The deliberate misspelling of my name cuts me deeply. I think the last person before you to do it was in elementary school. Bringing back such horrible memories of my tormentors....no wait....it was memories of their patheticism.
Hi Mike. I'd be very interested in reading up on this. What do you recommend?
Thanks!
I'd start with
David John Buerger, "The Adam-God Doctrine," Dialogue 15 (Spring 1982): 14-58.
Van Hale, "What About the Adam-God Theory?" (Sandy, Utah: Mormon Miscellaneous, 1982).
The Adam-God doctrine is that Adam & God are the same person.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
Mike Reed wrote:I'd start with David John Buerger, "The Adam-God Doctrine," Dialogue 15 (Spring 1982): 14-58. Van Hale, "What About the Adam-God Theory?" (Sandy, Utah: Mormon Miscellaneous, 1982).
Boaz & Lidia wrote:'Oh look! NehSNORE has discovered the Urban Dictionary!
Didn't mommy tuck you into bed two hours ago?
No, it was your mommy.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
The Adam-God doctrine is that Adam & God are the same person.
I don't understand that. I also don't understand that God knew that Adam would sin -- so there's no free-will? I sort of understand mainstream thought on original sin but not the LDS. It just doesn't make a lot of sense... Not that any of it does... but the LDS thought makes even less sense to me. For some reason or another.
If God always knew Adam would sin then why go through the motions? Why not just skip the entire eden aspect and the temptation.... since the outcome was already known? Of course -- for mainstream thought that God would give the option of free-will doesn't make a lot of sense either. For if God is all knowing then He would already know that Adam would not resist temptation, as well. So, it's just a big ruse to blame man for the sin of God?
Moniker wrote:I don't understand that. . . It just doesn't make a lot of sense... Not that any of it does... I don't understand it...
It's religion. It's not supposed to make sense.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"