Ah, eternal marriage...LdsISM has to play down all those passages in the Bible about the Lamb of God being the Bridegroom and the Church being the bride in order to emphasize that...
...man-woman eternal marriage or...
...man-woman-woman "eternal marriage" or...
...man-man-woman "eternal marriage" or even group "marriages" (a combo of the above) are eternal.
Now, given that the Lds church has been a sharp defender of "man-woman" marriage in a couple of California initiatives, what do I mean by "man-woman-woman eternal marriage" or even "man-man-woman eternal marriage" when it comes to Mormons?
Well, in 1998 the Mormon church published its LDS “Church Handbook of Instructions” for LDS bishops. On p. 73, we note:
“A deceased woman may be sealed to ALL men to whom she was legally married during her life.”
“Sealed” in this case = sealed for all eternity to her multiple husbands, rendering her -- were marriage to actually be eternal -- a polyandrous wife forever!
Now a fuller context of this statement reads:
“A living woman may be sealed to only one husband. If she is sealed to a husband and later divorced, she must receive a cancellation of that sealing from the First Presidency before she may be sealed to another man in her lifetime and later: A deceased woman may be sealed to ALL men to whom she was legally married during her life.” (Source of LDS "Church Handbook of Instructions," p. 73 of the 1998 edition, as cited by poster Paridel @ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004551/posts?q=1&;page=283)
Therefore, as you can see, LDS contemporary practices embraces eternal polyandry (a woman sleeping with multiple husbands), not just eternal polygamy. At least it does for its dead...
And...given Lds, Inc.'s propensity of "identity theft" of a personal's religious beliefs during life (post-death conversion via Mormon necrobaptisms)...
...Is it any wonder that a church would also steal a deceased woman's marital status post-death as well...a sort of enforced "conversion" from strict monogamy to polyandry!
Anyway, it’s the bold-faced line above coupled with historical examples that shows contemporary Mormonism to be a polyandrist religion when it comes to eternal marital relationships. (We are not only talking about historical sealings. We are talking about current rituals sanctioned by the church.) And if Lds, Inc. says a deceased woman can be sealed to multiple husbands...and if one of those husbands is sealed to multiple wives...wow! we're talking about a real swinging Mormon celestial kingdom!
'Cause -- also current practice: The LDS Church, as mentioned above, still allows a husband to be sealed in its temple to multiple wives (but only one "on-this-earth" wife at a time). In these cases, we're talking about men who have been serially married to multiple women--none at the same time on earth--but whom would be part of a heavenly harem if he makes it to the celestial kingdom. If the Mormon church was serious about "eradicating" future polygamy, it'd ban the temple ritual for eternal sealings for a second or third wife. It doesn't. Even some of the Lds general authorities have been sealed to more than one wife for eternity, having become remarried widowers. (Some of you didn't know the Mormon church still embraces eternal polygamists, did you?)
So when Mormons publicly "eschew" polygamy, keep their "private" reservations they've got lined up in mind. What they really mean is that polygamy is no longer for this colony (earth) -- only for colonies like Kolob. And even this earth, well, Lds "apostle" Bruce McConkie said another polygamous-era dispensation is acomin' when the Mormon Jesus returns...per his book, Mormon Doctrine.
Therefore, if Lds "trash talk" TV shows like "Big Love" -- or, if they trash talk fundamentalist polygamous MORMONS keep in mind that the mainstream MORMON church apparently views itself as the polygamous “feeder system” for eternal "Big Love" family life!
Well, at this rate of Internet exposure, perhaps the the Mormon church should shift its "offensive" strategy -- almost 52,000 mishies -- to a "defensive" public-relations spin maneuvering.
Meant to ping you on post #3...mention of you as source