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What? we know this? how? where? Contrary to current portrayals by actors, the statue in the JS building in SLC and by his death mask and by paintings done of him at the time, Joseph was not that handsome, oh he wasn't hidious, but he would not have won any beauty contests. As for Jesus, well Isa 53: 2 says "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him." And I don't know of any speculation on Adam. and how do we KNOW anything about Mary's looks? Sorry my friend, but I am not sure where your info comes from, could you share your sources please? You may be right, but I have never heard it. As for the rest of your premise, well lets just says this, I will not be sad to lay down this body and get a perfected one in its place (if you know what I mean)

or find out what time the ward that serves you meets on Sunday and show up, look for the missionaries (they'll have their name tags on) and join them. Or just sit near someone who looks friendly, they'll be glad to assist you. Mens usually wear dress pants/shirt/tie, suit coat is optional, 90% of men will be wearing white shirts as opposed to colors, women usually wear dresses or skirt and blouse, very few pants suits for women. Find your wards meeting time and place here: http://www.lds.org/basicbeliefs/meetinghouse Its possible that the missionary you talked to got moved to a different area (we do that every so often) and you slipped through the cracks, or he was just forgetful.

Last time I heard there have been about 6 Billion people on this planet, if you go with the biblical record of 6000 years since Adam and Eve that means that means that 1 million Spirit Children would have to be born every single year (2739 spirit babies every day) - sorry, but I'm not sure any woman would think that's Heaven

go to the Mormon.org website and request a Book of Mormon, the missionaries will call you shortly: http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-...heavenly-father. There used to be a phone number to call, I'll look for it later. or look i your local phone book for CHurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and see if the missionaries are listed. Let us know, we'll help you get in touch with them

Garden Girl, thats funny, it reminds me of when I met my wife, we are both adult converts and she had always gone to a singles ward and I had always gone to a family ward. The first time we went to each others wards we were shocked by the noise -- the lack of it in hers (you could hear a pin drop during sacrament) and explosion of it in mine -- didn't help that we the noisest family in the ward sat down behind us at mine.

I credit a chiropractor with ridding me of migraines, I used to get them at least monthly as a teen and young adult, like you I went to one at the onset of a migraine and by the time he was done, my migraine was gone. I now only have a migraine about once every 2 - 3 years and head to a chiropractor at the first sign.

So you believe sex is sinful or dirty? Strange then isn't it that God would choose this "dirty, sinful" method to give every single one of His children a physical body. No my friend, sex is for sharing and loving "..and two shall become one" when done in the correct relationship (marriage)

Yes definatly, though with a missionary or member to answer questions it would be easier. For example we have the main Church service (Sacrament meeting) and then split (by age groups) for Sunday School, after that we split again for another class, so figuring out where to go and when, takes a bit of understanding. Here is a link to a Church website about what to expect: http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/worshi.../what-to-expect

Actually, we are all eternal and have been around as long a Heavenly Father has, thus (IMHO) we are not procreated: D&C 93: 29 Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be. My belief is that its more like adoption. I mean, talk about being eternally pregnant, even if HF had 1000 wives they would each have to be having kids at the rate of dozens every hour at least to come up with the population of this world, and scripture tells us that God has created worlds without number. Not something most women I know would look forward to. As for sex in the CK, why not, its not just for procreation.

What can you expect, you can expect 2 young missionaries who may or may not be accompanied by an older member. The missionaries will either use this meeting to get to know you a bit and share a gospel message, or the may start teaching you the Gospel -- they have a series of lessons that they teach to people who are 'investigating' (or looking at with the intent to see if we have Truth with an eye on possibly becoming a member of the Church). They will present their lesson to you and probably ask you to do some homework before they come over a 2nd time (if you want them to come back) the homework would involve reading from the Book of Mormon and praying about what you read. Things not to expect: 1. Don't expect them to be pushy, while there are always exceptions and I have known a couple of pushy missionaries for the most part they are not, their job is to present you the material and let you decide for yourself. 2. Don't expect them to debate, they are there to present the Gospel not debate it 3. Don't expect great theologians skilled in oratory, while these young men and women have usually been studying their faith for most of their lifes, they are not graduates of divinity schools like ministers of some other religions, but then neither was Peter, James and John. Like Peter James and John, they will present the lessons that Christ taught and bear witness of Him. While there are some people who know the Gospel is true immediatly (like my wife) there are others that take a long time to discover it (about a year for me). The one thing I would encourage you to do is to come to Church with the missionaries, see what we are all about. While we do teach about Jesus, we also teach what He taught, as I put it, we teach the gospel OF Jesus Christ, not a gospel ABOUT Jesus Christ. One thing that struck me (as an adult who was 'searching' myself) was that for the most part, most LDS actually try to live what they believe - oh we're all human and some are better at it than others. As one of our leaders said "please realize that the Church is not a monastery for perfect people, though all of us ought to be striving on the road to godliness. No, at least one aspect of the Church is more like a hospital or an aid station, provided for those who are ill and want to get well, where one can get an infusion of spiritual nutrition and a supply of sustaining water in order to keep on climbing." ("He Hath Filled the Hungry with Good Things" Elder Jeffrey R. Holland ) Please let us know your impressions after you have met with them and many here, including myself, would certainly be willing to try to answer any questions you may have.

What is the gospel of Jesus Christ based upon? Its based upon His teachings as presented in the Bible and the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price. AS I recently said from the pulpit during a talk I gave, our Gospel is not about Jesus Christ, its about what He taught.

Funny, I am a believing Mormon and I don't believe He was married while on this Earth.Funny also that Orson Hyde, James Talmadge and a few other have talked about it, yet its never been made doctrine - oh wait doctrine - starting as revelation from God must be born to the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve and all must be in agreement before presenting it to the body of the Church as doctrine - so I guess there must be Apostles and Prophets who have disagreed also or perhaps God never reveled it. I have no problem with Mormons believing He was married (in the grand scheme of things it matters not one iota to our salvation), just please be careful about what is taught as fact. Too many false 'facts', presented as teachings or doctrine of the Church could push people whom are invetigating the Church away. Take your cue from President Hinckley, who said in answer to a question about God once being a man that 'we don't know a lot about that" the same is true of Jesus being married. We imply it from other things, but have no direct revelation on the subject that has been approved as doctrine, thus to say something like "is that if you are a believing Mormon, yes, Jesus was married" is not only irresponsible, but its also wrong.

I think for some people in the Church it is, unfortunatly we have people on F&T Sunday that will get up and talk about God helping them find their car keys, pass a test, or avoid an accident. Perhaps its just me but I really don't believe God interferes in human affairs enough to help someone find their car keys, but not enough to prevent people from taking out the 'plain and precious truths' from His word - just doesn't make sense to me.

Fried wheat???? whats that?I always tell people to only store what they eat, if there is a true emergency a lot of people will be looking at their wheat and wondering what they are supposed to do with it.