[Colofornian]

From pages 247 - 249 as found on Google docs and in the book...

Please note: Some may think that Mormon author Duane S. Crowther, who writes about dozens and dozens of creepy ghostly spirits visiting Mormons and a heavy dosage of interacting with the dead and concentrating on the dead in this book, doesn't represent "official" Mormonism... If you are in this category, see:

Life Everlasting

Deseret Book Publishing IS THE official publishing arm of the Mormon church -- and is, in fact, owned by the Mormon church...

Also posted today: Mormonism and Visitations from the Dead (The OTHER World Series)

[refreshed]

"...they are not strangers, but from the ranks of our kindred, friends, and fellow-beings and fellow servants...Our fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters and friends who have passed away from this earth...may have a mission given them to visit their relatives and friends upon the earth again..."

In contrast to what the Bible has to say:

Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

[tired&retired]

There are many levels of spirits and the lower ones can be impostors and imitators. Most people are asleep and can’t tell the difference. They can’t tell the weeds from the good seeds.

There are spirits here that are not of this world. Jesus even said that He was not of this world. There are also demonic spirits or fallen angels that are not of this world.

There are also angels here to help that are not of this world.

But most of the spirits that are stuck here are just earthbound spirits who have left their physical bodies. They are not bad, but merely misguided. However, as they have not crossed over they still carry the memories of the physical and emotional pain of illness and trauma. When they move into a person the host experiences the physical and emotional symptoms of the attached spirit and cannot identify why.

I’ve been doing this work for about 25 years and it never gets boring.

[refreshed]

"Parley P. Pratt was well aware of the interest spirits beyond the veil hold in their mortal loves ones...

...we frequently hold communication with our departed father, mother, brother, sister, son or daughter..."

In contrast with scripture:

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (11) Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (12) For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

[Colofornian]

Btw, Lds "apostle" Parley P. Pratt is a direct ancestor to Mitt Romney.

And Pratt says in the excerpt quoted from the book that Lds "frequently communicate" with the dead!

[lurk]

We live in a 95% LDS town. Across the street from a cemetery. They believe it’s okay to have conversations with dead people, and do often.

First, scripture forbids it. Second, that’s not grandpa you’re talking to.