Did Satan really take on the form of a serpent to beguile Eve?
Question Dear Gramps, When explaining why she ate the forbidden fruit, Eve states that the "serpent" beguiled her. In this instance is the word serpent meant to be a metaphor, or are we to understand that Satan took that form when speaking to Eve, and if he...
Is it the Law of Sacrifice or the Law of Consecration?
Question Gramps, I have always had this doubt about tithes. If we could assign this principle to one of these two laws, what would it be? Felipe Answer Dear Felipe, You're not alone in your struggle regarding tithing. However, the commandment...
Is there any intelligent reason that I should marry if I am perfectly content as a single adult?
Question Dear Gramps, I am a 26 year old male. I have no desire for a wife. Im not sinning in a sexual way at all. Is it a sin to simply go through life without a mate? I’m a very independent person and the thought of constant company of another person...
Were Adam and Eve and the animals created at the same time?
Question Dear Gramps, In reading the book of Moses and Genesis, the description of the creation seems to indicate that the beasts of the field were created at the same time as Man and Woman. There are teachings that indicate Adam and Eve were created separately...
Could the Sami people of northern Norway be descended from one of the lost tribes of Israel?
Question Dear Gramps, I understand that some of the tribes of Israel that were lost, went north. Over 30 years ago I worked in the northernmost part of Norway for several years. Once when a friend of mine, who was in the insurance business, and I went to a Sami...
Are changes in operational procedures in the Church inevitable?
Question Hi Gramps, Regarding your response to the woman in Idaho about honoring the monthly fast day, etc– The older General Handbook of Instructions, the older Gospel Principles book and local tradition, depending on the interpretation of the principle based...
Prior to 1978, were black women allowed to perform temple ordinances?
Question Gramps, It is widely known that black men could not receive the priesthood, and therefore, could not enter the temple. I don't remember anything said about black women though. They have nothing to do with the priesthood -it not being a prerequisite for...
Is it my fault that I have a personality disorder?
Question Gramps, I have avoidance personality disorder. My whole life I've been labeled as shy and introverted and could never make a real connection with anybody. Not even members of my own family. Because of it I was never able fulfill pretty much anything in...
Does the Mormon Church teach that all generations of blacks are held responsible for the sin of Cain?
Question Gramps, The Mormons teach that we are not held responsible for the sins of Adam and Eve (in the Catholic Church a child is born with “Original Sin”–the sin of Adam and Eve). So….why would the Mormon Church teach that all generations of blacks are held...
Can you demonstrate from the Bible that all spirits, including Satan, are children of our Father in Heaven?
Question Gramps, I have a friend that adamantly refuses to accept that we were all spirit brothers and sisters, including Lucifer as a spirit child of our Heavenly Father. He won't accept references from the Book of Mormon or the D&C. I'd like to know more...
