DaveH maybe you better get a hold of Hinckley, he is not sure about LDS theology!
Don Lattin (religion editor, interviewing Gordon B. Hinckley, San Francisco Chronicle, April 13, 1997, p 3/Z1)
Q: There are some significant differences in your beliefs [and other Christian churches]. For instance, don't Mormons believe that God was once a man?Gordon B. Hinckley, as quoted in Time Magazine, Aug 4, 1997:
Hinckley: I wouldn't say that. There was a little couplet coined, "As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become." Now that's more of a couplet than anything else. That gets into some pretty deep theology that we don't know very much about. [emphasis added]
Q: So you're saying the church is still struggling to understand this?
Hinckley: Well, as God is, man may become. We believe in eternal progression. Very strongly. We believe that the glory of God is intelligence and whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the Resurrection. ...that's one thing that's different. Modern revelation. We believe all that God has revealed, all that he does now reveal, we believe he has yet to reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
"On whether his church still holds that God the Father was once a man, [Hinckley] sounded uncertain, `I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it... I understand the philosophical background behind it, but I don't know a lot about it, and I don't think others know a lot about it.'"
Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DAVEH: Do you really want me to teach LDS theology on TT, Kevin? If I did that, would not Perry feel more compelled to criticize??? Sometimes I feel like you two work as a tag team. One of you stands me upright and diverts my attention while the other sucker punches me! :-)
BTW....Why did you not answer my below question? I noticed you edited out my explanation....did you do so to divert the discussion? Do you agree with what I said in the previous post, Kevin?
Kevin Deegan wrote:Can you tell me why the lectures taught there are ONLY 2 Personages in the Godhead?Why God is a personage of SPIRIT not a tabernacle or BODY?DAVEH: I've answered this before, Kevin. I'm not sure why you persist in asking again, but the answer remains the same.....yes. I assume you agree?
Kevin Deegan wrote:So was Jesus a god before he became a man or not?-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.
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