Just a quick question, if I may?
I have heard (and could very well be wrong) that when someone marries in the Mormon church, they do so for life. Thus, even if the spouse subsequently dies, the other spouse could no longer remarry.
Is this true, or is it just mistaken information? And if true, I’m curious what the reasoning for it is…
Zev Steinhardt
When a Mormon marries in the Temple they are married for Time and all Eternity. If the wife dies, the man can remarry in the Temple to another woman for Time and All Eternity because in Heaven a man can have more than one wife. If the husband dies, a woman can remarry for Time, but NOT for Eternity. However, if a woman wants to marry her 2nd spouse for all Eternity, then I’m pretty sure that can be arranged. If two people are divorced, then they are no longer married for Time and all Eternity and are free to marry whom they want. This is because when you first get married you just receive a promise that you will be sealed together laterr. After you’ve been married for a long while, you get called into another ceremony, at which time the couple is sealed together, and nothing can break that. Before a couple can be married in the Temple, the couple has to go through a few interviews and pre-marital counseling in order to be SURE that they want to take this huge step. I heard that the divorce stats are 1 in 2 in the nation, but in the Mormon church it’s 1 in 10. I’m not sure how accurate this info is.
A Mormon couple can also get married in a civil ceremony, and have a Temple ceremony one year later. But the couple must wait a year. And nobody can attend the Temple marriage unless they are members in good standing and are worthy to enter. For the family and friends that can’t attend the actual ceremony, there is a ring ceremony later. It’s severly frowned upon for a couple to be married in the Temple FIRST and then have a civil ceremony, if not completely against the rules.
Ok, I hope this helped more than it hurt. 
The “flashbacks” thing is mainly just an urban legend, and the measurement increment is “micrograms”. Oh…uh…never mind!
::muttering, “and the hi-speed modems have the D in front?”::
Yeah, what Pepper said!
Pepperlandgirl:
Thanks for the reply. So it seems that my original assumption was false. However, it would seem that it would hold true after a couple had their “sealing” ceremony. Is this correct? And if so, when do couples usually do this ceremony?
Zev Steinhardt
Warning. Slight hijack, although still LDSish.
Looking at the complexity of the LDS Church ritual described above reminded me.
I have a friend in the Freemasons who claims that much LDS ritual was ripped off from the Freemasons and that for a long time the two had as little to do with each other as possible since the Freemasons were so pissed off.
Is that true? What about his claim that the Joseph Smith, inventor of the church was a Freemason?
Alright, this is, at best, an educated guess. If memory serves me correctly, when a couple is prepared to be sealed a high ranking church official will call them in. It’s not up to the couple per se. It’s usually much later, after years or being together when there is no doubt. I think my grandparents have had this done for them, but I’m not sure. I’m still too young to know all of the nuances, I can’t go through the Temple for another couple of years. But this is pretty general and common knowledge. Marriage is not something taken lightly. This is one of the most important parts of the whole religion, a very key element. Marriage is something that is needed, we believe, to reach the highest glory of heaven. So yes, once a couple is sealed, NOTHING can break that. Not the laws of man,not even God himself. They are promised to each other for all time and all eternity. Period.
I hope all of this answered your question satisfactorily. I do the best I can
It certainly did. Thank you pepperlandgirl.
Zev Steinhardt
ok, am it the only one who misread that as ‘q for LSD dropers’? I started to read the OP, and got real confused.
that damn Lisdexia is acting up again…