Russ, you have told out and out untruths about us. You have a warped view. In my opinion, this is slander. This is your forum - your pulpit, and you are making yourself out to be innocent when you are not. And doing it with "love." Bull.
I am looking over the "nutshell" issue and there are a few holes at least. For one thing it is entirely oversimplistic so leaves out a lot which explains issues further. God has never brought our "Mother" in heaven here. And they are not just flesh and bone....they are immortal. We are made in His image. You lump Jesus and God the Father into one being so, of course, so don't believe in this. They are separate and distinct. But believing what we do about Christ's beginnings does NOT lower Jesus the Christ's role in the least which you are inferring which I know from past posts.
The issue about what Brigham Young said is simply wrong. Many things he said have been twisted and perverted. I have looked into this issue and it is simply wrong. Somehow God made Mary pregnant, but not through sexual relations. This would not be necessary anymore than causing healings requires Him to come to earth and do surgery. But Jesus is literally the "Only Begotten in the flesh and the Son of God." That is all through the Bible. You and others refusal to accept that is simply wrong. It also is right in the New Testament throughout.
And in the Celestial Kingdom it is not nearly as simple or instant as you make it seem as far as becoming like God. There will be 3 degrees of glory even in the Celestial Kingdom. Not all members will have the privilege of becoming like God and it will not be instantaneous. No one will become perfected in this life and it will take long periods of time in the next to do so. But if we do prove worthy it will be eternal progression and we will have "all that the Father hath" just like the Bible says.
Russ, so calling our beliefs bizarre and silly is not disrespectful?
I take back what I said in a compassionate moment. You do deserve 1 star.
I'm the only Mormon on here. How can I be a mob? If anyone is guilty of mob mentality it is you and your disciples.
So you want to confuse me so I'll feel like the "ex-Mormon" who lost faith who feels stupid now??? Sorry...others have tried that from the start and it has only made me stronger.
Now I also know on what basis you have a problem with the Book of Abraham. THe problem is, Russ, you listened to all these sources instead of listening to the spirit of the Lord with regards to whether or not the church is true. You are still doing it. This information is riddled with lies.
