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Jana Riess: The new LDS temple recommend questions — clear as mud, part 1

At the 189th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of the many changes announced was to the temple recommend interview, involving more than a dozen questions that the faithful have to answer before obtaining permission to enter one of the church’s holy temples.

There are some minor wording changes to nearly every question — “Christ” to “Jesus Christ,” for example — and eliminating the sexism that was embedded in the question about being honest with one’s “fellow men.” (Did that mean it was permissible to be dishonest to women?