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/.