In The Age Of YouTube, Are Temples Even Necessary?

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In The Age Of YouTube, Are Temples Even Necessary?

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We had an informal Ward Temple Night yesterday. I was speaking to a member of our Ward, and he told me that during COVID when the temples were closed, he and his wife would "attend" sessions in their home by watching the endowment film on YouTube.

They even self-submitted names of ancestors. I guess it would be fairly easy to assign new names now that the temple database is online: http://www.fullerconsideration.com/TempleNameOracle/

Anyways, how weird. Maybe the Church can save billions by just having members do their own in-home sessions by watching YouTube.
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Or, God could just snap his fingers and endow everyone.


That’s not an option?
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drumdude wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:29 pm
Or, God could just snap his fingers and endow everyone.


That’s not an option?

Come on drumdude! You can’t expect God to do everything.

According to my recent DNA test, I am 1.6% Neanderthal. I’m trying to do my Neanderthal ancestor's temple work, but records from 60,000 years ago are a little hard to find.
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:40 pm
drumdude wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:29 pm
Or, God could just snap his fingers and endow everyone.


That’s not an option?

Come on drumdude! You can’t expect God to do everything.

According to my recent DNA test, I am 1.6% Neanderthal. I’m trying to do my Neanderthal ancestor's temple work, but records from 60,000 years ago are a little hard to find.
That makes me curious as to the oldest genealogical records submitted to the Church. I suppose there have been pretended submissions and even works submitted based on Summerian stone tablets and cave paintings.
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Moksha wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:43 pm
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:40 pm



Come on drumdude! You can’t expect God to do everything.

According to my recent DNA test, I am 1.6% Neanderthal. I’m trying to do my Neanderthal ancestor's temple work, but records from 60,000 years ago are a little hard to find.
That makes me curious as to the oldest genealogical records submitted to the Church. I suppose there have been pretended submissions and even works submitted based on Summerian stone tablets and cave paintings.
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