The Nehor wrote:If they couldn't find a spouse in this life, can they afford to be picky? ;)
I wonder if they still have whale hunts in the afterlife? ;) *
* No, I don't judge women based on how much they weigh (skinny is overrated and anorexia is dangerous). I only judge men based on how much they weigh.
I judge how well I could get along with a girl by how in shape she is. I like roughing it and outdoor activities. If she doesn't, vacations would not be fun for one of us.
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skippy the dead wrote:I'm actually not worked up about sealings with dead folks. Dead is dead.
Would it be wrong to seal a boy who died at age 19 to a girl who died at age 14? Would it be okay if they've been dead for 100 years? For 4 years? What if they both loved each other and and would have married after the girl graduated from high school? What if they were second cousins?
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asbestosman wrote:How about home teaching and tithing for the dead? If they can do it themselves then why can't they get the priesthood themselves?
No idea, when I get there I'll tell you.....assuming you're dead too.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
skippy the dead wrote:I'm actually not worked up about sealings with dead folks. Dead is dead.
Would it be wrong to seal a boy who died at age 19 to a girl who died at age 14? Would it be okay if they've been dead for 100 years? For 4 years? What if they both loved each other and and would have married after the girl graduated from high school? What if they were second cousins?
Heh. I meant extant sealings between a live spouse and the husband or wife who preceded that spouse in death (referring specifically to the post I was replying to).
(Weird questions, man!)
I may be going to hell in a bucket, babe / But at least I'm enjoying the ride.
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The Nehor wrote:I judge how well I could get along with a girl by how in shape she is. I like roughing it and outdoor activities. If she doesn't, vacations would not be fun for one of us.
You might be surprised at how low the correlation has been in my experience. My grandma was able to hike Yellowstone's Mount Washburn when she was in her 60s. My mother, while in good shape, doesn't tend to go on all the big hikes with us although she does many hikes and camps. If the outdoors is important, then get the girl to bike, hike, or boat with ya. I got a bike with my wife when we were dating. Nowadays she's able to do 20+ miles on bike trips to Seattle even though neither of us is in excellent shape (not terrible, but not great).
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy. eritis sicut dii I support NCMO
The Nehor wrote:I don't know, maybe circumcision isn't a saving ordinance. We don't do patriarchal blessings for the dead either. We don't even take the sacrament by proxy for them.
I wonder if I can be a proxy missionary for the dead, you know, so that deceased women will consider them worthy enough for marriage?
ROFL. Good one!
Mormonism ceased being a compelling topic for me when I finally came to terms with its transformation from a personality cult into a combination of a real estate company, a SuperPac, and Westboro Baptist Church. - Kishkumen
asbestosman wrote:How about home teaching and tithing for the dead? If they can do it themselves then why can't they get the priesthood themselves?
No idea, when I get there I'll tell you.....assuming you're dead too.
What about the undead--do we still do templework for them?
I'd assume vampires can do their own. Depends on if the husk of a soul is as good as a soul for purposes of being a proxy.
Zombies probably not so much. I think you have to shoot them in the head with a shotgun before you can do the Temple Work for them. I'll check the Zombie Survival Guide to see if it has information on this.
Lichs are required to be insanely evil creatures who sold their soul so we probably won't do their Temple Work.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
skippy the dead wrote:Two, modern LDS men can be sealed to more than one living woman at a time, which is polygamy if you hold that being sealed for time and all eternity creates a "marriage" bond. If a man marries Wife 1, then divorces her civilly, but does not have their sealing cancelled, he can still marry Wife 2 for time and all eternity in the temple, thus having the same bond with two living women at the same time.
This is a good example of how inconsistent and insane LDS theology can be.
If a man is sealed to a woman in the temple, and they receive a civil divorce, he's still considered sealed to her, even if he remarries some other woman. But if he has sex with his ex-wife, that's now adultery. How can it be adultery if they're still sealed? And it's commonly understood in LDSdom that a sealing isn't worth jack shyte if the covenants are broken. How does the civil divorce not constitute some kind of reneging on these covenants? Why is it that the LDS church deems a sealing to still be in effect after a civil divorce? Is it just a "principle of the thing" kind of thing that wants to set up priesthood acts as being something the civil law can't touch?
It's all so stupid.
Mormonism ceased being a compelling topic for me when I finally came to terms with its transformation from a personality cult into a combination of a real estate company, a SuperPac, and Westboro Baptist Church. - Kishkumen