Star Scientology Banned from Wikipedia
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 30th May 2009 19:17 UTC
Law and Order Even though we make fun of Wikipedia, and even though any serious scientific piece shouldn't cite Wikipedia, fact remains that the community-created and maintained encyclopaedia has turned into an impressive database of knowledge. Even though I don't think you should trust it blindly, it's usually an excellent starting point for information, especially when used in a casual setting. Still, its open nature is also a threat to Wikipedia, this week exemplified by the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee banning Scientology from editing Wikipedia pages.
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lqsh
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2007-01-01

It is worth while to note, however, that the main Mormon church still has some doctrinal vestiges of polygamy. For example, a man may marry a woman in the temple (be sealed for eternity), and if she dies he may be sealed with another woman. So in the afterlife, he'd have both wives.


That is interesting. So what you're saying is that once Mormons get to heaven, they will continue with polygamy, since the US government can no longer stop it.

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David Member since:
1997-10-01

That's the interpretation that many people, both in the mainstream church, and outside, have come to. My feeling is that this policy exists mostly because the issue of having to tell someone they have to foresake their dead spouse to remarry or face a second-class remarriage is a very inconvenient and heartbreaking policy, so the church tries to avoid it where doctrinally permisssble. Really, the issue is that eternal marriage is a problematic doctrine whenever a widowed person remarries. Most people believe that they'll be in heaven with their loved ones, so that would presumably include any people that you married.

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