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Details are maybe not appropriate but a general answer, for the promises and actions etc that you are required to undertake in the Temple - they are not articulated in any clear understandable way in advance.

First time it will all be a big surprise.

Scottie wrote:

Rambo wrote:The key is to find an attractive girl that isn't high maintenance and she has to like you too. That can be a challenge :)

I got one! :)

It doesn't count if she comes with a puncture repair kit...

stemelbow wrote:I don't know if it all amounts to lying, per se.

No need to be unsure.
It does amount to lying as per the Church's expressed standard - see the quote provided by Willy.

cinepro wrote:It is kind of odd. It would be like going to the Catholic Church website to find out who the Pope is and what he does, and being referred to an unofficial book with a disclaimer that the book doesn't necessarily reflect what the Catholic Church thinks.

Stemelbow, this ^

stemelbow wrote:

Drifting wrote:The Church clearly fails to meet its own prescribed standards of honesty. I think that gives one pause to consider what else may be treated in this fashion by the Church.

Oh brother...

What in this statement causes you a problem?

Stem, Given the church's definition of lying as discussed in Chapter 31 (see quote) of the current Gospel Principles manual, do you think the church is guilty of lying to it's members and investigators in regards to the translation method? There are many other forms of lying. When we speak untruths...

I was searching lds.org for the role of an Apostle and this is what it said: To continue reading about the role and description of Apostles, see the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, a joint product of Brigham Young University and Macmillan Publishing Company. (Its contents do not necessarily represent th...

Some Schmo wrote:Because the only official position of the church is the missionary position.

Penniless, in two's and out on the street?

In due course the plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, who translated them by the gift and power of God. The introduction page within the Book of Mormon certainly creates the impression that they were directly used. That, along with the pictures used within teaching manuals showing Joseph studyin...

I was searching lds.org for the role of an Apostle and this is what it said: To continue reading about the role and description of Apostles, see the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, a joint product of Brigham Young University and Macmillan Publishing Company. (Its contents do not necessarily represent the...