Why does the mormon temple ceremony contradict Joseph Smith’s teachings about angels?
Date:
19 May 2009 Comments:
6 so far
measure76 asked:
According to Joe Smith and the Doctrine and Covenants (LDS scripture), angels are forbidden to shake your hand, if they appear to you before they themselves have been through life, and earned bodies of flesh and blood.
According to Joe Smith and the Doctrine and Covenants (LDS scripture), angels are forbidden to shake your hand, if they appear to you before they themselves have been through life, and earned bodies of flesh and blood.
Yet in the LDS Temple Ceremony, pre-earth-dwellers Peter, James, and John, shake Adam’s hand.
What gives?
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6 Responses to “Why does the mormon temple ceremony contradict Joseph Smith’s teachings about angels?”
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Because it’s all made up?
Yep, that’s it.
Oh, ok — the temple ceremony isn’t *entirely* made-up, not by Joseph at least…he ripped a large portion of it off from the freemasons…but the parts he ripped off, the freemasons made up!
Peace.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:28 am
Pre earth dwellers? Angels are never humans except Jesus.
When the angels sinned by coming to earth to live with women they were condemned and called demons. Genesis 6:6 Adam died a long time before Peter, James, and John so they never saw him and never will.
May 25th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
D&C 129
4 When a messenger comes saying he has a message from God, offer him your hand and request him to shake hands with you.
5 If he be an angel he will do so, and you will feel his hand.
6 If he be the spirit of a just man made perfect he will come in his glory; for that is the only way he can appear—
7 Ask him to shake hands with you, but he will not move, because it is contrary to the order of heaven for a just man to deceive; but he will still deliver his message.
8 If it be the devil as an angel of light, when you ask him to shake hands he will offer you his hand, and you will not feel anything; you may therefore detect him.
9 These are three grand keys whereby you may know whether any administration is from God.
I don’t see anywhere we are taught some are forbidden to shake hands, but that they will not move and deliver the message. Men who have not received their body yet – an angel – will shake your hand and you will feel it.
There you have it. Temple ceremony is just fine.
There you have it. No where does it say
May 27th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Yawn…the temple ceremony is symbolic and doesn’t constitute anything literal found in the scriptures.
Please stop reading anti mormon crap on the web…
May 27th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Smith’s teachings and revelations are all over the map. He never tried to have a well unified theory, and subsequent leaders have only muddied the waters.
May 28th, 2009 at 6:25 am
You do know that in LDS theology, those people are resurrected, right?
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