85833 - Second Anointing
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:53 pm
https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/85833/
It seems to me that the question asker wasn't asking about a general idea, but referring to a very specific case: Tom Phillips, a former Stake President from England, who received the second anointing and later left the church after a faith crisis stemming from historical and scientific truth claims he couldn't find answers for.
It's a valid question and an interesting one: if LDS doctrine includes an ordinance that guarantees salvation, and someone who receives it becomes an "apostate," what is the state of salvation of that individual? Celestial Kingdom anyway? Outer Darkness? I don't know if it's covered in the standard works. Here's an archived discussion of his case, both from active and exmormon viewpoints.
It seems to me that the question asker wasn't asking about a general idea, but referring to a very specific case: Tom Phillips, a former Stake President from England, who received the second anointing and later left the church after a faith crisis stemming from historical and scientific truth claims he couldn't find answers for.
It's a valid question and an interesting one: if LDS doctrine includes an ordinance that guarantees salvation, and someone who receives it becomes an "apostate," what is the state of salvation of that individual? Celestial Kingdom anyway? Outer Darkness? I don't know if it's covered in the standard works. Here's an archived discussion of his case, both from active and exmormon viewpoints.