When I was a child (in a very TBM family), I was taught that when I die, my life will be played in front of everyone else in heaven, including Jesus and Heavenly Father, kind of like a movie in a movie theater. When it's done, HF will decide whether or not I am worthy enough to go to the CK.

That's what my parents told me. Is that official teaching or part of the doctrine anywhere? Or just some twisted "lesson" my parents were taught and passed down to me?

It scared the living sh1t out of me when I was younger.

Yes. Was taught that and yes, it was disconcerting to say the least. No one expects the ensuing guilt. The Chief weapon of TSSC, is guilt. Guilt and fear. Two of the chief weapons...

... and don't forget shame!

I think it is a twisted lesson but I was taught that as well. It scared me too.

Yes I was taught that.

I was told the same thing. In what area of the country did you grow up? I lived in the Bay Area. Berkeley actually.

Moved around a lot as a kid, but grew up mostly in UT. Both parents were born and raised TBM in SLC.

I remember that one from the 70s.

Used to give me the creeps. I'd be brushing my teeth, shaving my legs or other private things and think of my entire ward getting to watch what I was doing at that very moment in a life review.....including being intimate with my spouse!!

Arrrgh!


So glad to feel that it is really made up...how do we really know??
The sages of the ages and people who have 'died' and come back all tell us we are our own judge. We have a private life review with the loving divine where we feel no pain, just an objective detachment as we review our lives. We decide if we accomplished what we set out to do for our lives....not our BP, Spouse, etc.

Yes, I was taught something like this. It really bothered me. I thought repentance got rid of past sins, guess not.

I also use to think of it whenever I was taking a crap. Every once in awhile I'd give a wave while on the throne.

That sounds like the plot of a movie a saw starring Meryl Streep...

At least in that movie, only you watched your life, and past lives too, and no one else.

I was told this by my parents in Australia

Yes, I was definitely taught this!

Recently, I told my inactive dad about this, and he said he'd never heard of that, and that if anyone had been teaching that to me that it false doctrine. I told him that kids and teens were taught different things than the adults. He had been a convert in his 30s. He just couldn't believe that I'd had countless lessons about this clear through from the time I was a small child in the old junior Sunday school program, through Primary, through SS, through Mutual, and clear through 4 years of Seminary. And let's not forget about firesides, camp, youth conferences, and Best of EFY. I said that dozens upon dozens of teachers and leaders had taught me this, and he just couldn't believe it.

The version we heard most often in my ward in the 70s was that there would be a movie screen with every sin ever committed, and all of your own sins (especially self-abuse) would stand out brighter than the rest, and thinking that everyone else could see it, you'll pray that the mountains would come down and bury you from God's sight.

to not like pornography???? "Self-harm" and other sins will shine more brightly... pervs

"And they claim to not like pornography?"

Huh. Never thought of it that way.

This is one thing that made me question religion/god/heaven.

I was taught that our loved ones that had died could watch us from heaven. I believed this as a child and it was comforting knowing my grandmommy that died when I was not yet 5 could see me!

Then as I grew older I grew creeped out by it. Can they see me going to the bathroom? Can they see me undressing?

It's just so obvious it's a saying to comfort children, unfortunately some children never grow up I suppose.

Decades ago (early 70's), the Osmonds produced an album called The Plan. As I recall, one of the songs was about this very thing, that our life would be played back on a movie screen of some sort. Just shows how deep this idea made it into the culture.

There was a Star Trek episode, as I recall, in which the Captain was brought up on charges. Snippits were played out of context and some were altered by the prosecution. Fortunately, the captain was able to prove the charges false. Playback time would be tedious so I think everyone would expect to see their WORST day played back. Yuck.

Thankfully, I was never told because I was an adult convert. There are people in other groups which believe something similar. I never even believed Santa knew everything we did. However, I have met people who believe God knows not only everything we do but everything we think and "knows our thoughts before we think them." I don't buy it.

I think we have a brilliant Advocate in heaven (Christ) who will defend us.

I remember something similar to that. Not sure it scared me so much but I remember other people talking about it and saying that it would end up just being some porno that went on for years with all the sins that we had to watch through the eternities. I think my mother was skeptical and my father just though it was plain B.S.

I was taught that.

And as I understand it, the earth itself will become a giant seer stone when it gets its Celestial glory and anyone standing on it can look into it and see anything they want, including your life.

Did I get that right?

I worried constantly about doing, saying or thinking something that would humiliate and doom me on judgment day when the recording of my life would be broadcast for public view.

I was taught this, too.

But I wasn't bothered by it, cuz I knew that anyone who couldn't forgive my sins or transgressions wouldn't have forgiveness of theirs. So it's pretty much deemed pointless to even show our lives when in the end we'd all need to forgive and be forgiven to progress.

I was taught that I would have to stand before a panel that would consist of my bishop, his counselors, Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ. They would discuss my sins and then the bishop and counselors would confer with Joseph Smith and Jesus to determine my outcome. I had one prick of a counselor that used to smirk and tell me that he would determine my placement in heaven, if I made it there at all. He hated me and let me know it often. His daughter was my age and she was always trying to compete with me. Constant drama. If I talked to another girl, she cried. If I dated a boy, she cried. I'm as happy to be away from her as I am the Mormon church!

Wow. Mormon doctrine that JS is part of the jury as as bad as the jury in the "Devil and Daniel Webster" or the one in the Simpsons episode. I can assure you, that JS is already judged and serving many consecutive life sentences in Hell. I don't even picture Jesus as judging but, rather, as our advocate explaining our human foibles to the father and asking for mercy, reminding our HF that he paid the price.

I was taught something similar but the ones judging each of us would be the apostles that were there for most of our life time.

I was taught this, heart of mormondom.

One of the lovely members of the bishop-prick in my parents ward had to include this tid-bit in his talk at my dad's funeral this past December. At the time of his death, my dad was inactive and had taken his own life after lifelong struggles with addictions.

So sorry for your loss. A pox on anyone that would add to your pain. If there is a God, he should be sheepishly apologetic about the hard suffering lives he allows to go on down here. He has a lot more to answer for than any of us. I think the whole thing is hogwash. Wishing you peace.

Yes

Yes, and they told me that if you get true (church) forgiveness, the embarrassing scenes would be deleted, which sounds like a hell of an app. Talk about manipulation.

I was taught this and its the reason I tried to kill myself at 9 years old.

The thought of my parents watching what I thought I had done (rather was done to me in the form of sexual abuse and rape), was too much.

I couldn't let that happen. So I tried to kill myself at 9 years old and again when I was 22.

Thanks LDS church for ruining my life with your stupid doctrine and shitty metaphors.

That is really, really horrible. I'm so sorry you felt that way. I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel the same as a kid.

That's one of the big reasons why I was suicidal. I didn't want everyone to see what had been done to me and what I'd been forced to do.

Your sins will be shouted from the rooftops (LUke 12:13) so, I don't think it's just Mormons who teach this sort of thing.

Yes, I've heard this. I also heard your thoughts can be read by other spirit beings, so if your grandma dies she might hear you when you cut loose with the F-bomb. One of the worst I heard was your stake pres will judge you when you die because Jesus is way to busy. You just darn well do what you are told and not think outside the box or you are bound for HELL!!!

Yes I definitely remember being taught this.

Also I remember a song in The Osmonds album The Plan called Movie Man. It went-

You're in living colour it's your picture show
Even what you're thinking everyone will know
That's the day you'll have to take the stand
The movie man.

Creeeeeeepy...

I wonder how the film would be created...one guy with a hand held camera, or more like a sitcom setup with three cameras.

Who would do the editing? It couldn't be non-stop unedited and uncut...

Would there be a sound track? (Personally, I think my life is not as interesting because I don't hear an accompanying soundtrack day to day to lighten the mood or warn of impending doom...)

All in all, it'd be kinda cool to have a film of my life after I croak. Lotsa stuff would be on there that I probably forgot!



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"The akashic record is like an immense photographic film, registering all the desires and earth experiences of our planet. Those who perceive it will see pictured thereon: The life experiences of every human being since time began, the reactions to experience of the entire animal kingdom, the aggregation of the thought-forms of a karmic nature (based on desire) of every human unit throughout time. Herein lies the great deception of the records. Only a trained occultist can distinguish between actual experience and those astral pictures created by imagination and keen desire."

-A Bailey

I was taught that only I would see that film, that this interview would involve only Jesus and I. Never bothered me much.

Now that I think of it...what did they tell people before movies were invented?

Would they have had to look at books about their lives prior to movies?

Tes I was taught this at church and heard this spoken about during Sacrament meeting.

Gee, I hope mine doesn't play like a porno!

I hope my movie is Mystery Science Theater style.

We've al heard that one thrown around. That would be one boring, long movie... I think most of us would go to sleep until the credits roll.

When we think about it though, rather that God judging us, we may simply judge ourselves. That would be some tough love.



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