Posted on 10/31/2014 7:49:55 PM PDT by Colofornian
...FOR FAITHFUL LATTER-DAY SAINTS, the temple endowment ceremony is one of the most...powerful ordinances received in mortality. One authoritative source called it the temporal stepping stone which all people must pass to achieve exaltation with God the Father and Jesus Christ...1 ... 1 Gospel Essentials, rev. ed., sunday school manual (Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), 1979, 247.
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Another element of literalism disappeared in 1927 when kissing over the altar during vicarious sealings for the dead was abolished.129
Probably the greatest twentieth-century catalyst to increase the number of vicarious endowments was Heber J. Grant's emphasis on temple work. Endowments performed per member during Grant's administration increased substantially. From 1898 to 1912, vicarious endowments averaged .11 endowments per member per year. From 1912 to 1930, the average increased to .38. The decade of 1930-40 saw the annual average again jump to .62. ...this average dropped to .34 by 1945 and remained there through the end of 1950.
...members of the church's computer planning committee realized during the late 1950s and early 1960s, that, given the estimated 70 billion people who had been born on the earth, all LDS adults working in temples eight hours a day, seven days a week wouldn't be able to keep up with the world population growth, much less complete ordinance work for deceased ancestors. This concern has apparently not disappeared. 149 ... 149 See Church News 20 July 1986, 16.
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The 1970s saw a renewed emphasis on temple work. During the latter part of the decade, many stakes were issued endowment quotas by their temples. While less emphasis is now placed on quotas, expectations remain high. For example, active recommend holders living close to a temple usually are expected to average one endowment per month...
(Excerpt) Read more at dialoguejournal.com ...
Yup!
One must be a wee bit NUTS! to be a Mormon.
“Post #37 is for you as well...
Tell us...how many man-hours and $ have you spent on genealogy for the purposes of focusing on the dead in Lds temples?
How many endowments for the dead have you done in Lds temples?
The article mentions stakes being given endowment quotas. Has your stake met it, or not?
ALL: Silence as a response to these questions could mean that we have yet another Mormon not wanting to confess how much time & $ they spend focusing on the dead.”
No silence here, and have NOT been a Mormon for even one day of my life. But I don’t need to be a psychologist to see obsession, either.
Alliterative Wacky Weed?
One needent be a theologian to see False Teaching; either.
Not what one normally smokes in Peace Pipe if you think Indians were Jewish.
“WE only do this for 6 days a week, 10 hours a day, for a year.”
You are kidding me right? 10 hours a day, 6 days a week?
Lincoln freed the slaves.
And he got one hell of a headache from it for it all the grief it created...
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well, bye
Jewish Indian Placemarker
16. Proselytize for 10 hours between 9:30 A.M. and 9:30 P.M.
” 9:30 P.M.”
I’m in my jammies at that hour. They have to be kidding. What decent folk would let them in the house at that time of night?
Too bad Rockwarf didn’t make it a whining vanity thread, I coulda made an Undead outta him!
If Indians were Jewish, wouldn’t they be wearing yamakas...?
Please Note: Some folks are reporting that with the FR ButtHurt form fully filled out, and $1.50, you can get a Cup of Coffee at Dunkin Donuts (same deal available at Starbucks, but cost is $15.50).
Yeah. Sorry about the one that got away. That would have been great.
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