Apr 24, 2013 | Current issues, Health, Life's Lessons
I have heard that we shouldn’t get tattoos because our body’s are temples and we should defile our temple. Could playing a sport where serious injury is very likely result in “defiling” our temple? I played football in high school and tore my...
Apr 23, 2013 | Abortion, Mormon Policy, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps, I was wondering, why does the Church say it is okay to abort a child that is the ‘product’, if I may, of rape or incest? Isn’t that baby still a human, with every right to life that we do? I ask this for a better...
Apr 21, 2013 | Baptism, Bible
Why do Mormons take 1 Corinthians 15:29 literally when two verses later in verse 31 Paul shows that he is obviously speaking metaphorically when he speaks of death? He says “I die daily”. So was Paul literally dying daily? Of course he wasn’t. I...
Apr 20, 2013 | Current issues, Mormon Policy
Why does the LDS church make resignation and name removal such a difficult and time consuming process? The church didn’t make conversion, baptism and confirmation so laborious. Jules ________________ Hello Jules, The ability members have to remove their name...
Apr 18, 2013 | Prayer, Prophets, Revelation
Dear Gramps, I was reading in church history how difficult it was for President Spencer W. Kimball to get the 1978 revelation on the priesthood. He spent months in the upper rooms of the Salt Lake Temple, pondering and praying upon the matter before he felt he had an...
Apr 14, 2013 | Baptism, Marriage, Mormon Policy
Dear Gramps, I first came across the Book of Mormon 3 months ago and it has completely changed my life. I have a strong testimony and believe the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints to be the one true church. My husband however, is completely opposed to my...
Apr 13, 2013 | Prophets, Revelation
Question Gramps, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints professes to be a church that continues to receive inspiration and revelation from the Lord. It is perhaps one of the primary premises for the argument of a restored church. With that said, why...
Apr 12, 2013 | Family, Forgiveness, Repentance
My father is older and nearing the time that he will probably soon die. He never really learned the gospel but was actually baptised and even went to the temple. As I have been taking care of him, I have had the missionaries visit him but have now learned sins that he...
Apr 11, 2013 | Church History, Word of Wisdom
Question Gramps, In the Word of Wisdom the 2nd verse states that it was given not by way of commandment. When did that change to a commandment? Daniel Answer Dear Daniel, In 1933 the General Handbook of instruction listed living the Word of Wisdom as a...
Apr 10, 2013 | Current issues, Happiness, Life's Lessons, Love, Missionary Work
Gramps, I have a boyfriend who is considering going on a mission soon. I am afraid a great deal about what is going to happen but the most bothersome thing about it is what if he changes? What’s the probability of him completely changing and falling for another...
