Posted on 01/25/2011 3:46:02 PM PST by Colofornian
(Hmm...I could have sworn that the real Biblical Gospel claims that the blood of Christ takes care of those...but leave it to Mormon leaders to trump the blood of Christ with water -- just like they do in their Weekly Sacrament, replacing fruit of the vine with water).
From the article: “The ‘temple recommend’ is a cherished slip of PAPER that gives its holder the right to enter the LDS temple and participate in its ceremonies. Mormons ‘pass stringent demands of dietary laws, tithing, sexual orthodoxy and others requirements for a ‘temple recommend’. These recommends are printed forms which, when filled out by the bishop, provides a copy for the Mormon church headquarters files, one copy for the ward’s records, and a third for the holder to present at entrance of a temple for admission.” “Since the church believes that one must be ‘temple worthy’ in order to attain the Celestial Kingdom, having the power to grant or withhold recommends gives the local bishops immense power. Furthermore, in predominantly Mormon areas the lack of a recommend can often mean the loss of a job or being shunned by one’s neighbors. These slips of PAPER are most valuable.” 1 ... Having a temple recommend also serves as a status symbol, as those without it cannot marry or attend marriage ceremonies in the temple, nor can they be sealed for eternity with their father so that they may eternally be together with their family in Mormon Heaven.
Therefore, a piece of PAPER signed off by a Mormon lay bishop -- a position held at one time by Mitt Romney -- can determine if...
...a man gets to be sealed with his family forever in heaven...
...a person will be living with Heavenly Father forever -- or not...
...you can see your son or daughter get married (or other relatives and friends, for that matter)
...you'll become a "god" or not...
Reflective Questions:
* Could you imagine Mitt Romney having that kind of power over you were you in Mitt's ward back when he was a lay bishop?
* Or knowing that Mitt himself believed he once held that kind of power over others?
* Now do you see why the author called this a "Mormon conspiracy"? (It takes quite a plot to have a piece of PAPER carry that much weight in a person's life)
* Now do you see why Lds lay bishops carry so much fearful power in the Mormon church? (A bishop says "jump" -- and the Mormon asks, "How high?")
You see mere pieces of PAPER carry tremendous weight in the Mormon church.
Q1: How do Mormons determine their next head "prophet"?
A: Among those eligible, a piece of PAPER printed long ago does. It's called a calendar. The age of the Mormon general authority among the candidates is what dictates to the Mormon god who gets the nod.
Lds may talk about how they "sustain" who the "prophet" is by a show of hands...but coincidentally, no "no" votes seems to have ever been tallied. Even the Mormon holy ghost can't override the the power of calendar PAPER re: the selection process.
Q2: In the Mormon plan of salvation, what power do pieces of PAPER carry beyond temple recommended Mormons?
A: Others (non-Mormons) can get a "get-out-spirit prison" monopoly card because some keen Mormon researchers found some old pieces of PAPER -- birth and death records...which in turn can trigger a proxy baptism in that Mormon temple...which supposedly triggers deceased Mormon spirit missionaries to go visit the Spirit World where ALL go after they die [If you don't believe this part of what I'm saying, go to this Mormon published source here: The Spirit World, Our Next Home
Q3: How does the power Mormon leaders assign to mere pieces of PAPER compare to how Jesus treated the all holy Bible -- which consists, of course of pieces of PAPER?
A: Even Jesus set the holiest pieces of PAPER in proper perspective when He said: 39(You) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of ME. (John 5:39)
IOW, even many people attending a Christian church abort the process. They search the Scriptures, thinking "in them" that they "have eternal life"....Yet Jesus said even the PAPERED Scriptures' purpose was to testify to HIM!!! (A testimony to a living relationship with the LIVING WORD, Jesus Christ). Jesus CANNOT be reduced to mere words about Him on pages. The LIVING WORD is to be encountered! Do Lds see the very ritualism to which they've become attached?
Mormon leaders, on the other hand -- like Lds "apostle" Bruce McConkie -- have counseled BYU students to NOT seek a special relationship with Jesus Christ. (See: Our relationship with the Lord)
Who will we trust?
* Mormon leaders counseling impressionable college students AGAINST a special relationship with Jesus?
* Mormon leaders inventing temple rituals, including ones that replace the blood of Christ cleansing our generational sins?
* Mormon leaders vesting the very power as to who gets to live with Heavenly Father according to a signature on a piece of PAPER signed by a part-time lay bishop, whether his name is Mitt or something else???
I've seen many Mormons asked on these threads where the Lds temple rituals even came from...(They are not from any canonized sources of their "Scriptures").
That means Mormon rituals fit the classic Latin definition of the word "occult" -- "that which is hidden."
Lds hide all of the temple shenanigans to their "prospects"...and don't reveal the sources of its impetus...which also means they can change it willy-nilly...like they did in 1990.
(They also took out the part about Christian pastors being agents of Satan -- a "drama" of sorts that was part of the temple process until 1990)
IB4PD1!
It comes from the Masonic Oath. Joe Smith was a Mason.
(Of course it does; but see if you get the Mormon church to 'fess up on that)
THX1138
Most members have no idea what the Masonic Oath is and and do not WANT to know what it is.
IB4PD2!
IB4PDSPAM
I wonder if by participating in such a ritual a Christian is committing a sin or is he merely engaging in harmless actions without any spiritual consequences.
Ah, but that prejudices the answer. Why would a Christian (as opposed to a Mormon) be found participating in such a ritual in the first place?
As far as becoming LDS a person can be deceived thus raising the question when does being a victim of deceit become culpable?
All fraternity rituals are based on death and rebirth in the fraternity
IB4PDSPAM4
Putting aside my statement for the moment, let us add something to your question and then re-ask it. I think the answer will prove more meaningful:
I wonder if by participating in such a ritual a Christian is committing a sin that cannot be forgiven, or is he merely engaging in harmless actions without any spiritual consequences.
I know I do.
Regardless of what some may think, Free Masonery is a fraternal organization, not a religion.
Any Free Mason should be appalled that J. Smith stole rites from them and incorporated them in to his religion and make no mistake, it is his religion, not God's.
the Grand Lodge of Utah (1979) has refused initiation to known Mormons and denied admission to any Mormon Mason who was initiated in any other state.
Good for them! I wish all lodges would do that.
When I was interviewed some 30 years ago to join the lodge, I was asked a simple question - Do I believe in God, singular, not gods. Had I answered in the negative, I would not have been accepted.
nor can they be sealed for eternity with their father so that they may eternally be together with their family in Mormon Heaven.
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Been there done that...
ad Look Ma no temple recommend...
In 1956 I was sealed to my father and all his ancestors back to someone who died in the 1700s...none of us ever mormons...
All the descendants ever born of that one unfortunate man who died happily in the Christian faith but was dead dunked by the mormons into the religion of mormonism years later, were sealed to him...
Since I already born in 1956 that included me...
The mormons sealed me to my father and neither of us were ever mormons nor hadf mormon temple recommends...
Plus my Christian father threw a cult member off our front porch and down the steps for refusing to git...
and that cult wasnt as bad as mormonism...no polygamy, no dead dunking...
so is a temple recommend necessary for mormon “sealing” ???
No
Hitler never had a temple recommend but the mormons have “sealed” him to Eva Braun...
Stan Ann Dunham never had a temple recommend but the mormons have “sealed” her to her son, Barry Soetoro ...yes we have a mormon president...
Father Damien never had a temple recommend but the mormons have “sealed” him to some woman he never met...
Vlad the Impaler never had a temple recommend but the mormons have “sealed” him to someone...
The LORD Jesus Christ never had a temple recommend but the mormons have “sealed” Him to Mary Magdaline...plus Mary and Martha...
and so on...
IB4PD5
The statements present no dilemma too.
They really are relevant and substantial, right?
And the subject rarely gets addressed, eh?
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