Who here agrees with me...Cuz i know im right ;)
God says it is a sin to get married outside the temple (unless its just a ceremony to hold after u get married)
If you want to "get married" with ur friends around that arent mormon, you must first get a real wedding in the temple (where your friends cant be) and then after that have a fake wedding where your friends may attend....
It is forbidden for non LDS members to enter a LDS temple and since this is done in the temple, only LDS is allowed to enter...
make sense? i hope
2007-01-05 10:45:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Make sense? Nope.
God doesn't say anything about it being a sin to be married outside the temple. Most people get married outside the temple.
If you want to find out what is going on in the temple, have a look at the book "What's going on in there?" It sets forth the occultic stuff that goes on in the temple and this is the proof that it is not of God.
2007-01-07 11:05:45 · answer #1 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll do my best to answer.
1) We don't ever consider any kind of lawful marriage between a consenting man and woman a sin (we think it's a great thing) - we just think a temple marriage is better because it can last forever instead of just "til death do you part."
2) You can do a basic civil marriage in a courthouse, or a church or where ever, but then you have to wait a year to do a temple marriage.
3) A lot of people with partial member families or a lot of non-member friends will get married in the temple, and then do a public ring exchanging ceremony the same day.
4) Yes, only LDS people can enter the temple once it has been dedicated (tours are open to the public for newly built ones that are not yet dedicated). Also, you have to be more than just a member of the church to go in, you have to have what we call a temple recommend which means our local ecclesiastical leaders have interviewed us and we state we have a testimony of the gospel and we are following some of the basic tenants of it (meaning, not everybody qualifies all the time).
I was married in the temple, and not everybody could come (we had a public reception) and it was great - a very spiritual experience - and it's been great for my marriage to know that we can be together forever.
I hope that helps
2007-01-05 11:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by daisyk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know what, let's do an analogy. Let's say that every marriage, no matter what, is like a C grade. It's a good thing. You've done something right. You pass the minimum requirements to receive all the privileges and legal rights due a married couple. So a civil marriage gets a C, and it's recognized as binding according to the laws of man, and God would recognize it as a marriage according to the laws of the land, because He respects our free agency. Now let's say you made a bigger effort to plan a church wedding and made an effort to invite people to come, and everyone had a good time and helped strengthen friendships and helped support the local economy with the flowers and dresses and everything else that goes into a bigger wedding. That would be like a B. It's also equally valid with the laws of the land, and God would respect that marriage as being binding during the lifetime of the bride and groom, and they would also receive all the blessings and privileges associated with being legally married. But let's see what a temple marriage would be, if you were to call it an A. First, you would also have the legal and social privileges and rights that the people married civilly or in a church would have. But in addition to those, there is a sealing power exercised by worthy men who have the Priesthood, or authority of God, that makes something about the temple marriage different and more meaningful with a different degree of spiritual feelings - and those who have prepared for a temple marriage will testify to that. Have a happy day.
2007-01-05 15:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure what you are asking here....
First of all, a couple gets married in the temple (or this should be the reason anyways) for one reason: because they want their marriage and family unit to last through the eternities. yes, sometimes friends and family cannot attend. They should both accept that. We shouldn't be getting married in the temple because anyone other than ourselves and the Lord wants us to.
A couple can have their ring ceremony, which isn't a "temple" thing, outside of the temple somewhere...at a church or if there is a reception held, that is also a good place to have the ring ceremony so those who did not attend the sealing at the temple can "feel" like they are a part of the wedding. I know lots of people who have done that. The only people who were at my wedding in my immediate family were my parents. I have two sisters and one brother and none were there...partly because they are all younger...one is older but not worthy...but after we all just went out to eat and I don't think anyone was offended because they understood the sacredness of the temple wedding.
A wedding should not be about friends or even immediate family. It should be about the bride and groom.
Thats just my two cents...
***OH and I don't think it's a "sin" not to be married in the temple or many people would be in big trouble. A marriage outside the temple is not eternal, it is for this life only. That's the difference.
2007-01-05 11:07:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't your friends feel kind of worthless if they know you and your spouse have already gone through with the wedding and are putting something like a play on for them. Wouldn't they rather just find out after words whether or not you really tied the knot, and not care to see a second marriage. I'm not LDS, but I know a lot about it because my parents grew up LDS. However I do have a question for you! The whole purpose of getting married in the temple isn't that it is the right thing to do but because it is the only way in which you and your spouse can be together for all eternity, RIGHT? So my question is: Couldn't you get married out of the temple, and then be joined together for all eternity in the temple? I know they do this kind of thing for families with adopted kids! Correct me if I'm wrong!
2007-01-05 10:57:37 · answer #5 · answered by Bedam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a sin to get married outside the temple. Not all LDS members can enter the temple either. Only members over the age of 18 whom are worthy to enter, can attend the wedding ceremony or sealing.
2007-01-05 10:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by Presagio 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is exactly what mormons believe. I am an exmormon who got "married" in the temple. Any marriage outside the temple is not recognized by them. I was considered unmarried (tho I had been married for 9 years) when my husband and I went.
2007-01-05 11:18:03 · answer #7 · answered by StormyC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Despite your interpretations, I don't think that Powell would have gotten the Republican nomination so your theories are highly conjectural. Clinton was also a good president and a popular president. In any case, Powell didn't run. To some who seem confused, don't forget that Martin Luther King, Jr. urged all Americans to vote for the Democratic ticket in 1964. Martin Luther King, Jr wrote that: "The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism." Nothing much has changed. Also Senator Brooke was a liberal Republican.
2016-05-23 07:12:04 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry but where in the bible does it say its a sin to get married outside the temple?
2007-01-05 10:48:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So there was a temple in the Garden of Eden?
2007-01-05 11:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by norm s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋