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He also clarifies the misperception about the Mormon afterlife, noting that Mormons believe God prepared the earth for a time of growth and experience for mankind to eventually learn to become like Himself in terms of His attributes — not His cosmological assets.
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Bummer. I was in this for making universes without end. I guess I will have to content myself with celestial polygamy.Originally posted by jay santos View Post"Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."
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You're supposed to quote one of your earlier posts claiming that and then simply reply "Swish!"Originally posted by jay santos View PostComment
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Not so fast, Jay. I fully expect this one to be modified as well once BKP gets around to this part of the article."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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That's too bad. One of my mission companions favorite pastimes was discussing the details of how he would improve the design of the knee joint once he became exalted.Originally posted by jay santos View PostPLesa excuse the tpyos.Comment
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I'm still going to work on new and tasty animals that I can consume as I travel from one world to the next. John Madden's turducken was a nice start.Comment
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Somewhere Brigham Young is spinning in his grave.Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.Comment
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If I can't grow up to be just like my Father, then what's the point?"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --SolonComment
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Exactly. And if this doctrine is jettisoned, then how much different will Mormons be than mainstream Christians?Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post"...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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I'm surprised that SU hasn't done the alternate thread title on this one after Indy teed it up for him.Comment
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World's without end is very likely a dimensional paradigm, rather than a real estate acquisition mode. Polygamy could very well be dimensional as well, as who'd want all their wives together when you go to dinner. One thing we do know is that God is a man, and I'm pretty sure he has our back on all the little details.Originally posted by San Juan Sun View PostComment
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We need to get Mitt in office first and then we can reinstate that doctrine.Originally posted by Northwestcoug View PostComment
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"...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
"You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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I'm not even sure about that anymore. I'm expecting a press release any day now that says we don't believe God is a man, only that he has personlike attributes (love, compassion, etc.)Originally posted by clackamascoug View Post
"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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How does this square with D&C 132:19?He also clarifies the misperception about the Mormon afterlife, noting that Mormons believe God prepared the earth for a time of growth and experience for mankind to eventually learn to become like Himself in terms of His attributes — not His cosmological assets.
It is certainly more straightforward to consider thrones, kingdoms, principalities, powers, dominions, "all heights and depths" and "a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever," as something more asset-like than to "become like" God in terms of his "attributes."
How does this square with D&C 132:20 (which, in contrast to the anonymous newsroom blogger's claim, is canonical)?
As I read D&C 132 with the newsroom "doctrine," the newsroom's statement seems more like D&C 132's idea of "angels" than it does of D&C 132's idea of "gods."Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore they shall be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be as gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them.Last edited by Sleeping in EQ; 09-01-2012, 10:08 AM.We all trust our own unorthodoxies.Comment
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