What is the sealing ordinance all about?
Alita says:
What is the sealing ordinance all about? Does anyone really understand it? The fact that the church markets sealing as the highest possible ordinance is interesting, especially when there’s no “further light and knowledge” on what that means. It obviously doesn’t mean that those two people *will* be married forever, just that they *can*. So why bother to get married in the temple when people can do your work posthumously?
What level of unrighteousness is strong enough to break a seal? If two people aren’t “in love” anymore, is that enough? If one person drinks coffee and doesn’t renew his recommend, is that “enough to break a sealing?”
What is the purpose of sealing children to parents? It’s one thing to be born in the covenant, but when parents are sealed to children who are already born, what purpose does that serve?
It’s funny that sealing is considered such a high and sacred ordinance when anyone of legal marrying age who can pass the TR question can get sealed to someone they’ve only known for a week, if they want. That seems trivial to me.
The current post on another blog leads me to think that maybe it’s all just propoganda and manipulation. Desire to attend the temple or even to marry in the temple says NOTHING about a couple’s dedication to each other, willingness to marry, understanding of gospel principles, or anything else. It CAN, but it doesn’t always. In fact, it rarely does.
Not everyone’s route is the same, nor should it be.
