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Mormons why do you believe a man before God?
Joseph Smith claimed to have reeived a vision from God and Jesus saying to him that all the churches were an abomination, so in that regard you believe this man, and you think that Jesus was wrong in the first place?
 
LDSYep said:
Yes. This is what we term Outer Darkness. However, LDS believe that the only people that will spend eternity in Outer Darkness are those who make a willing and educated choice to rebel against God. We believe that the Atonement allows all who desire to be in Heaven to be in Heaven. Each individual’s reward in Heaven differs.

You are incorrect. All of Heaven progresses, simply at extraordinarily differing rates. Those who are Terestrial will never equal those who are Celestial. Those who are Telestial will never equal those who are Terestrial. You will always be, relatively, Celestial, Terestrial or Telestial.
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Are there biblical references for any of this?
 
if heaven represents a state of perpetual progress, eternal bliss is never achieved. human beings are always changing and perfection is never attained.

is that a correct understanding of the mormon concept of salvation and/or heaven?
 
eddie_too said:
if heaven represents a state of perpetual progress, eternal bliss is never achieved. human beings are always changing and perfection is never attained.

is that a correct understanding of the mormon concept of salvation and/or heaven?
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No.
 
how does the mormon religion define and describe heaven?

when does progress end for a human being?

must even the most elevated human being constantly tend to the world attained by her, by her celestial elevation?

or can only males have their own world?

who has the knowledge to enlighten me about how mormons address these questions?
 
LDSYep said:
As you and many others have stated, LDS have current prophets and extra Biblical scripture.
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So it is not a teaching of Jesus Christ or the Catholic Church he established; Joseph Smith made it up. This seems like another example of Mormonism being in invention and not a restoration.
 
eddie_too said:
if heaven represents a state of perpetual progress, eternal bliss is never achieved. human beings are always changing and perfection is never attained.

is that a correct understanding of the mormon concept of salvation and/or heaven?
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It seems there is no perfection in the Mormon god.
 
The LDS religion in made up up of a lot of other religions. As time goes on they add and take away stuff. Bottom line they belive in more then one God because they think they become a God. Also they have the the koones to call themselves saints. I know this I was raised Mormon and from Utah or as they call it the land of Zion wow talk about a cult that thinks very highly of them selfs. Also now that I have kids other kids in that are Mormon have parents that wont let there kids play with mine because they are not of there cult called Mormon.
 
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eddie_too:
how does the mormon religion define and describe heaven?
Heaven is separated into Kingdoms/Glories/Mansions. These Glories are separated by the degree to which a person comes to living and maintaining a Christ-like life. Overall LDS group these Glories into three general categories, even though there are a larger number of Glories. All of these exist in the overarching Kingdom of God. The Telestial is said to be akin to this mortal world, the other Glories are successively greater in glory.

when does progress end for a human being?
Never. Unless that individual enters Outer Darkness.

must even the most elevated human being constantly tend to the world attained by her, by her celestial elevation?
This question doesn’t make much sense to me. Perhaps it could be reworded.

or can only males have their own world?
There is no means by which exaltation can come to a male or female alone. The Man and the Woman must be one. Exaltation requires marriage.

who has the knowledge to enlighten me about how mormons address these questions?
Any LDS could probably respond to your question.
 
LDSYep said:
how does the mormon religion define and describe heaven?
Heaven is separated into Kingdoms/Glories/Mansions. These Glories are separated by the degree to which a person comes to living and maintaining a Christ-like life. Overall LDS group these Glories into three general categories, even though there are a larger number of Glories. All of these exist in the overarching Kingdom of God. The Telestial is said to be akin to this mortal world, the other Glories are successively greater in glory.

when does progress end for a human being?
Never. Unless that individual enters Outer Darkness.

must even the most elevated human being constantly tend to the world attained by her, by her celestial elevation?
This question doesn’t make much sense to me. Perhaps it could be reworded.

or can only males have their own world?
There is no means by which exaltation can come to a male or female alone. The Man and the Woman must be one. Exaltation requires marriage.

who has the knowledge to enlighten me about how mormons address these questions?
Any LDS could probably respond to your question.
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LOL wow spoken like a Y fan lol
 
when mormns use the word exaltation in reference to the destiny of human beings, does it mean reaching a level of progress where the married couple has their own world to rule over?

do mormons believe that children who die before getting married can never reach a level of progression as high as that a married couple can reach?

since heavenly progression goes on forever, why would those in the telestial or terrestial levels never progress to the next higher level?

what is it that prevents a person from transitioning from the terrestrial to the telestial and then to the celestial?
 
Well…at least he finally reappeared…but he dodged the dictiopnary stuff like I expected her would.

Does that make me a prophet?
 
since Jesus was not married, is He necessarily prevented from reaching the celestial level?
 
The truth is no one is able to defend this religion.
They would rather worship and believe a man than God.
 
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when mormns use the word exaltation in reference to the destiny of human beings, does it mean reaching a level of progress where the married couple has their own world to rule over?
I believe so.

do mormons believe that children who die before getting married can never reach a level of progression as high as that a married couple can reach?
If an individual does not have the opportunity to marry in this life, they would have the opportunity at some point.

since heavenly progression goes on forever, why would those in the telestial or terrestial levels never progress to the next higher level?
The concept of not progressing is in relation to the other Kingdoms. The rate of progression is exponentially different from Kingdom to Kingdom. An individual in the Telestial Kingdom will never be at the same point in their progression as anyone in the Terestrial, and neither of the two would ever be at the same point as someone in the Celestial.

what is it that prevents a person from transitioning from the terrestrial to the telestial and then to the celestial?
Telestial is the lowest, you have the Telestial and Terestrial reversed. See my above answer with regards to progression. It simply takes more time to achieve such. What is it that prevents most high school drop-outs from achieving the same career and financial level as most high school graduates? What is it that prevents most high school graudates from achieving the career and financial level as most college graduates? Or perhaps better would be simply the transition from poor to lower class or lower class to middle, etc. I do not know that a faster transition never occurs, but if it does, such would be extraordinarily rare.
 
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