Who would have baptized Adam during mortality?
Dear Gramps, It is my understanding that all saving ordinances are to be done on this earth. If that is true, then that means that Adam had to have been baptized by someone. Who could that have been done by? It would have to have been by a resurrected being wouldn't...
How can I believe in the atonement and the gospel if I don’t feel special or unique about myself?
Gramps, I do believe in the Godhead, the gospel, the atonement, his love and many other things, but I still CAN'T get it if I don't feel special or unique about myself as to loving and accepting myself. I mean I don't see the point to it. A friend told me that "If you...
What is the Church’s stand on those that have the natural ability to see the future?
Gramps, I hear of people that have natural ability to see the future. Some of these people also can remote view the future and are being trained by our military to do this, PSI Tech. being a company composed of these individuals. They claim to have used their...
What’s a mother to do?
Gramps, My daughter married a Catholic seven years ago. Both her father and I have raised her in the Mormon faith. She will not attend church, and her husband doesn't attend his church either. What's a mother to do? Barbara, from California Dear Barbara, As the mother...
What do the general authorities say about mental illness?
Dear Gramps, I have a young adult son who is struggling with bipolar disorder. What do the general authorities say about mental illness? How accountable is my son for the misdeeds and poor choices he makes while mentally ill? Theresa, from Texas Dear Theresa, A mental...
Where does the “take a rib and make a helpmeet” come from concerning Adam and Eve?
Dear Gramps, OK, if Adam brought his wife with him to the earth...and into the Garden of Eden....and was made as all the rest of us (journal of discourse reference) then, where does the "cause a deep sleep to come upon him...take a rib...make a helpmeet" come...
Are some things I’ve heard about marriage just Mormon myths?
Question Dear Gramps, This old maid here is a little bit confused about a few things that people told me about marriage. Being single I decided to ask you to tell me if these are "myths" or fact. While living in Greece, someone mentioned in a conversation that the...
What is the Church’s view of bi-racial marriages?
Gramps, Could you please tell me the church's view of bi-racial marriages? Thank you. Anonymous, from Idaho Dear Anonymous, I can't quote you the Church's official view on interracial marriage, but the following comment made by President Spencer W. Kimball to Indian...
How can one ever know if they have been truly forgiven by God?
Gramps, How can one ever know if they have been truly forgiven by God? I can't seem to forgive myself. My spouse won't write a letter for me to go to the Temple, I have asked. He supports me in serving my Father in Heaven, but said he is not ready for this commitment....
Is it appropriate to attending “Christenings?”
Dear Gramps, I know a number of members who have attended 'Christenings' at the request of friends or family. I have always turned down such invitations as I always think of the statement by Mormon that infant baptism is an abomination in the sight of God. Am I right...
