Random Thought-Sealings

[MarginOfError]

Originally Posted by foreverafter

Somehow I don't think the Church wants everyone to be sealed to all their former boyfriends & girlfriends that they had before they got married. I do Genealogy & it's easy for things like the above to slip through & be done but it doesn't make it valid. And if Abe was a good & faithful husband I'm sure he wasn't still in love with his former fiance after he married Mary Todd. And if he did secretly still keep feelings alive for a former flame while married to someone else, then that would probably make him unworthy for either marriage.

That's complete and utter nonsense. What you state here implies that a man is only capable of loving one woman at a time, which entirely nullifies the practice of polygamy. It would mean that when the Lord commanded polygamy, he was commanding men to take wives and not to love them, which is an absurd premise.

The human heart and soul have an infinite capacity to love. Marriage is not as much about love as it is about commitment. It is completely possible to love more than one woman and choose only to commit one's self to one woman. In fact, a person who can do that would make a far superior husband than a man who could only love one person.

[beefche]

Originally Posted by Jbs2763

so I'm on fries and you are on the shake machine? lol

And don't you dare yell at me to "shake it, baby!"

[Hemidakota]

Originally Posted by MarginOfError

That's complete and utter nonsense. What you state here implies that a man is only capable of loving one woman at a time, which entirely nullifies the practice of polygamy. It would mean that when the Lord commanded polygamy, he was commanding men to take wives and not to love them, which is an absurd premise.

The human heart and soul have an infinite capacity to love. Marriage is not as much about love as it is about commitment. It is completely possible to love more than one woman and choose only to commit one's self to one woman. In fact, a person who can do that would make a far superior husband than a man who could only love one person.

I have to agree...when we touch the soul of another through affection, our souls become one - call it true love -. We can love more than one...

[Wingnut]

Originally Posted by foreverafter

Somehow I don't think the Church wants everyone to be sealed to all their former boyfriends & girlfriends that they had before they got married. I do Genealogy & it's easy for things like the above to slip through & be done but it doesn't make it valid. And if Abe was a good & faithful husband I'm sure he wasn't still in love with his former fiance after he married Mary Todd. And if he did secretly still keep feelings alive for a former flame while married to someone else, then that would probably make him unworthy for either marriage.

Oh my freaking gosh. Will you stop judging everyone's worthiness to be married already?

[bytebear]

back to the original query. The short answer is no. What if a husband and wife are sealed, but the husband dies shortly after. Then she remarries, has a full and complete life with husband number 2 complete with kids and grandkids. Should she be forced to be with her first husband because he was sealed to her, abandoning a lifetime with another man? I think not.

[annamaureen]

Originally Posted by MarginOfError

That's complete and utter nonsense. What you state here implies that a man is only capable of loving one woman at a time, which entirely nullifies the practice of polygamy. It would mean that when the Lord commanded polygamy, he was commanding men to take wives and not to love them, which is an absurd premise.

But there can be different kinds of love... say a man is married to one woman, his "true love," and is commanded to take more wives. Does that mean he'll fall romantically in love with all of them? Or perhaps that he'll love them in a different way? It's still love, and caring, and affection, but surely it doesn't mean he'll be head over heels in love with all of them. Like, the difference between loving someone and being in love with them.