Sep 29, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have a friend that thinks that since she can’t find any where that a General Authority or Prophet told us to have 72 hour kits, that it is not really a necessary thing. She thinks it is a good thing- just not on the same level of...
Sep 25, 2007 | Abortion, Self Worth
Dear Gramps, My daughter has a friend who has asked some very pointed questions about abortion that we have tried to help her with. She feels that abortion is justified because she wishes that her mother had aborted her instead of raising her in a dysfunctional and...
Sep 24, 2007 | Current issues
Kami wrote Hey Gramps, I have a weird question for you. I have a terrible fear of dying. It has been something I have experienced since I can remember. I just have a feeling that something horrible is waiting in the wings for me. I know that sounds crazy but I can’t...
Sep 22, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I’m one of those who are trying to be good faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ. I have a testimony of the restoration of the Lord’s Church, the fact that Heavenly Father and His Son live and that they commune with living...
Sep 19, 2007 | Current issues
Question Dear Gramps, I am 17 and seriously considering joining the Church of Latter-day Saints within the next couple of years. However, I worry about the “pressure” to get married. I hear from my friends (who are members) that there is a huge amount of...
Sep 18, 2007 | Current issues
Question Hi Gramps, I was watching a documentary-type show on TV recently that claimed Adam had a wife prior to Eve named Lilith, who apparently was infertile, had a nasty temper, and was banished and later turned into a demon for whatever reason. I checked out...
Sep 17, 2007 | Current issues
Question Gramps, I recently went back to my Middle School to visit some of my old teachers and let them know how well I am doing with my life and I had a rather unfortunate experience with my old science teacher. He is basically a good man, but believes that...
Sep 13, 2007 | Current issues, LDS Scriptures
Question Dear Gramps, Paul speaks quite degradingly about women. He makes it sound like women are completely inferior creatures. How they are subject to their husbands in such a way that they can only learn the gospel or ask any gospel questions to their...
Sep 9, 2007 | Current issues
Gramps, What do we look like when we die? Rosella, from England Dear Rosella, I assume that you mean, “what do we look like as spirits in the spirit world after we die?” If that is your question, we understand that the form of the body is patterned after that of the...
Sep 2, 2007 | Current issues
Dear Gramps, What does the scripture mean that says in D&C 49:20, But it is not given that one man should possess that which is above another, wherefore the world lieth in sin. It would appear here that the Lord despises economic inequality. Curtis Dear...