Temple Prejudice confirmed in the new Church Handbook section on temple sealings

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Temple Prejudice confirmed in the new Church Handbook section on temple sealings

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Women. After a living woman has been sealed to a husband in the temple, she may not be sealed again unless she receives a cancellation of the first sealing.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... e_number72
A woman may only be sealed to one man.
Men. If a husband and wife have been sealed and the wife dies, the man may have another woman sealed to him if she is not already sealed to another man.
A man can have multiple sealed wives.

Nelson has gone to great lengths to talk about equality for all. He's added a new section in the same handbook to deal with this very subject:
Prejudice is not consistent with the revealed word of God. Favor or disfavor with God depends on devotion to Him and His commandments, not on the color of a person’s skin or other attributes.

The Church calls on all people to abandon attitudes and actions of prejudice toward any group or individual. Members of the Church should lead out in promoting respect for all of God’s children. Members follow the Savior’s commandment to love others (see Matthew 22:35–39). They strive to be persons of goodwill toward all, rejecting prejudice of any kind. This includes prejudice based on race, ethnicity, nationality, tribe, gender, age, disability, socioeconomic status, religious belief or nonbelief, and sexual orientation.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... _number220

Having different rules on temple dealings based on gender is institutional prejudice, how about starting there Mr Nelson and set the example? How about removing racism from the Book of Mormon? Once again this is an example of Nelson and the leaders of the Church not being prepared to practice what they preach.
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Re: Temple Prejudice confirmed in the new Church Handbook section on temple sealings

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IHAQ wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:47 am
Women. After a living woman has been sealed to a husband in the temple, she may not be sealed again unless she receives a cancellation of the first sealing.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... e_number72
A woman may only be sealed to one man.
Men. If a husband and wife have been sealed and the wife dies, the man may have another woman sealed to him if she is not already sealed to another man.
A man can have multiple sealed wives.
I know second hand from a remarried relative woman that the church deviates from this rule. Who gives a crap anyways. It's all just angels dancing on the head of a pin.
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Re: Temple Prejudice confirmed in the new Church Handbook section on temple sealings

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Bought Yahoo wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:50 pm
IHAQ wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:47 am

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/stu ... e_number72
A woman may only be sealed to one man.

A man can have multiple sealed wives.
I know second hand from a remarried relative woman that the church deviates from this rule...
In what way?
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A woman widowed at a young age can be sealed again to her second husband. Each has prior sealed spouses. The prior sealings were not cancelled. It isn't in the manual but it is done.

It is not worth believing one way or the other.
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Re: Temple Prejudice confirmed in the new Church Handbook section on temple sealings

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Bought Yahoo wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:59 pm
A woman widowed at a young age can be sealed again to her second husband. Each has prior sealed spouses. It isn't in the manual but it is done.

It is not worth believing one way or the other.
Your anecdotal, second hand evidence carries no weight, especially since you gave no information about whether the previous sealings were undone. But you are right in that it is not worth believing.

ETA: I see you edited your post. unfortunately, still anecdotal, still hearsay. But also still nothing to worry about! :lol: So I agree with you there.
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Re: Temple Prejudice confirmed in the new Church Handbook section on temple sealings

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Bought Yahoo wrote:
Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:50 pm
Who gives a crap anyways. It's all just angels dancing on the head of a pin.
So no equality is to be had in make-believe? Are you not afraid of incurring a unicorn's curse?
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