There's a big castle-like thing off I-495 in Washington, DC with gold spires that someone told me was a Mormon building of some sort. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? It's beautiful, I just stare at it every time I go past.

I do, I drive past it all the time! It's got a gold statue on top (I think of Gabriel?) I've been told that the statue is 50 feet tall and it's pointing west, toward Salt Lake City. It's also the largest Mormon temple in the world.

http://www.lds.org/media/images/enr/...20D.C.3_TN.jpg

More info about the temple

My sister's husband is a LDS. She's been to church with him and was married by the bishop. It was in a different church, though, because they couldn't use the temple, and my sister did not want to convert. And if they had gotten married in the temple, none of my family or any of our friends could have gone. The LDS church is pretty small in my town, considering the town is run by Jerry Falwell :rolleyes:

I can't imagine why :( :confused: I've known quite a few greeks in real life and online (including my pledge mom!) who are LDS... I can't think of anything in Scriptures that would say why it was bad.

One of my good friends is Mormon and she took me and some other friends to the Mormon temple in Apex, NC when it was open to the public. It was a beautiful place although I have to admit that I found some of the things to be very odd, like the huge baptism tub (can't remember what it's called) that rested on a statue of oxen.
We always tease my friend that we don't want her to marry a Mormon boy because then we can't go to her wedding - because it would be in the temple. Seriously though, I kind-of wonder why a Mormon person would marry a non Mormon because they place such a huge emphasis on family and being together as a family even after death once you are in Heaven. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they believe that you don't go to Heaven, or at least the same part of Heaven if you're not Mormon.
As far as Mormons going Greek, my friend went through Recruitment (although she never joined anywhere) so I'm pretty sure that there are no rules about not joing a GLO. Your friend probably frowns on the idea because of the stereotypes associated with being Greek and the strong stance Mormons take against drinking, premarital sex, etc.

I've been looking at Mormon webpages all day at work today. Very interesting, to say the least.

I'm marrying a non-member, well, because I love him :) Honestly, the whole thing with me converting didn't come up well until after we were engaged, so there would have been no knowing :) but he doesn't have any interest in converting, though he supports me doing so fully.

The question about Heaven would require a really, really long answer that is more in depth than I can explain with certainty yet.

Short answer - everyone goes to Heaven.

We have a good number of LDS members in Alpha Phi. One of my good friends is LDS and she travelled for our fraternity and was a charter member of our chapter at Southern Utah. Her family members (parents, husband and children) are very supportive of her being greek and active in Alpha Phi.

Yeah, I guess that whole love thing does play a key role. :p

I know what you mean about the Heaven thing having a long answer because whenever my friends and I have religious conversations we spend hours asking our Mormon friend questions and getting answers.

I've known my friend who is Mormon for at least 8 years now and I did not find out until last summer that most Mormons, when they get older, wear garments. Could someone who is Mormon or who knows a lot about this stuff please explain this to everyone else? I don't want to explain it wrong.

Although I'm not LDS, I'm familiar with quite a few, because I'm so into genealogy.

Aren't there a lot of GLOs at Brigham Young? If so, that would negate that thought.

I've always heard the majority of the Chi Omega chapter at Univ. of Utah is Mormon. Also, one of their most well-known alums, Alice Sheets Marriott was a member.

Yeah, it does :)

Maybe BetaRose will step in on this one. I can give a basic explanation, but I don't want to explain it wrong either.

Nope, no GLOs at BYU

There are plenty at Utab, Southern Utah and Utah state

Great thread, BTW

Wow..so I haven't even read GC in about a month and a half, if not longer, but today I was compelled to and this was the first thread I saw. Bizarre! I am indeed LDS..and engaged to be married (civilly) in June (yay!). We'll be getting married in a Mormon church (not temple). I am a convert, but my fiance was raised in the church, went on a 2 year mission to Korea, wears Garments, etc. So you can ask me any questions you like and i'll definitely answer, but some things I don't feel are appropriate to post on a public message board so PM me if it's a deeper doctrinal question :) Nothing is really secret, but sacred. As far as being LDS in a GLO is concerned, I know quite a few members who are in them..but I converted after my DG days :) As for what KellyB was inquiring about the Garments, they are worn by members who have gone through the temple and made sacred covenants with the Lord and want to wear them in remembrance of those covenants. It's not a requirement or anything, it's just that they're worn by people who sort of always want a constant reminder. They wouldn't be recognizable as anything special to a non-member, but just as an undershirt or something. Hopefully I explained that decently..without offending any members who may be reading this by talking so openly about such sacred things. :)

eirian

Eirian I love this difference. It's perhaps not a big difference to some but in matters of faith I think it is. Thanks for all the info in the rest of your post as well!