Mormonism thread

mormonism thread

talk about the weirdest stuff here
what's up with baptism for the dead
what's up with garments
wtf is up with the temple

I considered joining for the hot white women. Also a very big nepotism crowd of comfortable middle class whites. Yes, I am also white, but poor and raised as useless Baptist. Zero social benefit to Baptists.

nice

>baptism for the dead
They do baptisms for the dead that weren't baptized in life so they have the opportunity to accept it in death if they want.
>garments
mainly a reminder of the covenants you make with god to keep the commandments and do your best to repent because everyone is a sinner.
>wtf is up with the temple
Really? It's a temple. It's a sacred building to the mormons where they do baptisms for the dead and get married and pretty much whatever else any other religion uses their temples for.

>pretty much whatever else any other religion uses their temples for

uh
'pretty much' is doing a lot of work there bud

sorry bud. I thought it was just obvious what temples are. I assume too much of anons sometimes.

when the tacit policy of the church is to not discuss the specifics of the rites within... that's not like other churches

There's a difference between churches and temples. Churches are meeting grounds where you congregate and practice said religion. Temples are where you go to do ordinances and pray to your god in a quiet ass peaceful environment.

while this distinction is already one few christian sects have...

...that explanation elides over a *lot* of context.

Baptism is not for God or heaven. It's a ritual for the church. If you are baptised Catholic, and change religion, they don't say" oh you are already baptized". They have to do again for that religion. It's meaningless

mormongirls porn

each church has its own standards for baptism, though? there's literally a roman catholic list of which other churches' baptisms are considered valid to them.

Jews go to Temple

They believe that God is a physical person who used to be mortal but became a God by being a good mormon.

He lives in space, having "celestial" sex with all his wives to make spirit kids who come down to earth and become us.

right, they used the same word - great observation!

jews don't consider what happens inside their temples too sacred to discuss outside, or hide that information from non-members

I guess what you want is the exactly specifics of what is done in mormon temples?

My question is if you're not a mormon, who the fuck cares? They claim it's sacred. Big difference between sacred and secret. They protect their temples and exactly what they do in them because it's very sacred and close to god in their eyes. Basically all they do in there is pray, do baptisms, and get married.

post mormon cuties though!

believe me - i have the highest respect for the lds church. share as much as you're comfortable sharing. your rites are genuinely compelling and beautiful.

In the mormon's eyes any baptisms not done by one holding the priesthood is not valid.

My best friend in middle school was mormon. I went to all the mormon dances. It was great, mormon girls were friendly and cute.

same with marriages not in the Temple
see: Celestial Marriage

they are cute

especially in their temple dresses!

Mormon Lingo

Called=getting an assignment to specific meetings in a ward building. (Ward is a larger church meeting house usually with about a 100 or so members)

Stake Fireside= Stakes are a specific amounts of Wards and branches in a large area (everything from the area of half a state or half a city if theirs enough of them) and firesides are talks given by people.

Elders=Missionaries (the guys that knock on your doors, it's funny cause the young ladies of the ward usually get googly eyed over them if they're cute)

Teacher=A male aged 14-16 in the priesthood. (The Aaronic Priesthood specifically (as opposed to the Melchizedek)

District=I'm pretty sure this is a specific area that the Missionaries serve in (I could be wrong on that)

Branch=Smaller version of a Ward.

Opening Exercises=?? I think it's stuff that goes on before one of the meetings during sunday service.

Word of Wisdom=The prophecy from Joseph Smith that says coffee and booze and drugs are sinful.

DNC=Doctrine and Covenants. scripture account of stuff the the church did when they were pissing off everyone in america while they were trying to find a place to not get killed.

Relief Society=The female group organization type thing of the the church.

Ward=church...I already did this one.

Zone Leader=A more specific area of a mission? I think.

Priest=Like a 'teacher' but for the 16-18 year old males.

Nauvoo Pageant=some festival the church does in Nauvoo, IL

EFY=Especially for Youth, a three day summer camp for teenagers set up at various universities. (for profit, poor kids don't get to go)

FHE=Family Home Evening. the church encourages families to take a night out of the week to hang out together and read scriptures and play games with each other.

CTR=Choose the Right. mormon version of WWJD.

Bishop=Leader of a Ward.

YSA=Young single adults, church focused social mingle group for 18+ singles.

MTC=Missionary Training Center

laurel ect ect=age specific cataloging of teenage girls.

all pretty accurate. Except EFY for profit. Never payed a dime for that.

Reminds me of Scientology

eh kinda.
The mormon church recognizes all marriages but that's because marriage is more of a government thing not a church thing.