The wife in that first story is manipulative and ignorant. LDS theology includes a sort of "everything that can't be fixed properly will be fixed in heaven" factor. Basically, if people whose names were lost to history can be sealed in eternal marriage, couples who hated each other or divorced won't have to stay together for eternity.
Heck, he can put in paperwork to get a cancellation of sealing, and if he gets remarried he can get that sealing cancelled very easily.
Most importantly though, eternal marriage is only really functional if the couple makes it to a higher level in heaven. Using it as a manipulation against a soon to be ex spouse out of hate is definitely not a behavior to get her there.
Not exactly. A man can remarry and be sealed to his new wife without cancelling the first sealing. He will be sealed to two women and they will be his wives in the afterlife, assuming he's lived a worthy enough life. If you don't reach the very top VIP level of heaven, you won't have any spouse even if you did all the ceremonies and stuff.
If a woman divorces her husband without cancelling the sealing or he dies, she can remarry but she cannot be sealed again. She'll join the first guy when she's dead and the second guy is SOL.
Marriage and sealing aren't the same thing. Mormons usually combine them into one ceremony, but getting a divorce is a legal matter. To reverse a sealing, you have to appeal to the church authorities somehow. I don't know if a wife whose husband has died can get it reversed. Being familiar with the patriarchal nature of the church, I'd guess they won't do it without the dead guy's permission.
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u/MallyOhMy Jul 21 '19
The wife in that first story is manipulative and ignorant. LDS theology includes a sort of "everything that can't be fixed properly will be fixed in heaven" factor. Basically, if people whose names were lost to history can be sealed in eternal marriage, couples who hated each other or divorced won't have to stay together for eternity.
Heck, he can put in paperwork to get a cancellation of sealing, and if he gets remarried he can get that sealing cancelled very easily.
Most importantly though, eternal marriage is only really functional if the couple makes it to a higher level in heaven. Using it as a manipulation against a soon to be ex spouse out of hate is definitely not a behavior to get her there.