Do Mormons believe in many gods, believing each planet has its own god and that the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are three gods?

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I’m assuming that a temple is more than a local “parish”?
 
Yup, it’s a place where you watch an incredibly boring movie called “Endowment”, do baptisms for the dead and get “sealed” to your spouse.
 
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But if you confess any “grave sins” when they interrogate you, you won’t get the recommend.

One of my aunts told me how she lied in order to get a recommend to attend her daughter’s temple wedding. She said that was not uncommon among Mormonites.
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Very common actually.
 
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Yup, it’s a place where you watch an incredibly boring movie called “Endowment”, do baptisms for the dead and get “sealed” to your spouse
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If it’s your first time, then it’s also when they introduce you to their special underwear.
 
So if a bishop is in charge of the local “parish” who’s in charge of the temple?

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The temple president. Each temple has one, him and his wife preside over it.

And you are very welcome.
 
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I’ve also found that you can’t trust their membership numbers. I’m sure not all do it, but many have questioned the numbers they publish for members and converts. Their finances are all secret…this is one wealthy church with many for profit arms. I gather some members are starting to get vocal about how much of their mandatory 10% tithes are going where. They do have their own food banks and charities for their own members and, I’d assume, help them through crisis…if they were in good standing before the crisis!

Anyone that accuses the Catholic Church of being a business needs to look into the LDS Church first! The CC opens their books…the LDS…never.
 
Oh absolutely with the membership numbers. They claim they have “16 million members worldwide” but they ignore that out of the 16 million, about 4 million are “active”.
 
Wow…I didn’t realize it was that low! I know they are losing members especially among the young as all churches are but not that low! They really have a hard time with the young’s and homosexuality as I think they consider even the desire as a horrible sin…not just acting on it.

I do know the internet has caused a great exodus because of all the information available…anyone with a brain cell can see the problems!
 
Well, in fairness, many Mormons are incredibly smart. They know they risk it all if they walk away. So I’m not sure it’s a matter of intelligence. I think it’s more fear and brainwashing.

Young people are fleeing Mormonism and while it’s true, homosexuality has a bit to do with it, it’s more just because of the numerous historical problems with the church. Once you open the door and see the problems, you can’t close it again unless you live in denial.
 
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Once you open the door and see the problems, you can’t close it again unless you live in denial.
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I don’t question their intelligence. I question how they read about the true history…genetic evidence…the now open information about Joseph Smith…the Temple rituals taken straight from Masons…and still go into denial mode. I’ve even seen the evidence that Joseph Smiths vision has three versions…all quite different. This vision is the foundation of their faith…and he kept changing it! The cognitive dissonance must be very uncomfortable to deal with. I also agree that there are probably a lot of Mormons that know all this but due to fear of losing family and friends…all they’ve ever known…just keep silent and learn to live with it. I just couldn’t do that. As a matter of fact, I didn’t do that. I left my faith and no longer claimed it when I left. I could have easily just silently pretended that all was fine but I hate hypocrisy and lying to myself or anyone else. I was fortunate that my family never rejected me…but I didn’t know that until I came forward…it’s a very real fear. I just strongly believe “to thine own self be true”!
 
I was lucky. I was raised Catholic and converted to Mormonism in my 30’s. I didn’t lose any friends/family when I converted, but, if everyone knew that I left Mormonism, I’m 100% sure that my Mormon “friends” would stop talking to me. Odd, huh? Says a lot about them.
 
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Says a lot about them.
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Agree. I’ve never met any religious person that didn’t go through some period of doubting or questioning…it’s a scary feeling. To add on top of going through a struggle or doubts having family and friends reject you, that’s when you need support the most! Why some people fear the questions that pop into your head from time to time and then being shunned or poo pooed on top of it is NOT how you keep someone from leaving. And if they do leave? They aren’t a friend anymore? They aren’t still family? They no longer deserve your love? It’s a form of cruelty in my book!

A great religion doesn’t close the door on someone who’s left…they leave it wide open!
 
hey I hate to derail this Thread, but have you told your conversion story? I would love to hear it
 
I like how Hinkley stated that the finances are only for the members to know. Nope, they don’t know either…only the top brass. As far as I’ve heard, any catholic can go to their parish and ask to see the financial records of their church and they will be shown. The average member of LDS would be told to trust in their bishops (because no average member has enough brains to understand financial records?). They will not be shown!
 
They probably don’t want the members, especially the poor ones living in shanties, to know how many bazillions of dollars go to building high end shopping malls. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
 
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And the “unpaid” cough cough ministers whose $5000 suits and their kid’s college tuitions are paid for by many who don’t even know where their next meal is coming from.
 
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