The thing to know about being LDS is that it asks you to do your best all your life to improve yourself. The lifestyle is certainly not the easiest to live, no alchoholic drinks, no tobacco, no coffee or tea. You should strive to live a life of honesty and integrity in all aspects of your life. You learn an attitude of service. You are asked to pay an honest 10% of income to tithing and fast once a month and give money for the relief of the needy.
I do not mean to imply that we are unique in these traits, but rather to identify the emphasis on personal perfection that the religion espouses.
Joining this religion is really a big personal committment, especially in time, but also in money.
Among the benefits are; an increased understanding of yourself, the opportunity to bless the lives of others, an environment of encouraged intellectual development and enquiry.
But the only way you'll actually be able to hold on and stick with the religion is to use the promise Llyr quoted from the Book of Mormon and develop your own testimony of revelation, and a personal relationship with God. Without it, the requirements of the religion in time will wear you down and you'll drop out.
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