On August 11, 2007, at the Mormon temple outside Washington, DC, Danny and Erin, sheathed in white from head to toe, knelt before an alter. In a ceremony that could only be attended by friends and family who were tithe-paying members of the church, the couple swore their devo...
In 2003 we went to the temple, where we were “endowed” and “sealed.” In the months prior to attending the temple many members explained that it would be a powerful spiritual experience that would strengthen my testimony and answer many of my questions regarding doctrine, but it instead l...
Her story affirmed the significance of temple work and the Mor- mon belief that righteous families would be reunited and live together eternally. An old man miraculously saved Mrs. Lawson's child from the fire because the child had "a great work to do for its dead ancestors," and a ...
NAUVOO: --The Mormon Elders have issued an epistle from the city of Nauvoo, on the Mississippi, requiring the "Saints of the Last Days" to contribute one tenth of all their substance, and one tenth of their earnings, to help forward the Temple of The Lord. Their city now numbers 10,00...
Abstract The ban denying priesthood and temple bless- ings to black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints existed for more than a century before being repealed via revelation in 1978. many Latter-day Saints have tried to justify the ban, as when Byu professor Randy ...
Worthy of note: The fact that temple marriage and polygamy stand or fall together was made very clear by Charles Penrose who was a counselor in the First Presidency of the Church. Elder Penrose showed that the revelation (DC 132) was the only one published on Celestial Marriage and if the...
Why? Because the Lord has instructed us to do so. The blessings of the temple help to gather Israel on both sides of the veil. These blessings also help to prepare a people who will help prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Lord!"[3] ...
LDS apolo- gists have also become interested in the biblical scholarship of non-Mormon Margaret Barker, who draws on apocryphal liter- ature to argue that motifs associated with Christianity date back to preexilic Israelite temple religion. After Kevin Christensen, a writer connected to FARMS, ...
Despite the fact that Joseph Smith deified, eternalized, and pluralized heterosexuality through polygamy and temple ritual, early Mormon women found that their bodies, sensuality, and desires were neither tamed nor contained by obedience to the institution of polygamy. I believe that many women found...
White Elephant Mall - AxelDC Hinkley's Last Erection - freeatlast Lots of room at the INN Mall - Greg Lay and Lie on the Lawn mall - all sexual preferences welcome The "Mountain Meadows Mess Mall" The" Temple Rec. Discount Mall" ...