Excuse me, but I left the church over some twenty-five years ago. Did I receive my Temple Recommend while I was there, yes; I have it to prove it. Did I lie to receive it? I honestly don't believe that I did, neither do I recall being asked such a question. And as far as me being righteous, obviously you haven't read my exit story, I was a fake and I knew it, and I wish that I could tell you t
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I saw a post by Americangirl406 asking if anyone lied to obtained their temple commend. I tried to put my two cents worth in but the thread was closed. So for what it's worth, I am posting my reply. Truth of the matter is that I didn't lie, or I don't believe that I lied. Don't get me wrong, honest was not my best policy. I just didn't fully know what I was doing, what I was getting myself
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Actually I'm familiar with the passages in the Book of Moses and the Book of Abraham. They both mention the Mark that God placed on Cain. What I'm spicifically looking for is something in the Mormon literature that identifies exactly what the mark was. That's one of the reasons why I'm interested in Mormon Doctrine, because it explains it clearly. And now because of the replies that I've rece
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There was a guy, Bruce R McConkie (I think); he wrote a book called Mormon Doctrine. This book didn’t go over well with the high council. As a matter of fact they pulled him to the side and told him that his book was not to be republished until he had authorization, and he wasn’t going to get that until some changes were made in his book. He agreed. That was back in ’59. In ’66 the s
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Because in their minds they are having a good time. Most of the times people do not consider the consequences of their actions. I've personally stolen cars, used drugs and done all manner of things in the name of having a good time, and I didn't considered nor cared about the consequences of the things that I was doing. Why people use drugs varies depending on the individual and their circumst
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My story started some thirty plus years ago. As a child, my grandmother always forced us to go to church, especially Sunday School. As a foster-child my foster parents did the same thing. I decided that when I became eighteen years of age, I wasn’t going to go to church every Sunday, but every other Sunday. When I became eighteen, I held true to my word, I went to church every other Sunday. I m
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You ever considered the possibility that the cashier didn't make a mistake, that they intentionally did what they did. I was a cashier for a time. I see someone that I like, I give her an off the record discount, she notices and the next time she's in the store, she comes to my register. It has happened to me a few times. Then, I was old enough to know better and still young enough not to car
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Thanks for your reply Truthseeker, I can't help but to ask myself, how did you know that I made a comment on your comment? I've been reading a lot of post this morning, and I've made some comments, but how would I know if someone comments on my comments? Also, you made mention about the changing of Mormon doctrine. Are you aware that between the 1830's up to the mid 70's that over 3000 ch
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Raging Phoenix, Been there and done that. My problem wasn't alcohol it was in several different areas. I kept telling myself that I was going to quit, and I did, fifty thousand times. Each time that I quit and started up again I felt bad in the worst way. Then somewhere around the forty seventh thousand times that I quit, a realization dawned on me. Each time that I fell off that horse I
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Look, for what it's worth. There is a verse in the bible that says, in time past, God has spoken to many different men in many different way' to some He spoke to through dreams, to some He spoke to audibly, to some He spoke to through signs and pictures. The fact that there is a God out there really isn't an issue in my mind. God really does exist. And something else that I believe is that G
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I don't know if this advice will go well with others, but my opinion is to tell him. Sit down and tell him and let him know that you're not joking. I'm a man. I've been married for almost twenty years. One thing that I know is that men have egos, LARGE EGOS. If my wife came to me and told me she was bisexual, more than anything else, it would deflate my ego. In my mind, my woman is more int
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Dave, Interestingly enough, I was at what I believed to be a Mormon’s website where the young lady didn’t understand why Mitt Romney's spiritual beliefs should be an issue with him leading as President. I did address her comments, but another young lady, in denying the racism of the Mormon's past, started quoting these extremely large numbers of blacks that are involved in the church outsi
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Truthseeker, I've read your comments, and I really appreciate your thoughts. I just do not know how to act on them. I can not naivagate this website. I discovered this site because my wife wanted to know what ex-mormons think about Mitt Romney's running for President. Would his being a Mormon affect their decision to vote for him? And to be quite honest with you, I thought my post WAS i
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My story started some thirty plus years ago. As a child, my grandmother always forced us to go to church, especially Sunday School. As a foster-child my foster parents did the same thing. I decided that when I became eighteen years of age, I wasn’t going to go to church every Sunday, but every other Sunday. When I became eighteen, I held true to my word, I went to church every other Sunday.
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