Totally agree. Miss the shadow when she isn’t here though

Well maybe it’s cuz your family doesn’t have hot women….sarcasm there…..couldn’t believe they said that.

I go to a mid-singles ward and there are lots of divorced people in their 30's and 40's there. In my own family there are only 2 divorces out of the 11 couples of aunts and uncles, so you're definitely not going to see the average everywhere. And then there's me who is eternally single for some reason... 🤷‍♀

@@6Haunted-Days 🤣🤣 no lies detected by my family but my wife is a smoke show so I know better

What’s not taken into account here is that most members of the church do not stay active. If we were better at keeping our members active we would have taken over the culture a long time ago. And don’t look now(BUT YES REALLY LOOK) Islam is the only religion who outpaces us in birth rate and they enforce activity in their religion with an iron fist. If Jesus didn’t come back, they would take over the non Asian world

80 percent of temple work will have to be redone in the molinium . Why ? Well we try hard but get the research wrong some times and ... even if we think we are doing it correctly the woman were doing it for were cheated on or beat or were arranged married or they were the ones cheating or beating up the guy . The divorce rate is so high . And when they do senses recording they ask if your married . Then check it vs 10 Yeats ago . They don't ask if you were married 3 times . Divorce rate is over 78 percent if you stay married for over 40 years . Sorry to be so negative. The most important quality in a woman isn't her testimony or how hot she is or how good a cook . All important but the most important quality is Loyalty. Alot of good her testimony and good cooking dose you when she is cheating on you .

Full send, I love it

7? holy cow. Good for you!

We met in Dec. started dating in January, engaged in February and married in March! 38 years, 9 children and 15 grands and counting. ❤🎉

Agreed, that was a good point. It really is a team effort to keep the law of chastity, I think that’s a really healthy way to think about keeping the law of chastity.

I agree. So profound. I will have to share that with my kids.

Lol I love how you slid in, " quietly swept under the rug" in the typical victim sounding way. You see, that statement right there shows why so many do not have a spouse. Who wants to be with someone who constantly searches for the negative. Way to mark yourself there.

Your time is coming, especially when Ward Radio starts arranging marriages and will hook you up with only GigaChad Sigmas

​@@shibainfernoi was reading your comment and thinking, "nice"...then i read the last part and lol'd

Bet you are awesome

@shibainferno That would be awesome and I would be honored!

Must be something about viewing the special need person with divine worth.

As a special needs mom myself, I completely agree. I see the pressure on the families both LDS and non-LDS and some are vastly different pertaining to the marriage and also the outlook on the children’s futures and eternal worth.

Agreed ...why but the cow when you can have the milk for free and then walk away easily when a chocolate milk producing cow entices you.

It seems to be one of those esoteric things, but LDS is not the only faith that believes marriage to be eternal. Greek Orthodox and other eastern catholic/orthodox traditions also view marriage as eternal, which suggests to me that it was indeed taught, it’s just not plainly stated in existing biblical scripture. Some suggest that the passage in Matthew..? Where the Sadducees are asking about who is married in the resurrection, and Jesus says “they are neither given in marriage nor married” (meaning there won’t be weddings during the resurrection; women are “given” in marriage and men do the “marrying,”). I have heard some point that out as evidence that perhaps eternal marriage had been being taught, and the Sadducees were aware of it (they were a group that also denied the reality of resurrection). Others use that passage as evidence that no one will be married at all, and marriage is a time-only thing. Tom Roberts is a former eastern apostolic(?) catholic priest who converted to the CoJCoLdS maybe six years ago? I heard him mention eternal marriage on an episode of Leading Saints from last august. (Also the belief in theosis/divinization, but that was on a NT lecture on the BYU studies KZfaq channel) I’ve also looked up the Greek Orthodox and Byzantine orthodox beliefs, but it seems to not be widely taught…? Or at least the laypeople are maybe not as aware of the eternal aspect as the clergy 🤷‍♀️ LDS aren’t the only ones who believe in eternal unions though!

….i obv didn’t watch the episode yet as I’m just scrolling through comments during my work break, so I didn’t realize they mentioned that passage of scripture in this episode 😂

@@gingersnaps215 Hannah...please cite orthodox sources that suggest Eternal Marriages I truly love the idea of it...because it makes the choice of Wife (or in your case, Husband) so much more meaningful.

@@EriPages Tom Roberts was on an episode of the Leading Saints podcast from August ‘23 where he discussed the belief that marriage was eternal in his former faith, along with other things (He says he was a catholic priest, but his old linkdin profile says something like Eastern Apostolic(?) catholic… not Roman Catholic, which is a western tradition and definitely doesn’t believe marriage is eternal). I discovered the Greek Orthodox belief that marriage is eternal on the Greek Orthodox wiki, while looking up their beliefs on confirmation and baptism. The eternal aspect of marriage was a pleasant surprise! I’ve accidentally come across comments from members of other eastern catholic/orthodox beliefs about marriage while searching for other things, but I remember one question from a Byzantine layperson asking if others’ priests taught that marriage was eternal, or if it was just theirs. So, again, I don’t think it’s something that’s necessarily understood clearly by the laypeople, but the clergy seem to have at least been taught this aspect. The Greek Orthodox wiki is easy enough to find, as is Tom Roberts’ episode on Leading Saints.

Where did Jesus indicate that marriage was designed to end?

Survival of our well being could be part of selfishness....good air, water and food if contaminated enough could engender non- survival

I divorced my husband and we got remarried. Truly the Lords hand was in that. So blessed ❤

statistics don’t care about the people you know though

That 9% number is divorced and still divorced, not remarried. The 66% currently married and only 9% currently divorced were still the best figures in the study.

​@@TroySchoonoverOh I see....kind of like the one billion donated in welfare.....what they don't mention is that 800 million was fast offering donations and 200 million was for welfare outside of the Church.....difference in how we 'frame' terms

It is promised that all blessings will be given to those who qualify for the blessing. If it doesn't happen in this life then, if I understand correctly, you will be given the blessing during the millennium, before judgement.

@@TheEthanFausett Not much of a mental ease. Im single and hate when marrieds tell me that. They are standing there next to their attractive spouse and get to lay up with them and were told by them...."its ok....just ride out the next several decades alone or marry someone youre not really into .....it will be fine in the next life "

@@ruckin3 that's totally fair. I don't think anyone should pretend like the answer I gave Lucille is any easy answer. On my mission I spent some time with some incredible people they were single and it was only then as I sat with them that I realized just how hard it is. My intent was to just clarify doctrine for Lucille that it's not true that she just won't get a spouse.

@@TheEthanFausett I get it bro. Really wasnt attacking you. What you say is correct! And there is some hope in that silver lining. I just get tired when the 35 yr old bishop in my ward keeps saying it. Hes married to a VERY beautiful fit sweet feminine woman who would be a delight and light for any man to come home to. He really has no idea how brutal it is. I come home to nothing after church. And nothing every day of the week. No light. No reprieve. No sexual outlet. lol. Hes swimming in success and would be in a massive state of depression if she left him and he was alone but hes quick to tell us single men that we will have what he has in the next life. Living like he is, is almost like cheating the test of life in comparison. His life is a layup . Handsome, loads of healthy kids, never lost his job, incredible wife, beautiful wife, surrounded by strong Lds family. I dont want him to not have that but I also dont think he realizes how blessed he is when he kinda brushes off our massive challenge

they chose to show porn shoulders which of course is a big no no for an LDS wedding dress

​@@joshharrison1160porn shoulders isn't a thing. Just calm down. Religious people have dressed modestly for centuries.

There are three different and contradictory accounts of Paul's conversation in the book of Acts.

@@Steelblaidd Not true. Unlike the BOM, since we have the source documents from which the Bible is translated, we can see the minor differences of Paul's conversion can be shown to be nuances having to do with translation. There are no radical and divergent storylines as is depicted in Joseph's many first vision accounts.

Eastern catholic/orthodox traditions also believe marriage is eternal. LDS aren’t the only ones! Greek Orthodox, Byzantine, Eastern catholic traditions….. many believe marriage is eternal.

@@gingersnaps215 I don’t think that’s actually true, at least not in the same way as LDS. Either way, still doesn’t take away from what Christ has said. There is no need for marriage because the goal of marriage is to get your spouse to heaven!

@@brandonjaquish Tom Roberts is a former (he says catholic priest, but his old linkdin profile says Eastern Apostolic something or other) priest from a tradition that believed marriage to be eternal. He was a guest on an August ‘23 episode of the Leading Saints podcast and discussed the belief in eternal marriage from his former tradition. Look up the sacrements/mysteries on the Greek Orthodox wiki; you will find marriage listed as believed to be eternal. I have also found comments from members from Byzantine orthodox traditions asking if the eternal aspect was something others priests taught, or just theirs. So, I don’t think it’s necessarily widely understood by the laypeople, but the priests/clergy have that understanding.

@@gingersnaps215 Greek Orthodox is different from Catholic, so what they believe about a certain subject doesn’t affect what the Catholic Church teaches. I’ve also seen and read that Eastern Catholics in union with Rome don’t believe in eternal marriage. I’m not an expert on this particular subject other than I know that in Catholicism, the Church established by Christ, we don’t believe in eternal marriage because Jesus teaches against that. All I’m saying is, saying that Jesus was talking about no one gets married in heaven does not take away from what he also said, that there is no marriage in heaven, period.

@@brandonjaquish I’m fully aware that eastern catholic and orthodox traditions are not the same as Roman Catholic. I was merely saying that Tom Roberts, who was a priest from an eastern catholic tradition before her joined the LDS church a few years ago, called himself catholic on this podcast and also said that he understood marriage to be eternal as a priest in that faith. Go listen to him and get it straight from the guy who actually went through the ecumenical training in that faith, and not just me. Greek Orthodox/byzantine/other eastern traditions came about after the Roman split. I totally understand that. I also think, based on the number of eastern traditions that believe marriage to be eternal, that Jesus DID teach something about eternal marriage, but it’s NOT clear in the Bible. But obviously, you are free to interpret that passage to mean there is NO marriage, and others are free to interpret scripture as meaning that there won’t be new marriages.

whole lotta couples you're writing off there, champ...

Someone is salty

I don't even know anyone who got married at 18-20. maybe you're stuck in the 80s or something.

​@@bob15479 I know several. Look at that, our anecdotes mean nothing.

lol! If your husband is abusive it’s hard to leave because it’s always hard to leave those kind of relationships, not because of fear of not going to heaven. Our view of eternity is much broader and open than that.

Good for you. And a big hug.

@@Steelblaidd that's sarcasm, isn't it! 😅

@@MichaelRogerStDenis nope

@Steelblaidd wait a minute! that was sarcasm, too! 😂😭