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Foxnews: 21 Questions Answered About Mormonism
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Well, since the question only pertains to women, I don't think the church would want to respond in a way that gives the appearance that there is some distinction between what is requried of women and men.
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Is the temple ceremony to be understood as a literal key to reaching Heaven, or is it merely symbolic?
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12-18-2007, 03:15 PM | #5 | |
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Part 1, detailed explanation on Christian Heaven/Hell concept and how it correlates to LDS spirit paradise/Hell. Further explanation on the three glories. So it's hard to go apples to apples heaven with LDS doctrine. It probably most correlates with paradise (in which case the answer is no, since temple is for entry to celestial kingdom), but it might be a copout answer since the question was a temple reference and the word heaven was misphrased. Part 2, explanation of temple ceremony in as much detail as church is willing to give to help answer. Comparisons to other religious rites such as Catholic baptism and prayers, what not. Explanation that we have similar rites that symbolize entry to Celestial Kingdom, however calling them passwords or codes would be incorrect. blah, blah, blah. We can't say for sure if they are symbolic to help teach us or if they are actual role playing of actual ceremonies that will take place in the hereafter. blah blah blah. Probably the best answer is: No. |
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12-18-2007, 03:19 PM | #6 |
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So the casual member who doesn't go to the temple very often, and reads this article, is it ok if he says "hmm, I guess none of that stuff is really literal or required. Just nice symbolism."
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Really, a few of the answers were evasive of our core beliefs.
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I liked the answers--at least the content not really the style. I would have answered them almost exactly the same. I guess I'm the pure doctrine guy, Tex. Tex probably didn't like some of the answers. I did think sometimes the answers given went out of the way to be unneccesarily curt. These are great opportunities for the church, and they shouldn't be answered like we're pissed off or bored for having to answer them.
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The answers were fine, except for the cut-and-paste repeats. 21 Questions but only 16 Answers.
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