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Originally posted by aephi alum
Another dumb question: What usually happens if there's a wedding held in a temple, and a significant portion of the people you'd want to invite aren't LDS? Do you have a reception somewhere else and invite the non-LDS people to the reception only?
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That's exactly what happens
Actually, it's usually what happens even if the majority of your guests
are LDS. You have the ceremony (called Sealing) in a special room in the temple, witnessed only by a very few people. Then, you leave the temple, and some people have a ring ceremony (what most non-LDS would think of as a normal ceremony) for the guests, because that's not something that is included in the temple ceremony. Then you can go whereever for your reception and party the night away.
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Originally posted by aephi alum
A better question : Any good online resources you'd recommend? I'm certainly not looking to convert, just to learn more.
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Sure... here are a bunch that have been recommended to me. Some are actual websites by the church, some are not.
http://www.lds.org (the official site of the church, has some good FAQs but is currently under construction)
http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/frmain.htm (non-official site, but a pretty good start to answer questions)
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/98/story_9838_1.html (good site about all religions)
http://www.cc.utah.edu/~nahaj/Mormon/ (non-official site)
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Originally posted by GMUBunny
And the whole confirmation/baptism thing... I was baptised into the Baptist church at age 7. I thought you could be "confirmed" into the church at any age, but maybe that's just because I'm not too familiar with how Catholics and Mormons operate (or many other protestant faiths, either).
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I don't know anything about confirmation, so I can't go there. Mormon children who are raised in the faith are generally baptized around age 8, but it's not uncommon for it to be later.
As far as some of the other questions, I don't feel qualified to answer, so I pass to my more knowledgealbe friends