LDS Freedom Forum

Jezebel wrote:I second and third Orien's advice.

"To our well beloved brother Parley P. Pratt, and to the elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, and scattered abroad throughout all Europe, and to the Saints—Greeting:
Whereas, in times past persons have been permitted to gather with the Saints at Nauvoo, in North America—such as husbands leaving their wives and children behind; also, such as wives leaving their husbands, and such as husbands leaving their wives who have no children, and some because their companions are unbelievers. All this kind of proceedings we consider to be erroneous and for want of proper information. And the same should be taught to all the Saints, and not suffer families to be broken up on any account whatever if it be possible to avoid it. Suffer no man to leave his wife because she is an unbeliever. These things are an evil and must be forbidden by the authorities of the church or they will come under condemnation; for the gathering is not in hast nor by flight, but to prepare all things before you, and you know not but the unbeliever may be converted and the Lord heal him; but let the believers exercise faith in God, and the unbelieving husband shall be sanctified by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife by the believing husband, and families are preserved and saved from a great evil which we have seen verified before our eyes. Behold this is a wicked generation, full of lyings, and deceit, and craftiness; and the children of the wicked are wiser than the children of light; that is, they are more crafty; and it seems that it has been the case in all ages of the world.
And the man who leaves his wife and travels to a foreign nation, has his mind overpowered with darkness, and Satan deceived him and flatters him with the graces of the harlot, and before he is aware he is disgraced forever; and greater is the danger for the woman that leaves her husband. The evils resulting from such proceedings are of such a nature as to oblige us to cut them off from the church.
And we also forbid that a woman leave her husband because he is an unbeliever. We also forbid that a man shall leave his wife because she is an unbeliever. If he be a bad man (i.e., the believer) there is a law to remedy that evil. And if the law divorce them, then they are at liberty; otherwise they are bound as long as they two shall live, and it is not our prerogative to go beyond this; if we do it, it will be at the expense of our reputation.
These things we have written in plainness and we desire that they should be publicly known, and request this to be published in the STAR.
May the Lord bestow his blessings upon all the Saints richly, and hasten the gathering, and bring about the fullness of the everlasting covenant are the prayers of your brethren."
Written by Hyrum Smith, patriarch.

You may have a spouse who is Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian or Mormon. You may have a
spouse who is Community of Christ Mormon. You may have a spouse who believes in dancing
naked at Wiccan ceremonies while high on peyote. You and your spouse need to love one
another. You and your spouse have something far, far greater, potentially, between you and your
children, than all the distractions of this world. You and your spouse face the challenge of
becoming one. And if you are one, remember that the Lamanites were condemned, consistently
in the Book of Mormon, BUT they were praised and ultimately preserved because of their
marriages, because of the love of the spouses. - Snuffer, St George talk.

freedomforall wrote:

Jezebel wrote:I second and third Orien's advice.

To be a grown up? Isn't that rather cold and insulting? That's exactly what someone hurting wants to hear?

Thomas wrote:The OP is quite odd. Whoever it is cannot form proper English sentences but knows how to use ellipsis and quotation marks.

Seems contrived to me. How is it they know how to use punctuation but can't form simple sentences?