Firstly, I don't know which tag to use so I just put personal, but now back to the main thing. The LDS Church teaches that "Creating belonging is part of our Church. We are to include everyone in our worship just as the Savior welcomes everyone to partake of His salvation" (see 2 Nephi 26:24–28, 33; 3 Nephi 18:22–23). But then they turn around and make themselves honestly, a pretty exclusive institution. What I mean when I say this is that they quite literally bar people of other religions from entering their Temple as it's "not allowed" or "not right", sometimes they even bar people in their OWN religion from attending certain ceremonies. For example, my best friend is LDS, but she wasn't allowed to attend HER OWN SISTERS WEDDING because she "wasn't a high enough rank in the Church." I'm absolutely confounded on how they can claim that they teach acceptance of everyone and yet are so exclusive. How do you guys reconcile this? I'm not trying to condemn I just can't think of any way it makes sense