Garden Girl Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Study the markings on the church clothes you wear andask yourself what they mean and where they came from. Gail Hugh Nibley writes extensively about temple symbolism, clothing, ceremonies, etc in a wonderful book called "Temple and Cosmos" which cites numerous ancient writings and art... I can highly recommend it, as have others here... He gives an extensive bibliography of citations at the end of each chapter...GG 1
Stargazer Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Study the markings on the church clothes you wear andask yourself what they mean and where they came from. GailShe wouldn't see anything out of the ordinary.So what could you possibly be trying to set her up for, Gail? Should I gently suggest you note this is the Social Hall?
Stargazer Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Lol for baptisms I presume? Our esteemed 3DOP is Catholic, Sis Jazz. That's how they do it there. Since babies don't take very easily to being immersed. Although their reflexes would cause them to stop breathing while under -- they held their breaths for 9 months, after all! Edited November 3, 2013 by Stargazer
Calm Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Study the markings on the church clothes you wear andask yourself what they mean and where they came from. GailShe is doing baptisms, not endowments. 2
Calm Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 She wouldn't see anything out of the ordinary.So what could you possibly be trying to set her up for, Gail? Should I gently suggest you note this is the Social Hall?Never stopped telnetd before...
Calm Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 Our esteemed 3DOP is Catholic, Sis Jazz. That's how they do it there. Since babies don't take very easily to being immersed. Although their reflexes would cause them to stop breathing while under -- they held their breaths for 9 months, after all! Orthodox do immersions of babies... 1
Stargazer Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 Orthodox do immersions of babies... Ah, that's sweet. Reminds me of a baby blessing, when he held him up for everyone to see. I still cannot get into this notion that a newborn baby needs baptism. I know, I know, it's the Social Hall, but it is unrepented sin that sends one to "hell", and a baby hasn't the capacity to sin. To imagine that the Grace of God cannot save an innocent and sinless baby without baptism is just plain w r o n g.
VideoGameJunkie Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 Well I'm very upset...I was supposed to go to the Boston temple...I didn't go. I've never in my entire existence with my iPhone have a problem with my alarm but...I had a problem with it I guess. I turned my alarm on...but it never went off. I woke up at 8:30 panicked, checked my alarm and it was set to off. I'm in shock mode at the moment.I work in the Boston temple baptistery as a coordinator. I was there on November 1st and I'm working again tonight. Maybe I'll catch you there sometime.
Jazzdreamer Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 I work in the Boston temple baptistery as a coordinator. I was there on November 1st and I'm working again tonight. Maybe I'll catch you there sometime.Oooh that's awesome!! Yes I deff hope so!!
Tricia92 Posted November 9, 2013 Posted November 9, 2013 In the Portland baptistry, we had white fabric stretchy thingys for the girls to pull their long hair into a pony tail... because the hair is supposed to be submerged also and that keeps it from floating up...We also had 4 showers the girls could use... Some girls only do confirmations depending on their personal situations. So timing is a consideration when planning to do baptisms.Your ward or branch should have an adult meet with the youth prior to a temple trip to explain about what to take, etc etc. GGsomething for your hair is a great suggestion. There is absolutely no "personal situation" that would regulate you to do confirmations only and not baptisms.
Calm Posted November 9, 2013 Posted November 9, 2013 There is absolutely no "personal situation" that would regulate you to do confirmations only and not baptisms.There is no official policy in place (this was announced by the Church last year or so when rumours that some temples were restricting baptisms in some form), but there are women who choose as a matter of comfort not to go swimming or even take a bath (and instead take showers only) for their "personal situtation" time...if that is the difficulty, I can see other difficulties that might cause someone...even a man...not wanting to get into water, such as a skin irritation of some sort anywhere on the body, I certainly wouldn't want to do baptisms when I get hives, but if the meds are working on the itch, confirmations would be just fine. I don't think they should be required to do baptisms if they'd rather not, but still be able to participate rather than just have the choice of doing baptisms as well or not going at all. And I would not be the least bit surprised (and would indeed hope for) if there was a policy against anyone doing baptisms if they have an open sore/wound or such so that would be a "personal situation" that would regulate no baptism. 1
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