Can we stop the religious treatise on this public forum? Most Rootsweb.com lists prohibit the discussion of religion & politics ... let's do that! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin K. McCann" <oregduck@juno.com> To: <VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Brill, Wright, Mead , Clyce and Related Families > I second that,We believe that families are for ever and the Bible says > what is bound on earth is bound in heaven and what is loosed on earth is > loosed in heaven.The bible says be ye therefore perfect even as your > father in heaven is perfect .Even Christ was not perfect til he died and > rose from the grave in immortality.That is why we seek after our kindred > dead as we believe we cannot be saved without our family!!!! > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:13:58 -0800 (PST) Lois Masters > <ljmasters@yahoo.com> writes: > > Valerie - > > > > Yes, your question is a valid one. I am a member of > > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints > > (commonly called Mormon). We believe that the family > > unit is an eternal unit; that is, we are families in > > this life and we will be a family in the next life if > > we live worthily of that blessing. We believe we can > > be reunited with other family members who live worthy > > lives and continue as a family unit. We believe there > > is still a parent -child relationship that continues > > eternally....that family members are linked in an > > eternal chain. However, we believe that some > > ordinances are only performed on earth - like baptism, > > endowment and the sealing which creates the eternal > > link. These ordinances are done in temples and are > > sacred to us. We do not believe that because we > > perform these ordinances, that individuals are > > compelled to accept them. Our right to choose is a > > God-given right and we can choose to accept or reject > > these ordinances as well. > > > > If a person does not believe in these temple > > ordinances, then they would be meaningless. If a > > person believes they are groundless, then these dates > > attached to them are meaningless dates. > > > > For further information on our beliefs you might want > > to link to familysearch.org - and then there are some > > links from there about our beliefs. > > > > Hope this answers your question. > > > > Lois > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > My personal website: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~virginiawesttooregon > > The complete database of our family history: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familylibrary/ > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > Researching JEWEL in Loudoun Co. >