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Originally Posted by guitarwizard
But that is not always (i'd like to hope it rarely is) the case, so saying a girl who wants to get married is a whore is not a correct statement. Just because a there is a deep abiding love between a man and a woman and it is so strong that they wish to devote the remainder of their lives together does not make a young woman a whore.
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Which is exactly what I was getting at. That we shouldn't presume to know how righteous or worthy people are by a decision they made that wasn't sinful in nature [Even then.. tread lightly]. The 'calling her a whore' part was an exaggeration to show how ridiculous presumptions can be.
I surely don't call them whores.. but some people do. In the same manner I dislike the assumptions people make about my 'righteousness' or whether or not i'm 'worthy' in regards to a mission.
A quote from Pres. Monson came up when I was thinking about this 'RM stigma'...
"Every one of us has been foreordained for some work as [God's] chosen servant on whom he has seen fit to confer the priesthood and power to act in his name. Always remember that people are looking to you for leadership and you are influencing the lives of individuals either for good or for bad, which influence will be felt for generations to come."