Warren wrote: <snip> > > > Thus, under LDS doctrine, if you remain righteous and are > "sealed" (married in a temple) to a spouse, when you and your spouse > ascend to the highest plane of heaven, you will be given your own > world to populate with your own spirit children born into mortal bodies. >
Yikes. > Presumably, therefore, god and his wife came into this planet via a > similar means. The reason, BTW, that you and I and the rest of us > don't remember being spirit children and living in heaven before > coming to Earth is we pass through a "veil of forgetfulness", which > prevents our having absolute knowledge -- which would interfere with > our free agency. Life on Earth is a kind of test, and you have the > possibility to screw up (sin), though under LDS doctrine it's pretty > hard, at least, to get yourself thrown into hell. God is cast as > considerably more forgiving and tolerant than you typically find in > ultra-right-wing systems. (Though he's still quite anti-gay. You can't > be a "practicing" homosexual* in the LDS faith.) Or African American up until a few decades ago, eh? * Expert homosexuals, on the other hand, are welcome. > Those that don't need any practice, I take it. Doug _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
