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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred Page 214 of 307 theological wrinkles, well, we're told "no one but God really knows the answer to that question." This too does not fit in with the rest of our cosmology because we also have living prophets who converse with God constantly. Actual conversation. Wouldn't one of them have asked about some of the sticky permutations of the doctrine after almost 200 years? But the SEALED MEANS FOREVER in all caps on Sarah's phone was not really the opening of a lively theological conversation. It was a death threat. There could be no doubt of that. It was from her ex, to whom she had been sealed in a secret ceremony that no one is supposed to know about even though many disenchanted ex members have published numerous books on what happens and what it all means. I confess I have not read those books. (We are discouraged from reading anything that is not "faith promoting".) I have always imagined that one day I would be experiencing temple marriage for myself anyway. Why read about it from bitter people who did not have the sense of humor to cope long term with the Church That Shall Not Be Named? Considering that Dale Cox went through it and was now using it as a death threat against Sarah, I was beginning to wonder what all the fuss was. Where was the magic? His meaning was this, and I 'confess I am guessing a bit but if you will read this section with any current members of The Church That Shall Not Be Named they will |