Huge expose against the church!!!

[MikeWaters]

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12504762?source=most_viewed

<yawn>

But it does point out that modern-day polygamy is honored in the proxy temple marriages. Which I suppose is a sign that the church is not willing to say that polygamy of yore was a non-doctrinal mistake.

Nor could it in my opinion. If you throw out D&C, I'm not sure you have a Joseph Smith after that.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12504762?source=most_viewed

<yawn>

But it does point out that modern-day polygamy is honored in the proxy temple marriages. Which I suppose is a sign that the church is not willing to say that polygamy of yore was a non-doctrinal mistake.

Nor could it in my opinion. If you throw out D&C, I'm not sure you have a Joseph Smith after that.

Individual members submit names and the work gets done. That doesn't mean the church accepts what they were doing while they were alive. I understand how that could be hard for the non-LDS world to understand.

[barnes]

Among the ordinances Radkey said she found in her research, was that Rulon Allred, leader of the Apostolic United Brethren who was murdered in 1977 on orders from Ervil LeBaron, head of a rival group, was baptized in 2001, 2002, 2008 and on Jan. 29 this year in the Ogden Temple.

I think this is less a policy issue than a technilogical one. First off all, all temples should be highly networked with each other, databases closely synched with some advance machine learning and data-mining to prevent ordinances done to these type of people.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by barnes

I think this is less a policy issue than a technilogical one. First off all, all temples should be highly networked with each other, databases closely synched with some advance machine learning and data-mining to prevent ordinances done to these type of people.

as far as I know the church has never felt comfortable making the judgment on who should get the ordinances and who shouldn't. As offensive as it may seem to give them to former members exed for polygamy, I don't think we should be setting these policies based on what outsiders who don't believe in temples anyway think we should do.

[MikeWaters]

I think Barnes is pointing out how crappy the system is given that the dude has been baptized 4 times now. Actually a huge percentage of proxy work done in the temple is a repetion of work already done, because of poor record keeping systems by the church. Heard this straight from the stake genealogy person.

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I think Barnes is pointing out how crappy the system is given that the dude has been baptized 4 times now. Actually a huge percentage of proxy work done in the temple is a repetion of work already done, because of poor record keeping systems by the church. Heard this straight from the stake genealogy person.

I agree the system has been very inefficient.

[All-American]

From the sound of it, he likely needed more than one round for the treatment to be effective.