Dec 17, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Natural Phenomena
Question Hey Gramps, I am doing a research project on Religion and the Paranormal, and I am also a member of the Mormon Church. I am having the hardest time finding where I can find a magazine, book, or even an internet page that has the view of the Mormon...
Dec 16, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Mormon Doctrine, Worthiness
Gramps, I have a tithing issue for you, several of us at dinner the other night were discussing the law of tithing, and as with any discussion it seems there were more opinions and idea’s regarding the law of tithing than facts. I’ve since re-read D&C...
Dec 15, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, God, Holy Ghost, Prayer
Dear Gramps, I have heard we should pray to soften hearts. I also know that Heavenly Father doesn’t harden hearts. My question is does softening someone’s heart also take away their fee agency to keep it hardened? I am not trying to be argumentative. I am trying to...
Dec 14, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage, Mormon Doctrine, Temples
Dear Gramps, I’m glad I found your site. There is an investigator in my branch of the Mormon Church who is troubled about eternal marriage. He wants to know why women cannot be sealed after the husband has died, while men can. I’m not even sure whether that’s the...
Dec 13, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Word of Wisdom
Dear Gramps,There are people in the church who would suggest that eating meat is something the Lord prefers we as Latter Day Saints not do. My question is: why is it that we serve meat dishes in the temples everyday, why does every ward social include meat in one form...
Dec 12, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Callings
Question Gramps, Why don’t we now have a patriarch to the church? I understand that there are patriarchs in most areas of the church and that there probably isn’t the need for a roving patriarch, however, as it was: a) a calling wherein he was sustained as a...
Dec 11, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, God, Jesus Christ
Dear Gramps, I have noted that there are different ways the Bible uses the word “Lord”, particularly in how one is “Lord” and the other is “LORD”. What’s the difference? I know it means something, but I don’t know what it is. Is this some kind of distinction between...
Dec 9, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Doctrine & Covenants, Forgiveness, God, Jesus Christ, Mormon Doctrine, Pearl of Great Price, Repentance, Satan
Dear Gramps, Why does (did) Elohim require suffering by Jesus for man to obtain forgiveness? Could He not have granted forgiveness to man without Jesus suffering? Shane, from San Francisco, California Dear Shane, I’m sure that God could have granted forgiveness to...
Dec 8, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Etymology
Question Gramps, In 1 Nephi chapter 8 verse 10 it talks about a “tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy”. What is the symbolism of the fruit? Rell Answer Dear Rell, If you look at the footnote to the word, fruit, in verse 10, it will...
Dec 7, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Dear Gramps, My question is, There were eight souls saved on the ark with Noah. I believe there were others on the ark as well, possibly, children, hand maids, servants, concubines. Those who were not ’saved souls’, therefore not worthy of mention in the scriptures. I...
