Growing up in the Temple Town of Idaho Falls at the mid-point
of the last century, I had Mormon neighbors on all sides, and
all up and down the street in both directions. The LDS family
that lived across the street from my house were most peculiar.

Not only did they have a semi-adopted Navajo Indian kid living
in the house (his skin purportedly growing whiter by the day)
the Mormon husband and wife were married for "Time Only."

The kids used to say "we'll have a different daddy in the
Celestial Kingdom -- Mommie is sealed to Elder ______."

I never quite understood how all that worked. The ostensible
father in that family (Mr. Taylor) was obviously a Mormon,
and (I think) a temple worker. He and his wife seemed to get
along together fairly well. He had no other marriage or kids
that anybody was aware of.

If he was not sealed to Mrs. Taylor, what was his eternal
fate "behind the veil?" His earthly wife would obviously go
on to everlasting godly procreation with Elder ______. But,
having no other wife, was Brother Taylor doomed to the
Terrestrial or Telestial Kingdom?

UD

I think he'd get the requisite 47 virgins in the CK!

Perhaps she had been married previously in the temple to a man who died young. A woman can only be "sealed" to one man, while a man can be "sealed" to innumerable women.

I have an uncle who is in that situation. His wife was married to another man in the temple at 19, her husband was killed in a car accident less than a year later. So she and my uncle were married for "time" only; they have a great marriage and he is a terrific guy. Not sure how they explained the situation to my cousins, I never asked.

spwdone Wrote:
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> Perhaps she had been married previously in the
> temple to a man who died young. A woman can only
> be "sealed" to one man, while a man can be
> "sealed" to innumerable women.
>
> I have an uncle who is in that situation. His wife
> was married to another man in the temple at 19,
> her husband was killed in a car accident less than
> a year later. So she and my uncle were married for
> "time" only; they have a great marriage and he is
> a terrific guy. Not sure how they explained the
> situation to my cousins, I never asked.

I can kinda picture all of that in my mind's eye.

But what about the kids? Who must/should they be sealed to?

And what about the LDS father who thus loses his children
in the mists of eternity? Can he visit them, or something,
after all are happily settled in the Mormon afterlife?

UD

The second husband's kids are automatically sealed to the dead first husband. Way to be a second class citizen.

Oh wait, God will sort it out I the next life.


The church and it's doctrines are asinine.



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like a Lot of Mormon CULTure/practice/doctrine... 'It will ALL be taken care of after we die' (Choke)

Not quite sure, never had that explained satisfactorily to me and I asked Bishops & SP's and my MP about it. I was also quite a scholar while I was still TBM and never could find anything definitive.

The answers I got only made it more confusing and weird, for example, and this really is one of the "explanations" I got - more than once: "it's the sealing ordinance that's important. There is no guarantee anyone will actually be with someone they are sealed to here on the earth for eternity. It could be someone else completely."

Maybe the righteous kids get to pick who they are with for eternity? Go figure. If it's JS's version of heaven, my guess is the "righteous" priesthood holders just get to pick whoever and as many as they want to be their eternal wives. Wow what a deal for the ladies.

If anyone else has more info on this I would be very curious to know it!

Also, just thinking about this again is making it almost impossible for me to understand how anyone could actually believe this crap!

spwdone Wrote:
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> Maybe the righteous kids get to pick who they are
> with for eternity? Go figure....


I'm now thinking that poor Brother Taylor will end up in
the Terrestrial Kingdom, until, maybe, some future Mormon
spinster is married to his dead self by proxy.

Then (I suppose) he would get elevated to the higher kingdom
and would have an "eternal wife" to lead through the veil.

Once ensconced in the CK, could he then visit his dead kids?
(Assuming that they are not promoted to the highest level
of that Kingdom, reserved for Heber C. Kimball and friends)

???

UD

It was explained to me that since the entire human race was together in the preexistance, we may end up with celestial partners that we would never meet in this life.

A man could have wives born 100, 490, 1300, 4500 years before him as well as a few born hundreds of years after he dies.

It all works out in the end.

I call dibs on Cleopatra!

Who cares what problems Mormons have with their fairy tale.

Wow, that's a dismissive attitude. As a nevermo, you might not understand the mindf*(% of the doctrine du jour or how hurtful it can be.

If somebody cares about or wants to know what Mormon "doctrine" is, how does that hurt you? It's interesting to hear the different things people were told and how the official doctrine has changed over time.

honestone Wrote:
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> Who cares what problems Mormons have with their
> fairy tale.


Perhaps folks who sign up to participate in a message board
called Recovery from Mormonism?

Just a guess.

UD

I think we can agree that it's okay to denigrate Mormonism and those Mormons who are dangerous or offensive jerks, but we want to respect those TBMs who are still deceived. Further, it's one thing to dispute a RfM poster's religious positon, but to avoid sweeping insults and dismissive statements.

I always tell my husband "Thank God I didn't marry you in the temple!" Enough really is enough!