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I wonder if that's true. Or is the person who's going to "lose their way" going to do it regardless of marital status?
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I don't suppose that there's a blanket answer to that question. I would venture to guess that for some it might, and for others it might just result in them inflicting pain on the unsuspecting spouse.
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However, I would say the two guys with the same characteristics will develop differently if one marries at 22 and the other marries at 28. Not always, but I will bet most of the time. Now if a 24 year old is a real hustler and gets married and another guy is very non hustling and marries at age 28, I would bet the 24 year old is more likely to commit adultery later on. The church doesn't differentiate like that though. When they hand out advice to the masses they think in terms of everyone is exactly alike. That is why I say the leaders may hand out advice to the masses and tell their own something different. Why, they think their own is different from the masses. |
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It's not scientific by any means, but in my very small sample group, of my LDS friends that married before they finished school, only one is divorced and he is also the only one that has left the church. I have even fewer LDS friends who married after school and of those, just less than half no longer consider themselves Mormons.
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What did you think of this month's article?
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The article is why I responded to BDB's comment. I only scanned it, but it still seems to fall in the "single = unhappy, married = happy" school. I would really like to see an article about someone who's sincerely found happiness and fulfillment as a single, phrased about like BDB's comment.
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My personal take is that marriage, like a magnifying glass, only reveals flaws and strengths that are already within a person.....by itself, marriage generally does not create them. I would actually say that when you are married, the potential for moral transgression is substantially increased.
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The Church has definitely counseled YSAs to not delay marriage. This is often misunderstood as a blanket cattle call to the altar. In reality, that message is directed at those who are in a legitimate position to get married, often multiple times, but for whatever reason, he or she decides to delay. The Church is not addressing those sisters and brothers would love to be married, yte have a hard time finding the right date.
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