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What was YOUR biggest SHOCKER.....
In my investigations as to what "my religion at the time" was really about, I think Joseph Smith using the hat with a peepstone must surely rate at the top of the list in being a shock to my system causing me to investigate further.
For me it was mind blowing to say the least, because all pictures and testimonies had depicted something so totally different up till then. This is what sent me on a quest to find out more and to find out things for myself and not just believe what others were telling me as 'the truth'.
I started with 'approved" church history and from there realized why there was the wording "anti mormon literature" - a very clever ploy to keep me ignorant.
I was just wondering what your "Big Shocker" was...?.
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Permalink Reply by Liber Mens on
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Its so clever how they manioulate people by claiming secrecy is sacred. Yet secrecy in every aspect of life is just a tool used to abuse power or hide crimes. Why else do we require transparency in government and public accounting for public companies, a public record and published opinion in court cases. And yet all the while claiming truth is an honored value....
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Permalink Reply by Enlightened on -
Never got to do the temple thing - not in the 26 years of active membership - just never could get over the resemblance to Masonry to agree so when I heard about the secret/sacred names all being similar on a given day I was also shocked. btw - just what was the actural purpose behind getting the names in the first place?
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Permalink Reply by troyboy1 on -
I would tell you but then I would have to cut out my own tongue. I was a humble temple worker at one point, and never could figure it out, and nobody would tell me. My guess is that is how I would identity my wives and planet. Crazy thing is, my wife can't know mine, but I can know hers, and everyone else's that day. I guess that is how I will call home my herem.
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Permalink Reply by Enlightened on
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Omigosh! This is so flippin' funny!
So let me recap - if you were to identify your wife by this name - does it mean that if there were say 20 all with the same name (as we have established already) that THAT would be your luck of the draw for your 'harem' when you called out the name?
Never could wrap my head around the man can be sealed to more than one woman but not vice versa yet it made sense otherwise it could be a merry mix up on the other side (if that is what you believed).
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Permalink Reply by troyboy1 on
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I really don't know why the names. I just know we identity people by names, so that was my best guess. My question is why my wife can't know mine.
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Permalink Reply by troyboy1 on
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Hmmm...I don't know about choosing. The church offers so little in the way of choices here, so I doubt that is doctrine. To find out you could get a temple recommend and go...but remember, you have to live a very boring, depressed, and controlled life, pay 10% of everything, go to endless meetings, be driven crazy by people who have "stewardship" over you, believe some crazy s**t, question nothing, be held accountable for how you breathe, etc. That's all. Then you'll know what goes on in the Temple. Oh, and bow your head and say, "YES".
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Permalink Reply by troyboy1 on
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No, definitely not. I would rather have never known about all this crap. Pretty anti-climactic. Same thing every time. Nothing ground-breaking. I went in expecting something new and exciting and came out weirded-out. It's pretty sleepy in there. The women look quite sexy in their white night gowns and slippers. It really is weird. I dont really know how else to explain it.
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Permalink Reply by troyboy1 on
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The "penalties" (disecting yourself) was eliminated from the ceremony before I went. That really would have freaked me out. As far as I know, nothing replaced it. In the last few years the ceremony has changed again, but it was hard to tell a difference.
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Permalink Reply by Enlightened on
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Tx E.W
...you make me smile about the "disrespectful if I found a way to, just to check it out" because there were times I wanted to throw caution to the wind and get a temple recommend and go out of curiosity, which would have been a piece of cake as I was living the commandments as well as the next person getting one, but the biggest snag was that I could not lie about some of the questions I knew I would be asked (nothing 'sinful' just conscience questions regarding the church itself).That is why "my testimony" never once in all 26 years included "JS as a true prophet and the only true church" I had a testimony of many things but could not lie about those.
Now, I would be lying if I said I regretted my membership - because I dont - I had great times and learned a lot of useful things which have stood me in good stead. I only regret having been deceived by the things they did not tell me and finding that I would lose a lot of so called friends when I no longer wanted to be a part of TSCC .
I also was totally anti the garments - man! those freaked me out! I mean we live in AFRICA and it is HOT....I only got acclimatized to wearing 'sleeves' after a number of years ....
Funny thing is that I am now older and dont particularly like flapping my wings so I would make a good mormon once again dresswise - if you get my meaning.. he he!
About the choice to be in a plural marriage in the after life....does it matter anymore? its all rubbish anyway.
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Permalink Reply by troyboy1 on
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I have seen clips of the Big Love episode. It is probably the most realistic, and accurate reenactment of the ceremony. That should give you a good idea of it.
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Permalink Reply by MamaCthulhu on -
LDS world says polygamy is a commandment, if not in this life than the afterlife if you want the highest glory. Real world says polygamy is another word for adultery. It's never been legal. AND it puts down women. Temple was for illegal affairs aka polygamous celestial 'marriage'. Civil marriage was where normal people went for a marriage to be between one man and one woman.
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