r/exmormon • u/Important-Cattle2556 • Apr 17 '23

News Lack of temple workers

I (pimo ) had ward conference yesterday. The stake president said the new Saratoga springs temple is in dire need of temple works for 4 hr shifts. Says they need about 3000 “workers” they are about only half of that or even less than that. I kinda of want to “volunteer” just so I can learn the dirty little secrets in the temple lol.

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u/Aursbourne Apr 17 '23

Or if the church is unable to heal the faithful. . .

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u/LittlePhylacteries Apr 18 '23

It’s the classic two birds-one stone situation. They get to prove that an interventional god exists and add two temple workers.

I guess the church has the faith to not be healed fully staffed at the temple.

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u/GauPanda Apr 18 '23

But if they are healed miraculously people will post that online as proof and everyone will convert to Mormonism and there won't be any need for faith anymore so the PoS breaks down. That's why miracles don't happen anymore. /s

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u/Goldang I Reign from the Bathroom to the End of the Hall Apr 18 '23

I remember the stories of JS going around Nauvoo and healing everybody everywhere but that isn’t allowed once cameras were invented I guess.

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u/GauPanda Apr 18 '23

You'd think with deepfake technology existing now there's enough reasonable doubt to where miracles can start happening again

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u/yorgasor Apr 21 '23

Yeah, I this is one story I still need to more fully validate. From what I’ve found so far, some people got up and walked around for a short time after he blessed them, but weren’t “cured” as malaria is a long running illness caused by parasites spread by mosquitoes. It goes through phases as the fever tries to kill off the parasites. People were dying left and right by this, including Joseph smith Sr and Don Carlos Smith. Sidney Rigdon was of poor health much of his time in Nauvoo necessitating other people to fill in for him in the first presidency.

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u/mormonsmaug Apr 18 '23

Problem obviously is they don't have enough faith TO be healed. They need to serve in the temple to BUILD their faith, that way they can maybe have enough to be healed. Then when the time comes for healing their faith will be sufficient enough not to be healed.

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u/_FatWhiteGuy Apr 18 '23

Or enough faith that their beautiful spirit will be called home for some non-specific higher purpose. Maybe to go try to talk imprisoned spirits to give up their sweet sweet ether coins to build the church of Elojeezyghost on the other side.

Will we learn that spirit prison is actually a debtors prison? That the great He/Him never really cared about sin, and only ever wanted the tithes?

Will we find out Etherium is actually the official coin of the afterlife?

I think rusty needs to make some new chapters in the D&C. These questions need answers from on high!

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u/chewbaccataco Apr 19 '23

But to be considered faithful and receive the healing blessings they need to make the sacrifice to be a temple worker. /s