Rain Posted November 18, 2017 Posted November 18, 2017 1 hour ago, smac97 said: Here's a video about alternatives to creation. It has really given me something to think about: Thanks, -Smac I have for some time requested to be unembalmed and buried in a simple wooden box. Just this last year I decided that I would rather just have a blanket. My husband was ok with the box. He is not so sure about the blanket. It may take awhile for him to be ok with the idea. I chose these things for expense, but I like the environmental part of it shown in the video too! I also don't want flowers. I would much rather money go to help the living. Here is my only concern. Hopefully things have changed, but 25 years ago in my Death and Dying class I learned that there are a bunch of legal problems that may exist with the burial someone wants. Some states require cement vaults. Even if the state next to you doesn't require it then you may be required to embalm the body before crossing state lines. If someone feels strongly they should look up the laws in the state where they are.
Rain Posted November 18, 2017 Posted November 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Tacenda said: He can if he looks at it as a guest and doesn't sign in. I finally figured that out, haha. But of course he can't participate. I'm thinking there had to be a glitch because banning Scott, is unheard of in my book. True about the guest. Forgot about that. I'm thinking he has been banned other times, but I could be wrong.
CV75 Posted November 20, 2017 Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/17/2017 at 9:17 AM, rongo said: Again, if the Brethren want people to counsel with bishops about this, it really needs to be directly communicated rather than simply put in the policies section and assuming that everyone seeks it out before it becomes an issue. The introduction to Handbook 2 does explain that it is for the members of ward and stake councils to learn and carry out their duties. This covers a lot of people who are tasked with developing their gifts of discernment, and I think it is their responsibility to teach the members on handling sensitive, private and personal temporal and moral issues. Or having a lesson on the topic. Likewise, it is the members' individual responsibility to seek answers as guided by the Spirit., including reaching out to brothers and sisters whom they trust and sustain, when faced with a problem. A functional faith community facilitates this in that the Lord (He is in the details of our lives) guides the ministers to those who need them and the members to those who can help them. Mass media is not necessarily the best way to do this, but the structures we have in place for the saints to get together. I think the new approach to visiting teaching is a good example.
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