By Diana M.

A couple of months ago, I had my birthday interview with the bishop ( its a youth thing), and ever since then have been troubled by something he said. Basically, being the young feminist I am, I have been pondering polygamy, especially polygamy in the afterlife. Nobody in the church ever talks about it, and since the bishop asked if I had any questions I thought why not take it up with him. He was somewhat surprised, stalled, then looked at me and said something along the lines of, “this is a very sensitive topic, blah blah, but yes, I believe there is.” Then he went on to tell me not to worry, keep coming to church and trust in God to give me the “will to accept” this “eternal piece of doctrine.”

Being troubled even deeper by his answer, I shared this story with the fine people of FMH group on facebook, who readily took up the discussion. While we all have slightly different theories, we do seem to agree on two things: 1. My bishop is probably full of it because no one knows what actually goes on up there is heaven, and 2. If he IS right, there is no way any of them will be participating.

The discussion also touched on the topic of multiple sealings, particularly on how a woman can only be sealed to one man, but a man can be sealed to multiple women, etc. The original question thought, was, do you all believe there is polygamy in heaven? Have you ever heard an “authority” discuss this or have you ever been told explicitly one or the other way? Do you think the topic is being consealed from converts? ( I felt like that was the case with me). How do you personally feel about this?