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FMCoug · 04-14-2008, 07:49 PM

I think we have another definitional issue here. It seems to me the letters we hear read in conference tend to be members sharing experiences, thanking Elder so and so for something, etc.

I think the letters they are talking about are question about doctrine, you didn't get satisfaction from your local leaders so you're trying to escalate, etc.

I wouldn't hesitate to write to the former, even after the letter that was read. I never have nor can I imagine ever would write the latter.

RC Vikings · 04-14-2008, 08:12 PM

Almost everyone I've ever known to write into SLC has done so because they are trying to get a previous marriage wiped off the books. Does the church really make it that hard to break a sealing and if so why?

Indy Coug · 04-14-2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

Almost everyone I've ever known to write into SLC has done so because they are trying to get a previous marriage wiped off the books. Does the church really make it that hard to break a sealing and if so why?

Yes, it takes a lot of effort and time to cancel a temple sealing.

UtahDan · 04-14-2008, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

Almost everyone I've ever known to write into SLC has done so because they are trying to get a previous marriage wiped off the books. Does the church really make it that hard to break a sealing and if so why?

Ask ute4ever. He might have an opinion on that. :-)

FMCoug · 04-14-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

Almost everyone I've ever known to write into SLC has done so because they are trying to get a previous marriage wiped off the books. Does the church really make it that hard to break a sealing and if so why?

Wouldn't that letter / process generally start with local leaders?

Archaea · 04-14-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FMCoug

Wouldn't that letter / process generally start with local leaders?

I'm wondering if many of the letter read in conference really aren't those passed up from their file leaders, or those used in efforts to cancel sealings or reinstate blessings.

SoCalCoug · 04-14-2008, 10:19 PM

I wrote a letter to the First Presidency, but only because they asked me to.

il Padrino Ute · 04-14-2008, 10:27 PM

Would the First Presidency get upset if I sent them a letter like this:

Dear First Presidency,

How are you? I am fine. I went to a Bees game on Saturday. It was cool to see a guy hit a home run.

I have a question for you. Do you want to come to my birthday party?

If yes, check this box [].

If no, check this box [].

I hope you check the yes box.

Archaea · 04-14-2008, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Would the First Presidency get upset if I sent them a letter like this:

Dear First Presidency,

How are you? I am fine. I went to a Bees game on Saturday. It was cool to see a guy hit a home run.

I have a question for you. Do you want to come to my birthday party?

If yes, check this box [].

If no, check this box [].

I hope you check the yes box.

If neither, just send me a check.

il Padrino Ute · 04-14-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

If neither, just send me a check.

That didn't even cross my mind, but then, I'm a capitalist and prefer to earn money rather than get a hand out.

04-14-2008, 07:49 PM	#1
FMCoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kaysville, UT Posts: 3,151	Writing the brethren I think we have another definitional issue here. It seems to me the letters we hear read in conference tend to be members sharing experiences, thanking Elder so and so for something, etc. I think the letters they are talking about are question about doctrine, you didn't get satisfaction from your local leaders so you're trying to escalate, etc. I wouldn't hesitate to write to the former, even after the letter that was read. I never have nor can I imagine ever would write the latter. __________________ Still fat ...

04-14-2008, 08:12 PM	#2
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	Almost everyone I've ever known to write into SLC has done so because they are trying to get a previous marriage wiped off the books. Does the church really make it that hard to break a sealing and if so why? __________________ "I always rode to my limit. If I won by three minutes, that's because I couldn't make four." Eddy Merckx

04-14-2008, 10:19 PM	#7
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	I wrote a letter to the First Presidency, but only because they asked me to. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

04-14-2008, 10:27 PM	#8
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Would the First Presidency get upset if I sent them a letter like this: Dear First Presidency, How are you? I am fine. I went to a Bees game on Saturday. It was cool to see a guy hit a home run. I have a question for you. Do you want to come to my birthday party? If yes, check this box []. If no, check this box []. I hope you check the yes box. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.