Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gt1104c@prism.gatech.edu (SILVERT,STANLEY DAVID JR) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Mormonism and Christianity Message-ID: Date: 4 Sep 90 06:21:32 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite) writes: >In article firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes: >>Is Mormonism a branch of Christianity? >>15. The Communion of Saints; >>relationships. Thus, women are sealed to men, dead ancestors to >>living descendents, and children to parents. In all cases, this >>renders the one sealed eternally subservient to the sealer. There >More distortion. The relationships are family relationships and LDS >doctrine clearly teaches that "power" comes through love, patience, >long-suffering and kindness. See Doctrine and Covenants section >121. I don't know if these are considered "power" relationships or not, but I do find them in conflict with the teachings of Jesus. It is my understanding that sealing a man with a wife in the LDS church will cause them to be married in heaven. However, Jesus teaches in Luke 20:27-40 (also found in Matt and Mark) that people in heaven can not be married at all. Am I misinformed about LDS doctrine? If not, how do Mormons deal with this passage? -- Stan Silvert Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!gt1104c ARPA: gt1104c@prism.gatech.edu