Filter – Temple Recommend

Comments: 12

• 17 Mar, '21
  Duncan

  This is an awful idea. Whether or not someone has a current temple recommend is of no business to people on this app. This is just an attempt to pin down an entire person’s personality to a Yes or No response. Anyone who doesn’t have a current recommend, regardless of the reason, people will swipe down on them, not even giving them a chance to defend themselves or explain.

• 18 Mar, '21
  Joseph

  I agree with Duncan this is an awful idea. Judging people based on their temple recommendations is not something that church members should do.

• 03 Apr, '21
  Damian

  Temple recommend should never be asked, there may be people who are struggling with worthiness issues that may just need a friend to talk with and many may lie with it as well overall a bad idea

• 19 Apr, '21
  Jonathan Hansen

  First of all some of the comments on here I agree with but I don’t think that’s what they’re saying . There are already Tags for the temple recommend but what I’m saying is there needs to be a way for the people who run the app to verify that you have one by adding your membership number.
  I don’t see why everybody in the comments fighting about this in a real relationship this kind of question is going to be asked anyway this just gets it out of the way

• 29 May, '21
  girlinred

  Jonathan- having a feature like this is problematic because it creates a deep judgement without having any sense of understanding. If all you see is a face and a “no temple recommend” you’re going to assume they did something bad or aren’t a member. In reality, there are lots of reasons they might not have an active recommend and more importantly, there’s a lot more to a person besides their temple recommend.

• 23 Jun, '21
  Seth

  I think this is a little too personal. The best alternative, I believe, is adding the feature of how active you are in the church, as that's been suggessted

• 14 Jul, '21
  Chan

  Just do a drop down menu of the level you are at as far as how active you are in the church. If people just need a “friend to talk to” they should message someone on Facebook. This is a DATING app. I want a worthy Eternal marriage with someone that I don’t have to “convert” or baby step along with. The people who are worried about being judged will know that if someone contacts you even if you aren’t a strong member of the church, they are willing to work with you. It’s not about judgement for a person. It’s about meeting/chatting with people who are close to, or at the level you are in the church and not having to wait on someone to work on their issues. I want to not have to do that.

• 18 Aug, '21
  Moses Lotulelei Admin

  After reviewing feedback here, we have decided that an explicit filter for temple recommend is not a great idea. We will instead be adding some new tag options that let users express their love for the temple. We also would consider potentially add something more curated around temple attendance, or desire to go to the temple on a profile.

• 11 Oct, '21
  DJ

  Not necessarily have it in a filter, but part of the about me, just like height, eye color.. etc.. so people can read it when looking at someone’s profile

• 01 Dec, '21
  Duncan

  What is the reasoning behind adding this feature after initially scrapping it? Adding a part of the profile that says Temple Recommend is fine, but creating a filter for it is a really crappy move

• 20 Apr
  Ben

  Bad idea, at least as a filter or a simple yes/no. A person can have a testimony and a desire to become temple worthy and get married in a temple, while still having personal struggles that they are intent on getting past, while there are plenty of people who have temple recommends but are largely "cultural members".

• 20 Apr
  Maria

  Temple recommend doesn’t matter I know members who have been going to the temple and their behaviors are not the best I mean they are really not empathetic and they have bad temper. We are looking for a soulmate in here.