Secret Meeting and the second coming
Who will be selected to attend the "secret meeting" with the savior at His Coming? Eleven _________________ Dear Eleven, If there is a 'secret' meeting to take place... well it wouldn't be much of a secret if you know about it and I know about it now would it? However...
Ancient Egyptians Resurrected?
Hi, After Lord's resurrection, notice Matthew 27:52-53 mentioned about resurrected saints out of their graves and walked into Jerusalem meeting the mortals. I wonder if there were any case of missing body in ancient Egyptian mummy? If not, then weren't they all worth...
Holy Spirit of Promise
Dear Gramps, We are told that we should seek in this life to have our calling and election made sure, by the Holy Spirit of Promise. Joseph and Emma were sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise. How is it possible that we can receive this sealing while on earth. Thanks,...
The Church and Taxes
I was told that the LDS church voluntarily paid taxes in order to be better community members. Is this true? Robert ________________________________________________ Robert, Technically speaking, most everyone voluntarily pays taxes. It's only compulsory if the IRS...
Alma and baptismal prayer
Why is it so important that the Baptismal prayer we offer today is repeated perfectly when the prayer Alma used at the waters of Mormon was different than what we use? Kirk ____________________________________________ Kirk, This is an interesting question. I think the...
Abuse
Hello I have been a rape victim for most of my life starting at 5 ending at 17. My question is I'm a convert been having been baptised two years and I refuse to go to the temple because I was raised to believe the rape and beatings were my fault and I refuse to...
Did God rest on the 7th day?
Dear Gramps, From one old Codger to another, I have often wondered if God in actual fact did rest on the seventh day. I seem to remember from some reading that He put into Adam and Even and all creatures their spirits. I cannot see God resting for there is that...
Age of Accountability
I've heard that those who die before the age of accountability do so because they are so perfect they don't need the experience of mortal life. As most people die before the age of accountabiity and many people in the Millenium grow up without sin there are really...
Milky Way Galaxy
What do you know about the Milky Way Galaxy with reference to Heavenly Father's Universe? Max ________________________________________________ Dear Max, I know that the Milky Way galaxy is as one grain of sand among the seashore of galaxies He has created. Although...
George Washington vision of America
Is there any record that George Washington had a vision of America in which perhaps Moroni appeared to him? Anonymous _______________________________________________ Dear Anonymous, Snopes has an article on the vision here . This account of the vision is considered...
Burials
Must I, as an endowed member, be buried in my temple clothing? Also, may I choose to be cremated instead of buried? I have always felt cemetaries to be a waste of space in our over crowded world. Kathy _________________________________________ Kathy, There is no hard...
Diabetics and preparedness
Since we are told to have a one year supply in case of emergency, what should a diabetic person do since they cannot obtain enough insulin to survive for a year? What will happen to them? Bonnie _______________________________________________________ Bonnie, This is...
Joseph Smith and liquor
Why did Joseph Smith refuse the offering of liquor during his leg operation as a young child? Obviously, this was long before the Word of Wisdom, so why would there have been a problem? Thanks, Bill _____________________________________________ Bill, It's an...
Why the debate among Christians regarding Heaven and Hell?
Question Dear Gramps, A non LDS Christian recently confronted me (LDS member) with the judgement scene in Revelation (last book in the Bible) and said that it clearly speaks about good Christians going to heaven and the rest going to hell. There's no concept...
Why does God address Jacob and Israel as if they are different people?
Question Gramps, If Jacob and Israel is the same person why does God address them as if they are different people? For example in Isaiah 43:22. Ann Answer Dear Ann, Hebrew is a layered language, which can be hard to understand by those of us that haven't been...
Where can I find evidence of the people in the Book of Mormon?
Question Dear Gramps, Firstly I would like to thank you for taking your time in helping us shed some light on uncertainties. My brother refered me to you. He reads your answers very often. I think that my subject is quite self explanatory. My fiance is not a member,...
When does personal revelation become enough regarding birth control?
Question Dear Gramps, I just read a very long answer from you to someone about birth control, quoting several leaders, prophets, etc. Could you find the quotation that says that women should have as many children as she can mentally, emotionally and physically...
How does the Mormon Church deem their proselyting ordained by God?
Question Gramps, Considering the following scriptures how does the LDS church deem their proselyting as ordained by God? 1 John 2:27-"...ye need not that any man teach you" and Matthew 23:15- "...compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made,...
Why a human sacrifice?
Question Gramps, Why did Heavenly Father need a human sacrifice in His plan for us to be resurrected? Elizabeth Answer Elizabeth, The sacrifice Jesus wrought for us was essential in providing a way back to Heavenly Father. I would like to use an...
Why is Emma Smith honored by the Church and its members?
Question Dear Gramps, We know that Emma Hale Smith, after the death of her husband, didn't follow the "Brighamites" to Utah, but joined her son's church (the Reorganized LDS Church, now Community of Christ). So why is she so honored by the Church and its...
Joseph Smith
Dear Gramps. Did Joseph Smith or any of the presidents of the church ever suggest that there will be a falling away of the members of the church at any stage and that they will return again as the signs of the times unfold. This is happening in our ward in South...
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