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Roy wrote:
One of my favorite “unaswered questions” is whether there is any preordination in determining who one should marry.
This is interesting not only because it is unanswered, but moreso because different people have such strongly held convictions about it.
Why not. One question that always hung out in the back of my mind was:
1) Our spirits look like we do.
2) In the premortal world we were spirits.
3) I look like a mix of my parents.
4) So…
a) They were my parents in the preexistence.
b) My premortal spirit was more of a blank slate and I didn’t really take on a defined appearance until I was born.
ect.
As for the crosses. The one theory I always hear is that David O. McKay was trying to distinguish the LDS church from the Catholic church. I’d also be willing to entertain the idea that David O. McKay was a vampire. Is garlic against the WoW?
Well enough with the threadjack.
My wife and I are as close to an example of lasting love at first sight as it gets – and the circumstances surrounding how we met are . . . intriguing. We often refer to the ancient concept of “split-apart” souls being rejoined to describe how we feel about each other. Thus, I can’t dismiss the idea of “soul mates” in its entirety. However, I also can’t accept the idea that all marriage partners are predestined or foreordained – or the idea that every person ought to look for that sort of soul mate. I also know that people can love more than one other person deeply, fully and passionately.
This is one case where, “I don’t know or understand,” is the only answer I can give.
Old-Timer wrote:My wife and I are as close to an example of lasting love at first sight as it gets – and the circumstances surrounding how we met are . . . intriguing. We often refer to the ancient concept of “split-apart” souls being rejoined to describe how we feel about each other. Thus, I can’t dismiss the idea of “soul mates” in its entirety.
However, I also can’t accept the idea that all marriage partners are predestined or foreordained – or the idea that every person ought to look for that sort of soul mate. I also know that people can love more than one other person deeply, fully and passionately.
This is one case where, “I don’t know or understand,” is the only answer I can give.
I agree Ray. I find it fascinating that in the absence of an official church stance on a subject. People can arrive at contradictory answers based upon their personal experiences and the prompting of the spirit.
In addition to the marriage question, what happens to miscarried and stillborn babies is another clear example.
Then these contradictory personal answers are all acceptable as long as they are not promoted as official gospel truth.
It makes me believe that if we had less official answers there would be more room for variable answers/multiple perspectives in the church.
nibbler wrote:Why not. One question that always hung out in the back of my mind was:
1) Our spirits look like we do.
2) In the premortal world we were spirits.
3) I look like a mix of my parents.
4) So…
a) They were my parents in the preexistence.
b) My premortal spirit was more of a blank slate and I didn’t really take on a defined appearance until I was born.
ect…
I know this was tongue in cheek, but, well, (A) is one of the more asinine beliefs ever. I’ve heard it before.
Science and genetics are great things btw.
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