Paradise and Spirit Prison

This book was written in response to an inspired question asked by a great Gospel Doctrine teacher and the widely varied opinions that surfaced during the ensuing class discussion in Sunday school. The question was: What happens to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often known as LDS or Mormons) who die unfaithful to their covenants? Do they go to paradise or spirit prison to await their resurrection? The answer is simple, yet it requires some pondering to grasp, and it leads to deeper questions about how the spirit world is organized. This book may serve as a helpful resource for believers and nonbelievers alike. Anyone with a sincere interest in understanding the afterlife and where people go when they die, and why they go where they do, will find within this book a compilation of references and insights for personal study and for expounding basic gospel principles. Even nonbelievers may find comfort in discovering that not everyone gets lumped into one of two categories in the spirit world. And there are reasons why people are not immediately resurrected into a fixed and eternal degree of glory or darkness after the death of the mortal body.