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Delph, do you think I should become a member of the LDS church?

A very interesting question. the answer will probably surprise you.

If you read the Book of Mormon and pray and get a personal revelation that it is true, then yes.

If you are joining because of family pressure, some guy/gal who won't date or marry you until you join, or those nice missionary boys who seem so sincere, or any reason other than you believe it to be true, then Please don't join.

The reasoning is simple, Joining the church is making covenants with God. Anyone who covenants with God and does not live up to those covenants is worse off than they would be if they had not made the covenant with God. Those who are on the records of the church who are not keeping their covenants should either repent and begin again to keep their covenants, or remove their names from the rolls of the church thus removing themselves from the covenant and lessening their condemnation.

T Minus Four, I don't think you are serious, and since I think that, I can only encourage you not to join until you are serious.

Delph

T Minus Four, I don't think you are serious, and since I think that, I can only encourage you not to join until you are serious

But why would I want to? What is to be gained for me, a woman past child-bearing age with no chance of bringing family along. My Christian husband would refuse to let me pay tithing and would not divorce me unless I insisted.

As far as I can tell, there is no way I could improve my life on Earth, nor increase my heavenly reward. So why would I want this?