I also like the suggestion that there is a hierarchy
of ideals within which the individual who is most
worthy might succeed at the effort to be married in
the temple... and that to the degree that others do
not aspire to this ideal, they are unable to match
the temple-married couple in spirituality (so that
the one married in the temple might visit other
"heavenly" levels of spirituality-- which are less
evolved-- though the less evolved couples cannot
visit the ones who have attained the higher ideal).
I think the ideal of an individual being inspired to
write "holy" (or idealized) texts and thus to
inspire others to follow his "path" to
self-actualization is also sound. The hero "John
Smith" seems to have succeeded in forming a world
religion where others have not. I respect this. I
do not respect the social pressures of the Mormon's
to conform nor the exclusionary tactics that run
non-Mormons out of Utah (though this might be partly
necessary to maintain the ideal).
B. Lane Robertson
Indiana, USA
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