Jan 11, 2008 | Creation, Life's Lessons, Mormon Doctrine
Gramps, I used to believe in the Hindu concept of karma. In that concept, a person’s actions and experiences in previous lives are what form his/her talents, abilities, circumstances, appearance and everything that differentiates one person from another in this life....
Jan 11, 2008 | Book of Mormon, Faith, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Obedience
Dear Gramps, My husband of 24 years is a non-member. I have been inactive for 18 years and am now the Relief Society President in the branch I attend. I feel I have a strong testimony of many principles our faith and I trust whatever church /religion related matters...
Jan 8, 2008 | Book of Mormon, Church History
Gramps, Jerry Ainsworth has spent a lifetime on Book of Mormon archaeology. He supports the Central America theory and claims Joseph Smith never identified the place he got the records as Cumorah, even though later church leaders have. Have you found anywhere where...
Jan 6, 2008 | Mormon Faith, World History
Dear Gramps, I am 11 years old, and a few months ago in my social studies class, we talked about how Martin Luther (NOT Martin Luther King Jr.) developed the Lutheran Church when he was “fed up” with the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. My teacher, who is not a...
Jan 5, 2008 | Afterlife, Marriage
Dear Gramps, Is it true the reason men can be sealed to more than one woman is because there will be more women in the Celestrial Kingdom than men? If it weren’t for that some good women would be condemned through no fault of their own, and that’s not just. Becky,...
Jan 4, 2008 | Bible, Holy Ghost, Mormon Faith, Priesthood, Testimony
Dear Gramps: I have a friend who was “born” in the Mormon Church – having joined before he was 8 years. He fears that he does not have a testimony of the restored gospel but knows “through logic that it is true.” He is now keeping himself aloof from the Church and...
Jan 4, 2008 | Current issues
Gramps, Was it against the law to practice polygamy when the Mormons began doing it? I’m wondering since we believe in the 12th A of F to honor and obey the law of the land. Marion, from Thermopolis, Wyoming Dear Marion, Polygamy was not against the law when the...
Jan 4, 2008 | Current issues
Gramps, I am trying to find any articles in the LDS gospel library that would answer the question what happens to those who don’t believe in Christ in mortality and should we not pray for their well being if they are a Buddhist. Mark, South Bend, Indiana Dear Mark,...
Jan 3, 2008 | Mormon Policy, Prayer
Dear Gramps, I have questions about kneeling while praying. Our family prays together regularly in a reverent manner but we seldom kneel. As we are converts this isn’t something we did in the past and we are unsure when to kneel although we hear reference to kneeling...
