Isn the idea of marriage in the next life unholy, unspiritual, and carnal?
Here’s one sample question from Feb. 2005: There is one aspect of Mormonism I have a lot of difficulty with is a doctrine or belief of what our ultimate role in the afterlife (heaven) is. I’ve heard and read something about men becoming gods themselves with a number of virgins at their side. I can’t recall the specifics, but fail to see the purpose of such a belief because it’s so unspiritual and carnal. You may be importing some rumors from another religion into the LDS context – but we do believe that marriage can be eternal, and that family life can extend beyond the grave. I suggest being married in the next life is no more evil and unholy than being married in this life – and marriage, as we are taught in the Bible, is holy and is ordained by God. If the concept of eternal marriage seems unholy, you’ll have to take your objections to the source, to that Being whose preferred title is not Bachelor but Father. As for the other Biblical doctrine you mentioned, the idea that humans ca
