Comments on: Purpose of Marriage https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/06/05/purpose-of-marriage/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/06/05/purpose-of-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-32162 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:35:57 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=28#comment-32162 I posted it 3 years ago.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/06/05/purpose-of-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-32161 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:23:30 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=28#comment-32161 What Richard said.

I didn’t even see you had posted this Kim, I am missing things too much.

]]> By: RICHARD MCDERMOTT https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2004/06/05/purpose-of-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-32120 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:00:16 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=28#comment-32120 I think children are important, but there are other benefits of marriage from an LDS standpoint. Marriage can teach unselfishness, the ability to compromise, the value of commitment even after the beauty fades due to illness, accident or age. Marriage can test our willingness to keep temple commandments, even when other alternatives seem more attractive. Marriage can teach us about a love even more beautiful than romantic love, the pure love of Christ in which we seek not satisfy our own desires through another but to satisfy their needs and desires, even without hope of recompense. In short marriage provides an opportunity to develope the characteristics we will need for exaltation.

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