiar, a peculiar people. Have a good day Conan, you seem alright. :)
 
PKM said:
We're all weird .. I mean peculiar, a peculiar people. Have a good day Conan, you seem alright. :) I totally mean this in a sincere honest way, like I am so so sorry if this came across the wrong way, I assure you that I meant it in sincerity, and I will have no part in an ugly heated religious debate. Im sorry. Did I mention that Im sorry?
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Fixed.
 
Again, my opinion.

God is a God of order.
12 million, or 6 billion people all receiving global revelation for the whole world?
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.

There needs to be order. Why did Christ call 12 Apostles when he was alive?
Why did we even have the Patriarch's of old?
Why did Abraham pay his tithes to Melchizedek?
Why would God command his people to build Temples?
Why would God give the 10 Commandments to Moses and have him pass them on if he could just give them to every Israelite?
Why would God send Jonas to Nineveh if he could just tell them all himself?
Why would God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac as an offering, then change it at the last second?
Why would God only tell Noah there was a flood coming, when he could tell everyone?

There is a reason we are here, and there are things we need to learn and do while alive if possible.
There is a order to this life, and there is a order to God's church, and plan.

This life is not randomness. There is purpose, a plan, and there is order to it. The proper order will help us.

I challenge you to take on a large project.... say a Boy Scout Camp, and tell all the boys the purpose of the scout camp, and tell them the things that need to get done while they are there... then tell them they are all in charge.
Not much of the plan will happen.
If there are Boy Scout leaders that help remind about the plan, that help to organize and have order to what needs to happen and when, and remind the boys often of what is coming up..... the purpose of the scout camp is more likely to be achieved than if the boys are left to fend for themselves.

I'm not sure that's a perfect example, but it's all I have right now.
 
I just can't fathom the idea of clergy catering to the revelation of the layfolks. Again, the idea of someone receiving revelation for something outside their purview. Recipe for a mess.
 
JazzSpazz said:
Again, my opinion.

God is a God of order.
12 million, or 6 billion people all receiving global revelation for the whole world?
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.

There needs to be order. Why did Christ call 12 Apostles when he was alive?
Why did we even have the Patriarch's of old?
Why did Abraham pay his tithes to Melchizedek?
Why would God command his people to build Temples?
Why would God give the 10 Commandments to Moses and have him pass them on if he could just give them to every Israelite?
Why would God send Jonas to Nineveh if he could just tell them all himself?
Why would God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac as an offering, then change it at the last second?
Why would God only tell Noah there was a flood coming, when he could tell everyone?

There is a reason we are here, and there are things we need to learn and do while alive if possible.
There is a order to this life, and there is a order to God's church, and plan.

This life is not randomness. There is purpose, a plan, and there is order to it. The proper order will help us.

I challenge you to take on a large project.... say a Boy Scout Camp, and tell all the boys the purpose of the scout camp, and tell them the things that need to get done while they are there... then tell them they are all in charge.
Not much of the plan will happen.
If there are Boy Scout leaders that help remind about the plan, that help to organize and have order to what needs to happen and when, and remind the boys often of what is coming up..... the purpose of the scout camp is more likely to be achieved than if the boys are left to fend for themselves.

I'm not sure that's a perfect example, but it's all I have right now.
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I'm not God.
What good is all this order if those that are chosen abuse power and give poor advice (those few bad individuals, not the majority)?

I'm not debating, though, just curious.
 
CONAN said:
I just can't fathom the idea of clergy catering to the revelation of the layfolks. Again, the idea of someone receiving revelation for something outside their purview. Recipe for a mess.
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I never said clergy catering to layfolk, that's hyperbole. I am suggesting that God can do as He pleases, regardless of our perception of the way we think He should do it.
 
PKM said:
I never said clergy catering to layfolk, that's hyperbole.
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Well you introduced that hyperbole and I thought you were being serious. My bad.

So there is a limits to what people can receive revelation for?
 
This has been an interesting thread, to say the least. I just want to sum up how I feel, because my last post wasn't all that great. Shocker.

I'm not going to make my mind up about anything until it's something that I know for a fact. The instant that I think I KNOW something, it usually ends up blowing up in my face, and I'm quite alright with just hanging out. I have a feeling that Gordon is so beyond anything we can even comprehend that once we do find out, if ever, we will look back on this thread -- or any other meaningless fight over religion -- and laugh and/or cringe.

I don't need to know, I'm happy with just believing. In fact, I guess I'm glad I don't know, because then I'd really have to work. Yuck.
 
TroutBum said:
This has been an interesting thread, to say the least. I just want to sum up how I feel, because my last post wasn't all that great. Shocker.

I'm not going to make my mind up about anything until it's something that I know for a fact. The instant that I think I KNOW something, it usually ends up blowing up in my face, and I'm quite alright with just hanging out. I have a feeling that Gordon is so beyond anything we can even comprehend that once we do find out, if ever, we will look back on this thread -- or any other meaningless fight over religion -- and laugh and/or cringe.

I don't need to know, I'm happy with just believing. In fact, I guess I'm glad I don't know, because then I'd really have to work. Yuck.
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Love it.. nice post, fish e.
 
JazzSpazz said:
Only if people base their self worth on what other people think of them.
If they have a self worth that is inside of them, or tied to a relationship they have with God, it doesn't matter what other people say or think as long as they know and God knows who they are and base self worth on that.

So basically if they don't tie self worth to what other people think, but base it on what they think and on what God thinks... and they are doing their best in that regard they should be fine.

What people, and many LDS members forget often, is that this life is a life of imperfect people that all make plenty of mistakes. We are on a journey to get better. Nobody is perfect, and we should not expect the people around us to be perfect. The whole need no physician.
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How can they know whether God is pleased with them or if His view of them is consistent with how they view themselves?
 
Personally, I believe some are chosen to lead because they have much to offer. Some because they have much to learn.

God could absolutely take control and call all the shots directly, but then what's the point? We don't really learn much in that environment.
 
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