Jun 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Dear Gramps, I would like to know who changed the scriptures to read God in the singular, instead of Elohim, the gods, in the plural in our first five books of our present Bible. Also, why the every first sentence in the Bible, “In the beginning there...
Jun 28, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy
Question Dear Gramps, I am a single middle age sister very active in the church. The question I have is that I am thinking of adopting an orphan and I wonder can I have that child sealed to me. And if not what happens to that child and myself as an eternal...
Jun 27, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Dear Gramps, In John it states that if you have seen Christ you have seen the Father. In Genesis it states that man was made after the image of God. Christ had a bellybutton while on earth, so did Adam and Eve have bellybuttons? Just wondering. Mike...
Jun 27, 2007 | Abortion, Repentance
Question Hello Gramps, I was sealed in the temple years ago and later divorced. I no longer attend the Mormon Church. Later as a single mother, I had an abortion. Have I committed an unforgivable sin? Lately I have been fasting and praying a lot. I am trying to...
Jun 26, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Atonement, Repentance
Question Dear Gramps, After a person becomes somewhat convinced of the extreme gravity of their sinful behavior, how long should they be harrowed up by the memory of their sins? The situation of Zeezrom in the Book of Mormon comes to mind. He was reduced to his...
Jun 25, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible, World History
Question Dear Gramps, When was the Bible as we know it first compiled and put into the context as we know it? Was it Constantine1 who originally gathered the texts together to create a manual for his new religion, or were the texts already in a particular...
Jun 23, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Bible
Question Dear Gramps, We had an interesting question come up today. As we understand it, the Great Flood as recorded in the Bible was intended (among many things) to destroy all flesh from off the earth, save those specifically saved aboard the Ark constructed...
Jun 23, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Faith
Question Dear Gramps, Where does the brain end and the soul begin? I figure that our brain is not what is giving us our agency, since it is subject to outside stimuli, such as medication. People do not choose their brain, so how can they be responsible for what...
Jun 22, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Family, Marriage, Missionary Work, Mormon Doctrine, Temples
Dear Gramps, I read your answer about plural marriages and that there will be no marriages performed passed this earth life and I am a little confused. I was sealed to my husband in the temple but then we were divorced. He has since been sealed to someone else but our...
Jun 22, 2007 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Family
Question Dear Gramps, My mom and dad who don’t even communicate are against me getting baptized in the Mormon Church. I really want to but am unsure if I can live up to the commitment especially around my family who expect me to be just like them. Also I...
