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What you\'re asking is a really broad question- probably broader than you realize. The short answer is yes. We believe that all good people will get some degree of glory in the next life, no matter what religion you believe.  
 
Here\'s the more complex answer. (Warning- this gets complicated.) There are three degrees of glory- celestial, terrestial, and telestial. Then there\'s Outer Darkness, but we don\'t talk about that much. To achieve the celestial kingdom, you must be baptised into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, get married in the temple, and endure to the end- that is, keep the commandments and do your best to follow Christ\'s example. I\'m not entirely sure about the terrestial and telestial kingdoms, I just know that they are lesser degrees of glory. We believe that to get to Outer Darkness, you have commit an unpardonable sin, like denying God and Jesus Christ when you know they\'re real. But like I said, we don\'t talk about that much. We prefer to set our sights on the celestial, nothing less. The thing about being in the lesser kingdoms, though, is that you cannot progress. Those who achieve the highest degree of glory will be able to continue on, to inherit /all/ their Father hath. Those in the lesser kingdoms are \'stuck\', sort of. They can\'t progress, and stagnation is a form of damnation. I\'m not entirely sure what happens to them- I think they just kind of stay there. 
 
However! I have gotten ahead of myself. That\'s the last stage of life as far as we know it. There is more, before the three degrees of glory and after earth life. After you die, your spirit goes to the Spirit World. The Spirit World is divided, sort of, into Spirit Prison and Spirit Paradise. Those in Paradise are \'Mormons\' who have lived good lives and done all that they should have. Those in Prison are those who, for whatever reason, have not accepted the gospel. Either they didn\'t get the opportunity to in their mortal lives, or something. Those in Paradise do missionary work among thier fellow spirits, teaching the gospel. Here on earth, we do temple baptisms for these dead spirits, and they choose whether to accept it or not. 
 
Moving on. The Second Coming happens, Christ comes again, and the Ressurrection happens. There is a Melinneum of peace and prosperity, in which Satan is bound and Christ reigns. We believe that geaneology work will be done during this period, and that when we are ressurected our bodies will be made perfect. Then, at the end of the Melinneum is Judgement Day, and the three degrees of glory that I talked about up there -^- come into play. At least, that\'s as near as I can understand it, thanks to my seminary teachers. 
 
Oh look, a diagram! ^_^ Hope this helps. Diagram (for Coolness)Diagram (for Simplicity)
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01-07-2009 07:54