tolisamarie

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  1. That is why I will make arrangements to be sealed to all of them after I die, by the proper priesthood authority, so that all of my marriages will be binding in heaven. If the Church's position is that I was only married to my husbands for life until I am sealed to them by proxy, then I guess you have answered my question. Thank you for your insight.
  2. There is no question in my mind about spending eternity with all my husbands. I know that I will, this testimony has been etched on my soul. I will speak to my bishop about making arrangements to be sealed by proxy to all three of my husbands when I die. My question was whether the church would consider me a polygamist in life since I vowed before God to be married to each of my husbands "forever" and "throughout the generations of time and for all eternity". Because of my beliefs, I insisted on writing our own vows with each of my husbands. We did not say"till death do us part" or any thing of the sort. Pam explained that a living woman can only be sealed to one husband at a time in life, but are temple sealings the only marriages the church recognizes? My living husband was raised a catholic and he says that his church doesn't recognize divorce so as far as his church is concerned he is still married to his first wife and me. Weird, right? I know that I am not a polygamist by law, since I only have one living husband, but I was curious as to the position the church has on this.
  3. I just sent you a private message. I need very much to talk about this further with someone who understands this matter better than I do.
  4. I know that I can baptize my late husbands and I plan to do so. You are saying that I cannot seal myself to them in temple - but as I understand you, after I die my daughters can seal all my husbands to me if my current husband pre-deceases me - Is that correct?
  5. So, if had the fortitude to convert my three husbands and had married all of them in a temple - my absolute conviction that I will spend all eternity in the celestial kingdom with them would be uncontested. Is that correct?
  6. Are you saying that the sacred and eternal covenants of marriage do not apply to all people? Only to those married in a temple? The concept of being re-united with all of our loved ones in the afterlife is not a uniquely Mormon belief - all Christian faiths - including the Catholics, share it. No matter your opinion of the translation of the scripture, I KNOW that I will spend eternity with all three of my husbands. I have received true testimony of this many, many, many times.
  7. I've never had a "civil" marriage. All of my marriages took place in the name, and by the word of God, our Heavenly Father. Does this make me a polygamist?
  8. I was born and raised in the Church and I am 44 years old. I have two late husbands - the first, Brendan, died less than a year after we were married, when I was 6 months pregnant with our daughter (who is now 22 years old). It was an accidental overdose - liquor and pills - he was a bad boy but he was the most passionate man I have ever known. Shortly after my daughter was born I married my second husband, David, who was 19 years older than I am. We had 12 years of blissful marriage and my second (and youngest) daughter (who is now 20 years old). Ten years ago he died of prostate cancer. He was the kindest and most generous man that I have ever known. Seven years ago I married my third and current husband, Daren. We share an amazing relationship and I think that he is the most patient and indulgent man that I have ever known. He's only five years older than I am and he's in perfect health so I hope that we'll have many, many more years together. He has three children from his first marriage, two sons and a daughter, and three grandsons. He was divorced, not widower-ed. Doctrine and Covenants 132:46 tells us that "whatsoever you bind on earth, in my name and by my word, saith the Lord, it shall be eternally bound in the heavens." My first two husbands didn't stop being my husbands just because they died. They will always be my husbands - in this life and the next. I know - as surely as I know that the sun rises in the east - that I will spend eternity with all three of my husbands. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ and I know it to be true. Does this make me a polygamist?
  9. The Book of Abraham is the main reason that my parents left the church back in the 80's. As I understand it, the scroll that Joseph Smith believed to have been written by Abraham was actually just a scroll of funeral prayers for a dead Egyptian monk named Horace. My personal belief is that all religious writings are allegorical in nature. Whether it's the Book of Abraham, the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon, the Torah, the Talmud, etc., etc. The stories don't have to be factual in order to have merit and value. Gospel and scripture was written with the idea that it would guide and instruct mankind to live good and virtuous lives. Do you know the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf? Of course you do - everyone does. It is an allegorical story that parents have been telling their children from time immemorial. It teaches us that if we lie to get attention there are consequences, perhaps grave ones. But, did it really happen? In the distant past was there really a village boy who was eaten by wolves because he sounded a false alarm too many times? Maybe, maybe not. The story doesn't have to be true or factual in order to be valid and have merit. I can read the Book of Abraham and find value in it. For me, it doesn't have to be factual in order to be valuable. Joseph Smith was a prophet which is defined as "a person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression". He was also a man - he was flesh and blood and fallible. But the messages he gave mankind in the Book of Mormon and the Pearl of Great Price are valid, virtuous, and valuable. Perhaps this is why Church still gives them accreditation.
  10. Thank you for all your kind words of encouragement. I guess I'm feeling awkward because I haven't been active since I was in college when my parents quit the church. They had negative experiences in the church and carried a lot of anger towards LDS. I was newly endowed at the time and heading off to college, so I was busy with my new life and when my mom told me that they quit the church. I just thought I should stop going too, after all, I was mostly going for my family at that point any way, like any teenager I suppose. I'm just now reaching a stage in my life where I feel the lack of spirituality in my life. I want to return to the religion of my childhood, but I'm worried that it won't feel the same as I remember it.
  11. I was born and raised LDS but I have been inactive for many years. I want to come back but I'm intimidated by the idea. Has any one else gone through this? I'd really like some advice.
  12. I'm new too. I hoped to be able to chat but I guess I'm out of luck.