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*well the joseph smith question just emma. people think just because mormans practiced paligamy then the leader would. no they weren't mixing up brigam young and joseph smith.
*second i am not sure about the temple ceremonies as far as i know they have stayed the same. haven't changed much.
*lastly i haven't heard of the thing in salt lake so i don't really know.
hope i helped a little. oh and as for the parent thing whenever my parents see me reading things like that either. they freak out whenever i ask questions like why do we have to do some of the thngs the prophet says? i don't really understand either. oh this is something funny my non-morman friend asked me. "IS IT TRUE THAT YOU MORMANS WORSHIP SEAGULLS?"

yeah, Joseph Smith did have more than one wife. You can even look it up on Familysearch.org which is our Church's own Geneology web site.

Second. I spoke with someone who use to do temple endowments so I am almost positive on this. The endowment it's self didn't change. It was the initiatory. I am not sure what, and I don't think I should know anyway, but yeah.

Thirdly, yeah I think they bought them or whatnot but as far as I know it didn't change much. I live close-ish to there and shop there often enough.

Last of all, you aren't an idiot for asking questions. I was raised in the church but I have questions all the time as well.

okay yeah it was my understanding that emma was a jealous wife and so joseph smith did not do palygamy. but idk much so you are probably right.

i must just be stupid or these are some hard questions i was born and raised morman and i didn't know he had more then 1 wife. Am i stupid?

- yes joseph had multiple wives (for a short time)

- the ceremonies and ordinances havent changed

- think of malls all over the us. in the mall closest to me, for example, there is a spencers 2 stores away from a childrens store! would you want that in salt lake city!

Thankies you all! You're all so nice ^^

I still feel stupid having asked these ... but ah well.

1. Joseph was never called to have more than one wife and only those who did had to carry that burden.

2. no, the things in the Temple have nevered changed, even the dedicatory prayer is the same. The Lords house is a house of order, in fact the way things are done are so detailed and precise that its insane (not really just a phraise). For example, Only the cealer may enter the records into the computer and no one else. One time the temple was really busy and he did a special cealing for a cupple (it was their grand parents) and he set it aside, well he wanted to have it entered in while the cupple was there so he set it aside, well time was getting tight, and a man offered to go and enter it in the comp. The cealer respectfully declined and told the man it was his duty and no one else is alowed to, so he promptly left and entered the information into the comp. everything, and i mean everything in the temple has a spacific order that is unchangable.

3. sorry but i cant answer that question, i live else where.

as a side note, i would recomend you stopped reading that stuff, it brings no truth, no light, it is only ment to deseave. how sad a day when men try to distroy anothers faith.