tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post8209136254139395365..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Speculation on Marriage: Creating a Complete WholePapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-49960107682090672222009-05-12T15:40:00.000-04:002009-05-12T15:40:00.000-04:00I think the issue of whether our marriages are sup...I think the issue of whether our marriages are supposed to be patriarchal or companionate is central-well,at the moment anyhow.It's a very recent debate i guess,and maybe therefore not of eternal import.But it sure feels that way to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-89107384657055513892009-05-06T21:33:00.000-04:002009-05-06T21:33:00.000-04:00Anon, frankly, I believe in the communal sealing a...Anon, frankly, I believe in the communal sealing aspect of polygamy as it was practiced toward the end of Joseph's life - that "polygamy" will not exist in the hereafter as we understand it here in mortality. <br /><br />My view on this topic are a bit different than most members, and I might write a post with more detail at some point, but it would be pure speculation - since I really don't Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-81252935610822400642009-05-06T20:09:00.000-04:002009-05-06T20:09:00.000-04:00Interesting thoughts. How does polygamy play into...Interesting thoughts. How does polygamy play into the whole thing, though? We've got the historical kind where several women lived at the same time with one husband as they all tried to make themselves more perfect, but we've also got the current "celestial" kind (for lack of a better word) where husbands are sealed to several deceased wives.<br /><br />Are people who practice polygamy, either Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-50205079313242413512009-05-06T18:51:00.000-04:002009-05-06T18:51:00.000-04:00Also - if we think of marriage within the context ...Also - if we think of marriage within the context of mormonism, we need both genders in the home. As a woman, I'm grateful to have the power of the priesthood in my home. There was a time when I didn't have this blessing. I was a single mother of two children, and I had to reach out to my bishop or home teacher in order to have some of the blessings of the priesthood in the walls of my house.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-27781159662156999092009-05-06T16:38:00.000-04:002009-05-06T16:38:00.000-04:00this is how I see things and the only purpose I se...this is how I see things and the only purpose I see in this whole heterosexual marriage thing. Or else what would be the need to get married only to the opposite sex? <br />This also leads to more pondering about gender and Godhood but this is not really something that can be discussed down here I think because I honestly believe we don't have enough element, knowledge, wisdom, whatever to reallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com