moksha wrote:It feels like the tying of any heavenly status to marriage is still an offshoot of polygamy theology and I feel uncomfortable with that because I doubt polygamy's divine origin. Hope that does not make me a bad Mormon.
Proly, but a better Christian I suppose. When church leaders spout off such as the OP, members really can not complain that they believe just like any other Christian.. Because they don't.
God has the right to create and to destroy, to make like and to kill. He can delegate this authority if he wishes to. I know that can be scary. Deal with it. Nehor.. Nov 08, 2010
“I was hooked from the start,” Snoop Dogg said. “We talked about the purpose of life, played Mousetrap, and ate brownies. The kids thought it was off the hook, for real.”
John Larsen wrote:When I was a member I disliked Boyd Packer considerably. However, after I researched the Church and its doctrine as a former believer, I realized that Packer had a clear understanding of Mormon theology and expressed it in unambiguous terms. The reason many people don't like Packer is that he tends to state things too clearly--he removes the webs of ambiguity and doublespeak that have been tangled around weasel words and faith promoting stories. Boyd's real problem is that he is a relic from the old when the Church was a Church and not just a business.
Boyd's real problem is he has no imagination. How can anyone be a prophet, without an imagination? He's not a storyteller, like Pres Monson. He's not a peacemaker, like Pres Hinckley. He's a barely housetrained grizzly bear, and now his muzzle is dead. He's got a 2x4 up his back instead of bones and is totally clueless about life outside of his own little world.
Long live Pres Monson. At least long enough so Packer dies first.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.