Comments on: Quick Like a Glacier

By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:45:35 +0000

Mormon Monastery is a fabulous site. I highly recommend it.

I’ve more than done my research, and I know just about everything that happens, save the actual language, which I have purposely avoided finding out.

Many truly faithful people have been quite generous about sharing their knowledge of the temple, even going so far as to show me the clothing and explain what it was about. I don’t think it’s possible to be any more prepared than I am, and I have done so by learning from faithful people.

That said, if the comments devolve into snarky remarks about the Temple, I’ll delete and close the discussion.

By: Latter-day Guy

Latter-day Guy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:24:43 +0000

Well, to be fair, Ray (re 41), there is a lot of good info out there. Mormon Monastery for instance is fantastic.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:53:08 +0000

“Although very few if any ‘faithful’ will talk about it”

You don’t spend much time here or in Temple Prep classes or in any of the wards I’ve attended or reading the church’s published information, do you? “Faithful” – “Truly weird” – If you’re going to go over-the-top, there have to be more powerful ways to do so.

(Should have been included in #41): I won’t go to a Mormon to try to understand Catholic ceremonial symbolism; I won’t go to internet research to understand the temple.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:48:42 +0000

On-line research to figure out the temple? No thanks.

By: Guy Noir, Private Eye

Guy Noir, Private Eye — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:12:56 +0000

Some people who left other churches (catholic) because they were weirded out by rituals have a similar reaction to going to LDS temples. Be prepared. Although very few if any ‘faithful’ will talk about it, you can learn a bit to prepare yourself by online research.
Some of the ‘truly weird’ stuff has relatively recently been dropped, but some still remains.

By: meems

meems — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:50:14 +0000

I’m so happy for you Tracy! My heart is full.

By: Keryn

Keryn — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:15:20 +0000

Congratulations!

By: Emily M.

Emily M. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:57:36 +0000

Oh, that’s wonderful! Just wonderful.

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:38:00 +0000

Neat.

By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:11:00 +0000

queuno- thanks for the advice. We already plan on keeping it small- at least that’s our intention.

When my husband decided to be baptized _on Thursday_ , we told no one except the Bishop and the Elders. We did no song, no program- just the required witnesses, and a dunking. That’s the way he wanted it- and there were gasps in SM on Sunday when the Bishop announced it…

I think he will likely insist on the same for our Endowments and Sealing.