Wow, about half of your statements are incorrect…
Said in regards to
stevekehl:
If by CoC you mean Church of Christ you are completely wrong. Both books are man created, uninspired by God. The believe in multiple gods, Jesus and Satan are spirit children of God, that men can become gods, Jesus death was insufficient to atone for our sins, everyone will go to some form of heaven, only LDS who leave the church will go to hell (outer darkness), salvation is based on works, still teach polygamy, still teach that people of color were cursed in a pre-mortal existence, a woman’s salvation is tied to her obedience to her husband, etc… None of these things has any place at a CoC.
But you’re not going to point out what IS incorrect? Don’t you want to help clarify something if someone’s mistaken?
Since Janderich is quick to complain but not to explain, I’ll try to clear things up.
Yes, they believe that mutliple gods EXIST, but they don’t worship anyone other that the God they call God The Father/Elohim.
Yes, they believe Jesus and Satan (along with all of us as well) are spirit children of God and we’re all therefore spirit brothers and sisters as well.
Yes, they believe that men can progress to become gods just like God did.
No, they DO believe that Jesus’ atonement was sufficient to redeem us (the atonement that happened in the Garden of Gethsemane); however they don’t actually put a lot of emphasis on His death because they considered all the work done in the Garden. The atonement and then resurrection is what they focus on.
No, they do not believe everyone will go to some form of heaven. It’s just pretty difficult to get into Hell- you have to have KNOWN that the LDS church was the true church and deny it anyway. In other words, people like me that have left the LDS church are pretty much the only ones that’ll be there. The murderers, traitors, and other evil people will get to go to the lowest degree of heaven, provided they never heard about the LDS church before their deaths.
Salvation in the LDS church is based on works AND grace.
They’ve officially condemned polygamy, but believe that it’ll be practiced in Heaven. Example: If a man’s wife dies, he can remarry and be sealed to another woman in the temple because he’s allowed to have more than one wife in Heaven. If a woman’s husband dies, she cannot remarry in the temple because she can’t have more than one husband. However, the church will recognize the civil marriage of two people that have both been previously sealed in the temple without a problem. A man that hasn’t been previously sealed can’t marry a woman that has, though; even civilly. He HAS to be sealed to someone in order to attain the highest level of heaven.
They don’t believe that people of color were CURSED in the premortal existence. As it was explained to me in my Laurel class, people of color were the spirits that didn’t want the responsibility of holding the priesthood because of it’s power. They asked to be turned a darker color so they didn’t have to deal with that responsibility. By the late 1970’s, all the spirits that didn’t want that responsibility had come to earth already, and so that ban was rescinded.
A woman’s salvation isn’t necessarily tied to obedience to her husband (officially), but if a woman doesn’t get sealed to someone she can’t attain the highest degree of heaven. It is also traditionally a lot harder for a woman to successfully request to get her sealing broken than it is for a man.
There ya go. Janderich, next time you want to refute something please explain. Don’t just play the victim.
