A Prayer of Faith

At various moments throughout my childhood I had exposure to the concept, if not the reality, of God. I had a primary teacher who walked with the Savior and who did then still does exude the pure love of Christ. I had devout grandparents who loved and cherished me and who urged me to be baptized, attend meetings, and bear my testimony. I had parents who — even if they didn’t participate, were at least willing to permit me to attend meetings when it wasn’t inconvenient, and who, out of respect for my grandparents, didn’t bad-mouth the Church. But those exposures were fleeting, and generally speaking, I wasn’t raised in the Church. Read the rest of this entry »

There was a recent Pearls Before Swine comic strip that really struck a chord with me. The dialogue went something like this:

Goat: What are you doing?

Rat: I’m writing a letter to France.

Goat: About what?

Rat: I’m telling them that they should make French women shave their armpits. If God had meant for women to have hairy armpits then he would have made them that way.

Goat: Dude, God did make women that way.

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The obvious answer to this question is no; when two people are consenting adults, age should not matter. But, does age matter?

Here is a little background for my question. My dad is 22 years older than my step-mother and they have now been happily married for over 23 years. My 24 year old step-sister just got engaged to a 47 year old man. Did she follow in the footsteps and example of her mother? My other step-sister is married to a man 8 years her senior and I am dating a man 11 years my senior. The scenario of older man/younger woman is more common, but I have also heard of many older women/younger men combinations. How do you feel about it? Does it matter? Are people judged by their age difference?