A recent Salt Lake Tribune article noted that the First Presidency said it is now "optional" for faces of faithful LDS women to be veiled before burial.
Frankly, it was always optional. Why? Because an earthly burial has never been a requirement for a heavenly resurrection. No one is excluded from heaven because their body was lost at sea, cremated, eaten by wolves or blown to bits in an accident with Robert Kirby’s explosives. What matters is how we live.
Therefore, veils, clown suits or any other clothing placed on corpses will have zero impact on our postmortal prospects.
Like veils, our LDS temple-clothing requirement in burying the faithful is a feel-good but vain tradition. In this time of change, let’s hope the church drops it like a bad habit.
Steve Warren, West Valley City
from The Salt Lake Tribune http://bit.ly/2HP33KI
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