tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post5296467375055296584..comments2024-03-27T20:48:39.389-04:00Comments on [Birth Mother] First Mother Forum: An Update on RachaelLorraine Duskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-76408096450792636292009-01-11T06:54:00.000-05:002009-01-11T06:54:00.000-05:00The Mormon marriage thing is very complicated. Yes...The Mormon marriage thing is very complicated. Yes, they are married "for Time and Eternity" in the Temple. They can also marry outside of the Temple, but that is only for "this life" and kind of a disgrace. The goal is always to marry in the Temple eventually.<BR/><BR/>Unlike the Catholic Church, Mormons do allow divorce, even for Temple marriages, and remarriage IF both parties are "Temple-worthy". If one party becomes an apostate (stops believing in the Mormon church) the other can be granted an "unsealing". I am not sure what the process is to get this, but anyone interested can go to www.exmorman.org and ask; I'm sure it will be explained.<BR/><BR/>Men can have as many wives as they want in the Celestial Kingdom which is the highest level of heaven all good Mormons aspire to, but women can have only one husband.So a widower who marries again, and again, can have all his wives with him in eternity, but a widow can only have her second or subsequent husband with her in this life! <BR/><BR/>The Mormon concept of Heaven is very literal, marriage forever means having sex and spirit babies forever, in a polygamous afterlife. <BR/><BR/>Neither the Mormon nor Catholic "annulments" make the kids illegitimate. The Catholic annulment says you were never "really" married, so there wae never a real divorce, but through some additional fancy footwork and rationalizations the kids of the "marriage that wasn't" are still legitimate. Yeah, I know it is stupid, and I'm Catholic.<BR/><BR/>The kids of a Mormon temple marriage are sealed to the parents; those "born in the covenant" are automatically sealed, adopted kids and step-kids where there is a temple divorce have to be sealed in a separate Temple ceremony. If you missed out on being a Mormon in this life, they try to baptize everyone after they are dead; hence their interest in genealogy. This did not go over so great with families of Holocaust victims and others, but they still do it. <BR/><BR/>It is a weird and fascinating theology, but sadly a very stiffling life for a lot of people.maryannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820185286946511471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-77132111496669200622009-01-10T18:08:00.000-05:002009-01-10T18:08:00.000-05:00Marie is a typical serial adopter. Can't fix herse...Marie is a typical serial adopter. <BR/>Can't fix herself but sure can take on another woman's children and pretend they are her own. <BR/><BR/>She is really a confused, woman who probably is torn between her LDS perfect upbringing, and the perfect family she created, in her mind. <BR/><BR/>I thought once Mormon's married they were married forever, sealed, is this like Catholics who can divorce and remarry in the Catholic church? Annulled marriages with kids produced in the marriage, does that annul the kids too?<BR/><BR/>ytsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com