What's Most Important?

[nrajeff]

And my reply, would be something along this line....

So you believe we can become just as God is, becoming a father of spirit children of our own, correct? So, those spirit children...what happens to them?

They grow up?

[eudyptes]

They grow up?

Guess I should have been more clear...
Do they come to earth with mortal bodies? Is it this earth?

[Sparko]

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! There goes the red flag warning. The Word: "DODGE".

Course of action: Leave the guy alone, he isn't really interested in learning for the sake of understanding, but learning for the sake of crafting his next criticism or question.

what you don't seem to realize is that when Mormons encounter Christians, both sides are interested in convincing the other that they are right. If you think Christians should just sit there like a rock and let you preach to them, then you need to get a soapbox in the park and preach a sermon and not go door to door and ask to be invited in someone's home.

So yes the Christian is going to criticize your beliefs, question them and argue with you about them. Just like you want to do with the Christian's belief. You want to convince them that Joseph Smith was a prophet and the BoM was revealed to him and it is scripture, and so on. The Christian will question that and counter it with what he believes.

Deal with it.

Just like here on Tweb. If you just want an audience, then this is not the place for you to be. Start a blog. Here you will get arguments and debates.

Merely calling the other side "anti-mormon" is just a way to dismiss anything they say so you don't have to deal with it.

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[nrajeff]

Guess I should have been more clear...

That was what my smart-aleck response was intended to mean, so thanks for "getting it."

Do they come to earth with mortal bodies?

Presumably--since God is the pattern we are to emulate or follow in order to glorify Him--the plan would be for God's children who grow up to become like Him do similarly to what He does: Send our own children "away to school" at some point in their existence, to experience life away from home, to be tested, and hopefully to become mature children.

Is it this earth?

The evidence says probably not. The planet we currently inhabit was created for us. It had a birth and it has a destiny, all involving just those of us who were assigned to be here. Other children will inhabit other planets. LDS doctrine is that the number of worlds God has created for the purpose of sending some of His innumerable children to inhabit, is innumerable to all except God.

No good reason to believe that the pattern changes when His children grow up and become parents and have children of their own.

[Sparko]

That was what my smart-aleck response was intended to mean, so thanks for "getting it."



Presumably--since God is the pattern we are to emulate or follow in order to glorify Him--the plan would be for God's children who grow up to become like Him do similarly to what He does: Send our own children "away to school" at some point in their existence, to experience life away from home, to be tested, and hopefully to become mature children.

Maybe only the one he sends to earth to spread the gospel, Jesus , gets to become a God. After all you all believe that the Father was the "Jesus" on his world. And only Jesus was sinless. We are all sinners and imperfect. So what makes you think YOU can be a God like the Father?

[nrajeff]

Maybe only the one he sends to earth to spread the gospel, Jesus , gets to become a God.

That is a possibility. But don't you think that He also sent you to spread the gospel?

We are all sinners and imperfect. So what makes you think YOU can be a God like the Father?

Because the sinless one paid the price for my sins, making it possible for me, a sinner, to become like Him, someone in whom there was no sin.