Catholic and Orthodox church buildings are also referred to as temples. My priest refers to our church as a Holy Temple during every Divine Liturgy. Mormons don’t have monopolies on temples.I guess that is why only Latter-day Saints build temples
Well the deciding thing for me questioning the faith I was raised in, was this. First I never believed men are gods in the making. Second I never believed my sole reason for existing was to be a wife and mother. Obviously wives and mothers are wonderful, but Mormonism forces both into an exacting, subservient, nature. Of course the Mormon men think it natural to view themselves as gods in the making. I can only conclude their God is very small.
Me too. I always believed in the equal dignity of men and women which LDS doctrine denies with the subservient role of women. I think a lot of LDS women, especially married LDS women, are in denial. I was single for a long time and eternal polygamy was a doctrine I had to deal with frequently, and especially so whenever I did my duty in going to the temple. Whenever I talked about it with married LDS women, it was blatantly clear that they are in denial about what marriage in the celestial kingdom entails. They just think that their husbands will never be asked to marry all of the good, single LDS women in the celestial kingdom. It will always be someone else who has to deal with the hard LDS doctrines. Well, as someone who was a long time single LDS woman who never thought I would marry a good LDS man (I married a good Orthodox one instead), I loathed the LDS reality that I would likely be a plural wive in the celestial kingdom. Frankly, I would rather be a crazy cat lady in the telestial kingdom than be married off to some stranger I would have to share anyway in the celestial.
Aren’t you the doomed one.
Another thing that bothered me, piggybacking on this, was widows. As a teen, I learned, that if my husband were to die, sure, I could remarry, but I could not be sealed to my second husband. (Iirc, if said sealing was canceled, I could, but I’m not sure if you can cancel dealings? But that seems like playing favorites!) but a man has no restriction. Sure, he can’t go seal himself to several people at once, but if his wife dies, he’s fully allowed to seal himself to another. That’ll secure him some multiple wives in the afterlife!
Is there a particular reason you want to avoid answering? or clarifying?My answer may not have been what you wanted me to say, but I believe it was very clear.
When you say this, does this mean you don’t believe that you can possibly become a god yourself with your own worlds to populate? If you don’t believe you may become a god, what does exhaultation mean to you? Please delineate specifics. Thanks
:Not uncommon for response when someone doesn’t know, or want to answer the questions posed, or perhaps wants to do more research.
Olympus hasn’t posted for two days. Maybe he’s gone. I hope not.
Or perhaps simply needs more time to reflect
.Sorry, my answer was not intended to exclude others who have temples.
Yes, I try not to be too predictable
. I believe the answer you wanted me to give was to perpetuate a stereotype of LDS beliefs, rather than to understand what I believe.Originally Posted by mtolympus: “I also agree there is one eternal God.”
Why thank you!
Olympus hasn’t posted for two days. Maybe he’s gone. I hope not.
. However, to be fair, I entered three posts on April 2 and nobody responded for over 36 hours.
There are many reasons I may not answer a post, which I would like to add to those you listed above:
4- And most important! If I am having too much fun on CAF, my wife will come in and say,“Don’t you something important to do???”
Unfortunately, your assumption is wrong. Very wrong.Yes, I try not to be too predictable
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