Mormon doctrine and practice resembles forced marriages in traditional societies: the wishes of the weaker parties in the arrangement are not considered important.
I honestly didn't know step children could be sealed. The whole sealing process is ridiculous but with step children, the process has been taken to a whole new level of insanity.
If a biological father divorces and gets custody of the children then remarries he can have the children sealed to him and his new wife. Even if a woman gets custody of the children they would probably be sealed to the biological fathers new wife. Probably mostly women lose in most situations.
drjoe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If a biological father divorces and gets custody > of the children then remarries he can have the > children sealed to him and his new wife. Even if a > woman gets custody of the children they would > probably be sealed to the biological fathers new > wife. Probably mostly women lose in most > situations.
What happens if the woman has the children baptised in the Catholic Church?
Does the sealing get negated, or is this one of those situations that will be resolved in the next life?
Why is it necessary to be sealed to anyone in the next life? Does it mean that if we are not sealed we can't pair up with anyone? What will prevent it? Will we be zapped if we get too close to anyone we're not sealed to?
180 or so years ago three of my ancestors were sealed to Joseph as plural wives. Two of them had living husbands at the time.
Two of these ladies went so far as to state in their journals that now their descendants were children of Joseph.
In mormon mythology, that means not only did these women turn from their husbands, but cut off their husbands not only from their children, but from their grandchildren, great grandchildren etc etc.
Of course in the same mythology, these abandoned husbands would get new wives assuming they were faithful, but still the irony if a family based church ripping apart families is never lost on me.
My husband’s ex wife tried to get his daughters sealed to her third husband. Church officials said no. They also refused to give her a temple divorce, because neither she nor #3 were temple worthy. And, she was told that even if they did give them a cancellation of sealing, my husband’s daughters and former stepson (who was also sealed to him) would NOT be sealed to #3 under any circumstances. The one daughter who is now finally speaking to my husband said she was delighted, because in spite of Ex’s assurances to the contrary, she never saw #3 as her dad, even if Ex forced her to call him that.
I stopped being so bitter toward the church when I heard this story. ;) My husband, by the way, resigned from the church in 2006. The church folks said he could come back someday. He won’t, but I love that Ex’s decision to convert everyone blew up in her face.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2023 12:00PM by knotheadusc.