What is the answer to the statement made by detractors of the Church who say that much of the temple ceremonies were stolen from the Masons?
Question Gramps, What is the answer to the statement made by detractors of The Church who say that much of the temple ceremonies were stolen from the Masons? Michael Answer Dear Michael, You might tell them that they don’t know what they are...
Will we have the same freedom of choice in the spirit world as we do in mortality?
Question Gramps, People can hear about the Gospel and refuse to accept it and may not believe it to be true. They can also decide that they are just not interested. I was curious – will this be the case in the Spirit World? Can people still accept or deny the...
Should I pay my tithing even though my financial situation is so desperate that I often don’t even have enough to eat?
Question Dear Gramps, I desperately want to pay my tithing again. I have £28,000 debt and after paying my debt there is no money left for enough food for me and my children. I am told to pay your tithing first but if I do that then I will get into more debt...
Could you answer a few questions that would be helpful to my research on discrimination against Mormons?
Question Gramps, Hello. I am an eighth grade student at Falcon Creek Middle School in Aurora, Colorado. I’m currently working on a project about the discrimination against Mormons and their historical struggle for equality with the other religions of the...
Can one repent from and be forgiven for murder?
Question Gramps, How can Alma the Younger repent if he remembered his father’s lectures when growing up when he actually murdered and flattered many others (don’t tell me the story, just help me to understand the situation). What if I did the same thing Alma...
Are other churches aligning their concept of Deity to the Mormon view, or has there been a misunderstanding on both sides?
Question Dear Gramps, Recently, I’ve been trying to understand other Christian religions. When trying to find differences in their beliefs on the Godhead, I found little difference between us and them. Catholics, for example, also believe that God or the...
What does living in captivity in the Book of Ether mean?
Question Dear Gramps, What does living in captivity mean in the Book of Ether? How can men live in captivity and still sire children and raise up armies? Also, what set of rules do the Jaredites follow? They lived before the Law of Moses. Elizabeth ...
Does the Mormon Church have a stance on hunting?
Question Gramps, In a question to Gramps about firearms in the US, Gramps says that hunting is now a sport, not a necessity, and that it is “a sport that is frowned on by the Mormon Church.” I was not aware that the Mormon Church had a stance on hunting. Where...
Why must those who sin pay the penalty for their own transgressions when they have already been paid for by the Savior?
Question Dear Gramps, I have been confused about something. In the Doctrine & Covenants, Section 138:59 it says that the dead will be redeemed “after they have paid the penalty of their transgressions”. Also, I’ve heard it said in General Conference that...
Wasn’t Joseph Smith just repeating (with some embellishments) stories that his parents had told him?
Question Dear Gramps, I certainly don’t want to question the prophetic nature of Joseph Smith, but I just can’t help but wonder what would happen if we all started religions based on the stories our children tell us. How does one base their life on the stories...
