D&C 76 - "by Him and through Him and of Him the WORLDS are and were created and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God."
Moses 1 "...worlds without number have I created."
Mosiah 26 "For it is I that taketh upon me the sins of the world; for it is I that hath created them..." By extension, any world that Christ creates He must redeem. Therefore, if He created worlds without number, He is the redeemer of the universe, or at least, all the worlds that He has created, which He says are numerous enough to be "without number."
C.S. Lewis also spoke of the creation and the consequent necessity of the crucifixion:
"[Agape, or godlike love,] is manifest at first in creation and then in redemption. The doctrine that God was under no necessity to create is not a bit of useless and abstract scholasticism. It is essential, for it reveals the nature of Agape. That which in itself is complete, self-sufficient, eternally blessed, which has no wants to satisfy, creates what it doesn't need. Creates, because being love, it desires to give, and gives, seeing in the very moment of creation, the necessity for the crucifixion." (from The Four Loves)
Carl
Daniel Crookston wrote:
The book titled "Mormon Doctrine" is not, in fact, the definitive doctrine of the LDS church. It's not published by the church, but by an independent publisher of church-related materials. A more accurate titled for the book would be "McConkie's Opinion".
I don't see any reason why God would use proprietary world-creating methods. He's got nothing to hide, and it's not like He's got competition to be afraid of.
Dan
According to McConkie's "Mormon Doctrine"
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