Re: Temple Recommend interview: Letter read first now?


<joseph_daniel_zukiger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Peggy Tatyana wrote:
>>
>> > "Paula" <mmmtoblerone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Andrew R" <adr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Maybe they could get tatoos?
>
> Wait. Aren't tattoos on the TRI list? ;-/


Was this intended to be serious, or is the "semi-smily" a signal that it is
not? If it was serious, then the last time I checked the answer is "Not at
all". I frequently see people in the Temple who have been tatooed.

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>> It seems to me that the
>> meaning of the garment is the most important part, not the specific
>> outward form.
>
> Well, there is this thing about the design being intended to induce
> modesty, if I remember the history correctly.

Are historical claims always important?

> Although my understanding is that it is not part of the covenant which
> extends past death. 8-o

Really? That is your understanding? Then what is your understanding as to
why a corpse is clothed in the garments prior to burial? My then new Bishop
and I had the privelege aa few years ago of clothing a brother who had died
in the Illinois Masonic Home in his Garments. It was a first for both of us.

>> Many wise words are spoken in jest; but they don't compare with the
>> number of stupid words spoken in earnest. --- Sam Levenson
>
> Not to argue with a wise guy like Sam, but I think wise words spoken in
> jest sometimes compare quite favorably with stupid words spoken in
> earnest. (Unfortunately, I think I do more of the latter.)

He did not compare the words, if you review, but the number of the words.
<G>

> JDZ, running away before someone brings up the angel Moroni

Huh? He has already been brought up to the spires of many buildings, at
least in effigy. Fortunately he is not a "graven image". They are forbidden.

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