A dying breed

[RachelleDrew]

Looking for worthy men to marry in Utah can actually be quite difficult. As Dravin mentioned, it's much easier to be a Sunday Mormon and avoid the pressure and criticism that unfortunately exists.

While there aren't as many members where I live, the ratio of inactive members to active ones is much lower than what I see in like Idaho or Utah.

I'm sure it's frustrating, just keep looking.

[Clarity_over_agreement]

Its all about the REFERRALS Qtpie

In missionary work the best baptisms are referrals and the best guys you will most likely find by getting referrals from people that have similar traits that you are looking for in a guy.

Also pray that you will find that type of guy, tell God that it is in his hands and that you want him to direct you to a worthy man and to direct a worthy man to you. You should tell him that you trust his judgement. Dont try to force anything, if you do this with complete trust and reliance on the Lord he will literally be given to you on a silver platter.

[jadams_4040]

Originally Posted by Qtpie

Why are worthy preisthood holders a dying breed?
I was just on an lds chat site, and 5 guys in a row that i talked to for about 2 minutes of talking have shown they were only interested in one thing...........

I can't stand all the double standards!
Only sunday mormans!
not that i am excluding my own gender from this mess, but it is infuriating!!

Here i am raised to expect a worthy priest hood holder, and yet everywhere i turn i get the same excuse..."It's hard." well my gosh it's just as hard for you as it is for anyone... We are all faced with the same media, music, clothing standards, and vulgar jokes blasted in our faces, but so what?

If I could give to them the feelings of my heart with the intensity that I feel for the gosple, then maybe they would understand. It makes my soul hurt to think that 1/3 already rejected heavenly fathers plan, and that another 50 percent of us will be foolish "virgins"...

The wrost part was when i mentioned this in the chat room everyone took it so casually... no one was really upset.

I understand that we are all gods children and everyone has an opportunity to repent.

but it's like a light bulb... they are used to provide light... you have to replace your light bulbs in order to keep you light, to me that is what fast and testimony meeting are for.... you can always get a new light bulb, but some people take that light bulb and crush it and grope around in the dark...

grrrrrrrrrrrr
anyways now that I have vented i feel much better....please leave you comments.. I do like hearing form other people....

thanks

Qtpie

We all {and yourself} have been repeatedly warned about hanging on to the rod of the gospel; it isnt easy and it wont ever get easy; There are many very worthy and spiritual young men out there; dont forget that, satan would have you beleive otherwise.

[Moksha]

Originally Posted by Loudmouth_Mormon

It's not where you go when you want to find the cream of the LDS crop.

LM

For that you need to go to LDS.net

[StallionMcBeastly]

Originally Posted by Qtpie

it's not that I think all men are bad. It's not that I don't think I will find a worthy preisthood holder...It just makes me hurt to think that for one most of these guys I am talking about are from utah...the biggest morman capital in the world. Not that I am trying to be sterotypical or anything. guys are like that all over the place... but I know that we are children of of god..all of us...and therefore we are brothers and sisters...and well If they could fathom what they are giving up on for fleeting moment of pleasure then...

I don't hate guys, in fact I like them and hope to find one to spend eternity with. I am by no stretch of the imagination perfect, and I don't expect someone perfect, but I just ache for them that have fallen, and can't seem to, or don't want to find their way back.


thanks for you comment beefchee, it put things in a bit o a different perspective for me.

I share many of your frustrations with the young women as well. My girlfriend (she's a good one) said that many of the girls at girls camp were talking about the guys that they had slept with.

It makes me sick to think about because there is nothing I like more in a woman than a chaste one who honors her virtue and calling as a daughter of God.


P.S. it's Mormon

[cjmaldrich]

Approximately .22% of the world population is LDS (14,000,000/6,500,000,000). Assuming that about half of those members are male, you're looking at around .11%.

Of course the real trick is trying to figure out how many of said males are: 1.) Priesthood holders, 2.) old enough to marry, 3.) Not so old that it would be weird, and 4.) are NOT just "Sunday Mormons."

Just for the sake of simplicity, let's say that cuts out 10% per criterion. Now we're looking at .003% of the world (assuming I've done my math right)... About 195,000 men... And I just realized that I didn't subtract any amount from that number to reflect single men... So we'll just cut that in half again for 97,500 guys on planet Earth... That's a 97,500 to 1 chance that you will find a decent guy. Pretty good odds if you ask me

So are there a lot of worthy priesthood holders who are single? YES. Are they rare? YES. Make some sense out of that now