Geneology, I am doing it!

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

If you look at an ensign from the 90s or earlier, you will find a small bit that clarifies "Pronounced En SIGN not En SUN"

That was removed this past decade, probably to not embarrass Utah Mormons, the largest subscriber base.

Thank you. I got into a discussion with someone at church about this and said to them, it even tells you in the front cover of the magazine how to pronounce it. Then we turned to the front cover and it didn't and I was flooded with self-doubt.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I have to wonder why Anne Frank was baptized nine times. Is the church really that bad with record keeping? Maybe we need less temples and better record systems.

Her records keep getting hidden.

[Viking]

Dear Mormon Church: time for a better apology.

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[Viking]

My recommendation: sincerely apologize. Take out a full page ad in the NY Times and apologize. Don't try to explain why it happened or how it slipped through. Just apologize.

[Uncle Ted]

My recommendation: sincerely apologize. Take out a full page ad in the NY Times and apologize. Don't try to explain why it happened or how it slipped through. Just apologize.

And don't forget to apologize for having the church members do the temple work 5 or 6 times (or more, at least in the case of Anne Frank) for each dead person.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Dear Mormon Church: time for a better apology.

That was funny.

[TripletDaddy]

Thank you. I got into a discussion with someone at church about this and said to them, it even tells you in the front cover of the magazine how to pronounce it. Then we turned to the front cover and it didn't and I was flooded with self-doubt.

I said in my post that the pronunciation was removed over a decade ago!

[Viking]

Apparently you guys have baptized everyone who has every lived 5 or 6 times. Which begs the question: what are you people going to do for 1,000 years?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I said in my post that the pronunciation was removed over a decade ago!

My statement that it used to be there was in question, when it was not in the current issue. Then I was flooded with self-doubt.

[TripletDaddy]

My statement that it used to be there was in question, when it was not in the current issue. Then I was flooded with self-doubt.

Was this ever resolved? Please go track down an old copy of the Ensign and you will see the truth. You are a betting guy. Bet the person money. I would.

[grapevine]

If people don't believe it wouldn't they just laugh it off? I mean if I was baptized as a Lutheran and didn't believe it I would laugh it off. I think you can still do the work of a Holocaust victim if you are a descendant but not randomly.

Celebreties have had there work done a number of times. I looked at the family search site and you can do the work of friends with verbal permission. Most temple work I have done has been for names submitted not anscestors.

Maybe some peole want there work done too. If Satan didn't know the work was true he wouldn't be fighting it.

I remember someone saying he was baptized for a governer of Idaho. So was a few other people probably. I think that problem is largely fixed now. People bragging about being baptized for someone famous. That is why they tell you to do Family History for your own people then help friends you know personally.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

I have heard that many of the names you do in the temple have most likely been done 5-6 times prior. Not sure how true that is, but incidents like this make you wonder.

This is why I've culled my temple attendance. I single handedly hope to bring that number down to 3-4 times per person.

[creekster]

This is why I've culled my temple attendance. I single handedly hope to bring that number down to 3-4 times per person.

How is that supposed to work? What you need to do is go More often with names you can somehow verify have never been done.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

How is that supposed to work? What you need to do is go More often with names you can somehow verify have never been done.

The way I figure, it's a about probability. Every day, (tens and hundreds of) thousands of people die without having their temple work done. Now, if I were to increase my attendance, I would be increasing the probability that the work gets done multiple times. By not contributing, the pool gets further diluted and the odds of getting picked twice approaches Moneyball proportions.

So I figure.

[Donuthole]

The way I figure, it's a about probability. Every day, (tens and hundreds of) thousands of people die without having their temple work done. Now, if I were to increase my attendance, I would be increasing the probability that the work gets done multiple times. By not contributing, the pool gets further diluted and the odds of getting picked twice approaches Moneyball proportions.

So I figure.

Translation: the temple in LV is in BFE (bonanza forever east) and it's a 4-5 hour time commitment to do an endowment session.

BTW, that gets an amen from me.