degrees of glory

[Portia]

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/72145/

I, too, feel ambivalent (not ambiguous), but I don't even really believe the "kingdoms" are a thing. (Not least being my anti-monarchial slant, hahaha.) I don't think I'd be comfortable among gung-ho Churchy types for all of forever (an eternal BYU? no thanks) but I don't think I'm really a whoremonger or love to maketh a lie either. So I guess terrestrial--a terra nova--would be fine by me.

[Tally M.]

I don't think that the celestial kingdom is necessarily a whole bunch of "gung-ho Churchy types." One of the conference talks (Uchtdorf in Priesthood session?) mentioned how the intent is not to make cookie-cutter members of the Church. I think you can just have a different way of living the gospel but still be working towards a celestial life.

[Portia]

I don't think that the celestial kingdom is necessarily a whole bunch of "gung-ho Churchy types." One of the conference talks (Uchtdorf in Priesthood session?) mentioned how the intent is not to make cookie-cutter members of the Church. I think you can just have a different way of living the gospel but still be working towards a celestial life.

I've already gone crazy fangirl on that talk. (You are correct on its provenance.)

I'm not interested in a "celestial marriage" at this point in my life (Zed and I have talked about the reasons ad nauseam), which is a hitch.

[Portia]

I really liked the answers about divorce. I think I too have been prey to the second-class citizen thinking (both my parents were/have been single parents at some time in their lives!), and I care too much what others think, but honestly, I don't think other people care. I think that the question-asker would benefit from finding someone (a therapist, e.g.) to talk to about how this divorce might affect her trust in relationships.