Posted by:
Wally Prince
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Date: April 14, 2019 11:24PM
ever really having an opportunity to be accomplished players of musical instruments.
Accordingly, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be giving guitar lessons and piano lessons for the benefit of the spirits of dead people. The lessons will be received by temple-worthy members of the church who will, as proxies, be expected to attend each lesson and practice diligently for and on behalf of the deceased person whose name is assigned to them. This will be a long-term assignment for each member who is called to serve a "Temple Music Mission".
According to a highly placed source in the Church Office Building (who was last seen on the roof of that building): "The program is beginning with guitar and piano lessons initially because studies have revealed that those are the most popular instruments. But we expect that others may be added too. For example if we find indications that a particular person who died was a fan of Benny Goodman, we may be able to offer clarinet lessons by proxy for and on behalf of that person. Music is an important part of Celestial Kingdom life and people who died without mastering a musical instrument in this life, will not be able as spirits to obtain such skills, unless a living person with a physical body makes the effort on their behalf here on earth. The spirit will then have the choice as to whether or not they will accept the lessons and skills attained by their physical proxy."
The highly placed source went on to say: "The current prophet understands that the work for the dead is an immensely important part of being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and has revealed that the limited scope of what has been done heretofore has just been the beginning. Members of the Church are encouraged to 'take their vitamins' because there is much more work to do for and on behalf of our ancestors. The promise of Elijah is open-ended. For example, we understand that the importance of obtaining driver's licenses for the dead is something that has often been impressed upon the mind of the Prophet in recent months. We expect that once parking lot expansions have been completed at many of our temples we will be able to implement an appropriate program to help the spirits of the dead master basic driving skills."