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if you don't mind, i am going to answer this in the "ask a buddhist" thread in the general discussion section. please see my answer there! i am so glad you asked....

are non-lds people alllowed to go?

if i am able to get out of work, i would love to go! that was very kind of you to offer. :)

great question! by "intelligences" do you mean having a measure of intelligent thought, or, rather, do you refer to sentience?

would this be a big deal for the person who did it? for the person to whom the garments belonged? to god? to the church?

o now you are asking me questions?! that isn't allowed!! in this context, i would say that a loss of grace would be envoking negative consequences from deity. to loose an object such as these would be to render it unsanctified. such things would necessitate negative consequences. (in case you are wondering why a buddhist would be remotely interested in either the lds church or the catholic church....LOL....my undergrad work was in english and comparative theology, with a heavy enphasis on soteriology.) thank you again for all your thoughtful responses!

thank you for your answer! so, outside of holy oil and the temple, there are really no sacramentals, so to speak, in the lds church? is the oil itself sacred? is it a special type of oil, or can any oil be used? if the oil is lost, does it result in a loss of grace?

when these objects are blessed, does it sanctify them? in other words, does the act of pronouncing a blessing upon them render them sacred? they become, in essence, sacred objects. for example, do you have holy water that is, through blessing, sacred? or oil? or something of this nature?

that was so lovely! how great it would be indeed if everyone acted according to that simple phrase.

i owe you an apology. i should have been more specific as to what i meant. by sacramentals, i do not mean the sacrament (communion) per se.... sacramentals as used by the catholic (and, in some cases, the orthodox church) are material objects or things (sacramentalia) set apart or blessed by the roman catholic church to indicate respect to the sacraments. some examples of rituals that are sacramentals are making the sign of the cross, bowing, folding hands, the use of blessed ashes, exorcisms, etc. or blessed and sacred objects such as bells, blessed fire, blessed salt, candles, crucifixes, holy oil, holy water, incense, medals, palm branches, wedding rings, etc. are there any holy objects....sacramentals....within the lds church?

does the lds church have sacramentals? sacramentals such as the catholic church has. is there anything comparable in the lds faith?

it is a breath of fresh air to see that there are those who can still call it like it is! here i sit trying to say that i still have some measure of sanity, when in actuality i have left my mental capabilities behind long ago! i should be more careful to whom i say things....there are some who can see through my thinly veiled charade. as judge judy said...."don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!" i shall be very cognizant of this in the future and refrain from intimating that my mental state is anything but flown the coop. :)

oh!! thank you....i was seriously worried about my state of mental awareness. (shhhhhh....i know that begs for a comment! ) thank you for enlightening me!

i realize that i have only been a short distance from insanity for some time now, but this morning i have gone a step closer. i am almost certain that there was a thread i saw (and in which i posted) yesterday on polygamy. is this not true?? where did it go? i think that it was in the lds discussion forum, but i cannot be sure. have i lost my mind?

as a buddhist and lifelong vegetarian, i wholeheartedly support vegetarianism.

that, in my opinion, is the only noteworthy version. yes, that is the very one! :)

if it is the newest movie with keira knightley, i beg of you to avoid it. it lacks so much of the warmth, humor, true characterization, and beauty of the a&e version with colin firth and jennifer ehle.

pride and prejudice has got to be the single most romantic (as well as humorous) book ever to be committed to print.

absolutely without reservation i recommend them! i was so very shocked to read that you have not yet enjoyed any of them. i would love to guide you on your path to realizing the utter beauty and humor in her works. she is, to me, someone without whom i cannot live. her books have uplifted and sustained me from as early as i can remember.

dear pam....i am way too young for a heart attack....please PLEASE don't say things like that....even if they are true. send me a private message with a CAREFULLY worded title so that i may prepare myself accordingly to read such shocking news. fear not, there is help.... Jane Austen Anonymous is out there, and it is a 12 step program that works!!

you have no argument with me there....of course i am not a christian....just a silly heathen.

cheesy and follow-the-herd as it may be, i liked them! i suppose it is the girly, romantic side of me (a big side, i'm afraid....probably 9 tenths) to which they appeal. i didn't, however, enjoy the movie all that much.

as you may have realized by now, i am somewhat of a HUGE fan of jane austen and her works.... i am not at all certain if any of you have seen the a&e version of pride and prejudice, but if you have, and if recall, what sort of accent does the actress playing charlotte lucas have?? it seems so very....well, almost reserved....and so very proper. can any of you shed some light on the accent for any of the actors and actresses in that version?? especially charlotte lucas?

there is always soymilk....i'm just saying....

there is a story told of mark twain about smoking. one of his good friends once told him that he needed to quit smoking becuase it was so very bad for him and it would kill him eventually. mark twain replied that he wasn't particularly worried about it as he knew he could quit whenever he wanted. his friend was incredulous and asked him how he could be so sure. "because i've done it," replied mark twain. "hundreds of times."