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I’m not baiting you, promise. I was told by a lifelong Member, who was told by a Member who serves at the Temple weekly, that to get into the Celestial Kingdom, one must have participated in Polygamy.
I’m new. So far this site has provided a place to work through my feelings to see if I’m willing be a member again. The other side of that is to see if the Church will allow me to be here? Still have some very harsh feelings about some issues… Thank you. Perhaps that will smooth the path between us? In my absence from the church, I investigated as many of the old family stories as I could remember. A Sister in the Church told me that my Mother’s side of the family married a Mormon in 1860, I think in Arizona, or New Mexico? So, right before the start of the Civil War. One of the family stories is that one side of the family grew up in Oklahoma, and that my Father was full blooded Native American and was born and raised on one of the
39 Reservationsthere. The marrying a Mormon story strongly implies that they were mixing with Native Americans because the wave of settlers had not started yet? Gold was discovered in California in 1848 so perhaps substantial traffic to California had developed. These days, I feel that I am at least half Apache, or Navajo. Exploring Native American belief systems, it seems that some of it is very good.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they stopped me from taking it. I haven’t done anything save to call some on their lack of common decency. Before all this virus incident, I returned to church, and it seemed like half the place warmly greeted me, something that I did not expect. Before, I did have a Bishop ask me some really indecent questions and I told him to stop or I was calling the Police. Some people have the idea that a single woman who is not roadkill ugly must be whoring about. The truth is that I am devoted to God and because of the fact that I have no “parts”, there is no desire. I am so thankful that I don’t face that like the rest of us do.
I don’t have Netflix, but may someday. I did just watch, three times, “The Young Messiah” on YouTube, and I think it was free?
It does not have content that will bother LDS folk since it deals with a prepubescent Jesus.
I’m so bad… The only reasons that I attend Church is to receive the Sacrament, and to worship God with other believers in him full stop.
So much of the dogma they try to dish out is straight up nonsense. I love the members and their devotion. For me the Leadership have missed the boat. I don’t know if they will ever get it right. They try to put themselves between God and I, and for me Jesus is the only one that can do that. Trust in authority is simply not in me. There are good reasons for that. The Believers are the only important part of the Church.
There is much that I can not share about myself save to say that I am completely devoted to God. I am Celibate and at my age, I do not anticipate that changing. Retiring in 2003, I have lots of time to study God, and those things that he has caused to be written. There is no issue with the Mormon Documents, except to me, nothing overrules the Bible full stop. The Prophet does not overrule the Bible. The first complete protestant Bible was the KJV, but Orthodox , and other thought carries great value, IMO. If I could rewind, I’d be a Theological Archeologist. I’ve never had issue with the civil law. There is much evil in the world, a lot of it done by those who think they are doing right.
I’m not married, and am unattached, and retired, so I spend just lots of time studying the beliefs of others. Not starting out in the LDS church, there was lots of time to read the old documents of civilizations. It seems that almost every day, I get a surprise. Last night, I found that the works that comprise the Bible are several times larger than I had been taught, including those from the Ethiopians, the Eritreans, the Albanians, the Zoroastrians and Yazidis. So, the BOM and associated LDS documents are small by comparison. I will read these old works not for Doctrine, but for Historical purposes. The various Orthodox systems all seem to practice that Jesus was married. I have been told that various content in the Bible that assumed marriage on his part were removed in the 4th and 7th centuries by what became the Catholic Church. Some cynically believe that was done so the “Church” could make more money.
I love to go to the Sacrament Services, but don’t feel compelled and driven about the rest of it. God knows that I am fully committed to him and him only.
I left in disgust a few years ago because I believe that the only Judge is God, and no other. The GA place themselves in a position they oughtn’t. I’ve returned because I finally understood that I control my happiness. I love taking the Sacrament and generally the rest of the service, as long as they don’t get in a rant on worthiness and TRs.
I’ve just finished some astonishing reading that sort of throws my understanding of God, and his angels. I don’t have issue with the BOM or the other LDS documents but have come to the conclusion that most of what God wants me to know amounts to about 2 Dozen Scriptures. Maybe I’ll never be a good Mormon I guess.
I’m told that I can never have a TR, and I think the GA has the facts misconstrued. They don’t listen to me. As I have thought about it the realization comes to me that a TR for me is inappropriate. They don’t understand that either. The important part is that I love God, and Jesus and am forgiven. I love the Sacrament Services. That is what is important.
I’m a returning member, and the Coronavirus situation has things in a mess. I’m praying for mercy from God for us all. Years ago, when I was still a member, I spoke on the Atonement. My take on it then was that to God, contriteness and repentance was necessary and the offense was over, by the will and grace of Jesus the Christ. I don’t remember how my message was received. I hope that your wife did well.
K
