Although I am not LDS, I dont' drink and I don't go to bars. I believe that the scriptures tell us--and I am paraphrasing--don't do anything good that appears to be bad. In other words why would I got to a bar to socialize , there are other mediums for that venue. There are family or friendly get togethers or even just calling friends up for an informal gathering is something good to do. Just because we live in the world doesn't mean we have to partake of everything everyone else does. Its like the age old argument parents have with their children :just because your friends do it doesn't mean you have to also. I have lived my life long enough to know that sometimes work friends hang out a bar to talk or what not and on some very limited occasions I attend but I don't partake of liquor. I drink water or something else. Sometimes I even suggest we meet at a restaurant or someone's home in order to get out of that environment. They have noticed that and now know that I don't like going there but they invite and its the norm nowadays to go to an atmosphere like that to socialize. In retrospect , I think about what some people's advice would you got to a mechanic to fix your computer, then why would you take your testimony as a christian and go to a bar even though your not drinking. Let's ponder about that one , my friends.
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