I was told by mormons that if you die single, “through no fault of your own,” you will be sealed to some random person so that you can go to the celestial kingdom. Then they said that there are more faithful women than men, so there will be polygamy so that everyone can be sealed.
I have heard that they at least used to believe that Jesus had 3 wives.
Also, if the mormon president tells peoplea to restart polygamy, the majority will listen, no matter what their personal opinions are. They are completely devoted to following him. A mormon once told me that if the president told him to shoot me, he would.
Hello AClaire11! Welcome to the discussion.
I’ve heard some of the things you mention in your post. I don’t believe that there is any official position on this, but, it being in line with a just God, I agree that if someone didn’t have an opportunity to be sealed to another in this life, through no fault of their own, and they desire to be sealed in the afterlife, they will be given that opportunity. I don’t know about the whole random part. I doubt it will just be a random thing. Also, I don’t know how anyone will know that there will be more women in the afterlife than men. Maybe that will be true, but I think anyone who claims this is merely giving their opinion on the matter.
The Church has never taught, as a matter of doctrine, that Jesus was married, whether to one person or to multiple wives. I think many Mormons, as myself, believe that Jesus was probably married. As we view marriage and familial ties to be after the pattern of heavenly life, in my experience, atleast, Mormons don’t generally see it as a problem.
The OP postulates the position that Mormons don’t believe in polygamy in an apparent attempt to show how Mormons are being deceptive about their claim. Actually, Mormons don’t practice plural marriage and believe practicing plural marriage to be a sin, unless it is approved by God and practiced under strict guidelines. Mormons understand that plural marriage has not been approved by God for over a hundred years. There is an apparent confusion here between the terms sealed and marriage.
Mormons believe that when God sanctions and/or commands the practice of plural marriage, as he has done in the past, then the practice is justified in God’s eyes insofar as it is done under approved priesthood authority and within the guidelines that God has approved. On a more personal note, if plural marriage were to be reinstituted by a prophet of God, I do not know how all members of the Church would react, but I would definately find it a bitter pill to swallow. I would seek to receive my own, personal witness from the Holy Ghost that it is true. Most Mormons I know would probably feel the same way.
As far as your friend shooting you if the prophet commanded it, I think your friend is a bit of a zealot. This isn’t normal Mormon thinking.
Thanks for your comments. I hope my post has been helpful.
Kind Regards,
Finrock
). I’ve always speculated that he was, but I don’t have any burning testimony of the fact. My point, really, is that I personally, don’t have a problem if Jesus was married. In other words, if it were ever shown to be true that Jesus had a wife or wives, it wouldn’t phase my testimony of him being the Savior of mankind.