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A Celestial Goal: Mormon's and their obsession with marriage

What a "great" talk!  I came across this talk while I was doing some research for my last post. I wanted to include it in that one, but it was already exceedingly lengthy. I would consider this post as a continuation of the previous one, with its focus being marriage and the obsession that Mormons have with it.   In the above talk, President Benson is speaking to the priesthood holders in the church, but more specifically, to the SINGLE priesthood holders of the church. He goes over dressing and grooming, following the commandments, serving dutifully within the church and feasting on the "Words of Christ". But the majority of his talk centers around a letter from two concerned parents. These parents reference a group of young men who have reached their early thirties and remain unmarried:   “In our experience these are usually young men who have been on missions, are well educated, and are living the commandments (except this most important one). There doe...

Bothersome Tidbits

It would probably be good form to write about what the purpose of this blog is and how I came to the decision to start exploring the possibility that the religion I had been raised in might not be the "true" religion, and not only that, but begin to question the existence of God. Better late than never right? I could never honestly answer the question about why I was a Mormon. I gave the typical believer answer that I just knew it was true because I'd prayed about it and felt that it was true, yadda yadda. While the praying part was true, I can't say that I ever received an actual answer. Moroni's promise in the Book of Mormon says that "if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ" then the Holy Ghost will tell you if the Book of Mormon is true(note: this operates under the premise that if the BOM is true, then the Church is true). I've done this, multiple times, and each time I would stay on my knees waiti...