  The Baron brought up a urlLink good point , as usual, about the breaking of covenants. He brings up the premise that God will be more concerned that we willingly broke a covenant/a commandment than He will be regarding in which church we made the covenant or learnt of the commandment.
For example, he illustrates that a Catholic who uses birth control knowing it is against Catholic beliefs will be held similarly accountable as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who smokes despite knowing that our church teaches against it. This point brings up an interesting thought. Many people in and out of the Church maintain that we believe only those who are members of the Church will enter into celestial glory.
Why is that? Many people have lived on the earth who obviously never joined the Church yet will gain exaltation. Adam, Moses, Noah, Jeremiah, Elijah, Peter, Paul and Jesus are all examples. If membership in the Church is not a requirement, then it must be something else. My bets are on the commandments and, as The Baron pointed out, the covenants we make. urlLink Read more... 
