FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mormon ordinances
Latter-day Saint (Mormon) ordinances
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- Baptism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons")
- Baptisms for the dead
- The Mormon Endowment ordinance
- Mormonism and temple marriage
- The Mormon ordinance of the Sacrament
- Social issues related to marriage among Latter-day Saints
Baptism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons")
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- Question: Is Mormon insistence on baptism as an essential ordinance of salvation "unChristian" or "unbiblical"?
- Question: Why was the phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" added to 1 Nephi 20:1?
Overview of baptism for the dead
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- Question: What is baptism for the dead?
- Question: Are the dead being "baptized into the Mormon faith?"
- Question: Is temple work a form of "ancestor worship"?
- Charles Penrose (1912): "Baptism for the dead—How do we know which of our deceased relatives are to be baptized for"?
Modern and ancient temple rituals
Summary: Important note: Members of FAIR take their temple covenants seriously. We consider the temple teachings to be sacred, and will not discuss their specifics in a public forum.
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Mormonism and marriage
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- Temple marriage
- Social issues related to marriage among Latter-day Saints
- Issues related to divorce in Mormonism
The role of temple marriage and sealing in receiving exaltation
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- Question: Is marriage essential to achieve exaltation?
- Question: Will Mormons who are not married in this life be able to achieve exaltation?
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- Divorce in the modern Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormon")
- Mormonism and divorce in the nineteenth century
The Mormon ordinance of the Sacrament
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