May 30, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, What is the answer to the statement made by detractors of The Church who say that much of the temple ceremonies were stolen from the Masons? Michael Answer Dear Michael, You might tell them that they don’t know what they are...
May 27, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, People can hear about the Gospel and refuse to accept it and may not believe it to be true. They can also decide that they are just not interested. I was curious – will this be the case in the Spirit World? Can people still accept or deny the...
May 26, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I desperately want to pay my tithing again. I have £28,000 debt and after paying my debt there is no money left for enough food for me and my children. I am told to pay your tithing first but if I do that then I will get into more debt...
May 24, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, Hello. I am an eighth grade student at Falcon Creek Middle School in Aurora, Colorado. I’m currently working on a project about the discrimination against Mormons and their historical struggle for equality with the other religions of the...
May 23, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, How can Alma the Younger repent if he remembered his father’s lectures when growing up when he actually murdered and flattered many others (don’t tell me the story, just help me to understand the situation). What if I did the same thing Alma...
May 22, 2007 | God, Jesus Christ
Question Dear Gramps, Recently, I’ve been trying to understand other Christian religions. When trying to find differences in their beliefs on the Godhead, I found little difference between us and them. Catholics, for example, also believe that God or the...
May 21, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, What does living in captivity mean in the Book of Ether? How can men live in captivity and still sire children and raise up armies? Also, what set of rules do the Jaredites follow? They lived before the Law of Moses. Elizabeth ...
May 20, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, In a question to Gramps about firearms in the US, Gramps says that hunting is now a sport, not a necessity, and that it is “a sport that is frowned on by the Mormon Church.” I was not aware that the Mormon Church had a stance on hunting. Where...
May 20, 2007 | Forgiveness, Repentance
Question Dear Gramps, I have been confused about something. In the Doctrine & Covenants, Section 138:59 it says that the dead will be redeemed “after they have paid the penalty of their transgressions”. Also, I’ve heard it said in General Conference that...
May 15, 2007 | Church History, Joseph Smith
Question Dear Gramps, I certainly don’t want to question the prophetic nature of Joseph Smith, but I just can’t help but wonder what would happen if we all started religions based on the stories our children tell us. How does one base their life on the stories...
