Spirits of the dead in the Pre-Existence?
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Spirits of the dead in the Pre-Existence?
Does Mormon theology allow for the possibility that the spirits of the dead can visit those yet to be born, yet in the pre-existence?
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Re: Spirits of the dead in the Pre-Existence?
If I recall correctly, according to Saturday's Warriors, they can.
My own opinion is that they can't as pre-existent spirits live in Celestial glory whereas the Spirit World in the afterlife, being prior to the judgement, does not have common access to a Celestial glory.
My own opinion is that they can't as pre-existent spirits live in Celestial glory whereas the Spirit World in the afterlife, being prior to the judgement, does not have common access to a Celestial glory.
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Re: Spirits of the dead in the Pre-Existence?
Isn't the CK gonna be here on earth? Isn't everything here on earth is some dimension or another?
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Isn't the CK gonna be here on earth? Isn't everything here on earth is some dimension or another?
Sure. And when you combine that with the plurality of Gods and many inhabited worlds and infinite creations, the implication is that there are Celestial glories in many locales.
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Re: Spirits of the dead in the Pre-Existence?
sock puppet wrote:Does Mormon theology allow for the possibility that the spirits of the dead can visit those yet to be born, yet in the pre-existence?
I'm not convinced it does allow for it.
First, what would be the point?
Dead guy, "Hey, you are about to be born into the Kardashian family. Beware!" what is a soon-to-be infant going to gain from such intel?
Second, dead folks have two paths: missionary work or spirit detention/prison/solitary confinement... Okay that's more than 2... Oh, and there's outer darkness as well. So many places for the dead guy to visit with so little time.
No, I think pre-earth consists of nursery celestial leaders and fellow babes.
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Re: Spirits of the dead in the Pre-Existence?
As far as I know, LDS theology knows only one example of a yet-to-be-born spirit interracting with even the currently living.
Unless you take the endowment ceremony literally, in which case I guess there would be four examples.
Unless you take the endowment ceremony literally, in which case I guess there would be four examples.
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As far as I know, LDS theology knows only one example of a yet-to-be-born spirit interracting with even the currently living.
Unless you take the endowment ceremony literally, in which case I guess there would be four examples.
But the OP question is dead to pre-mortality.
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Re: Spirits of the dead in the Pre-Existence?
Multiple dimensions is the easy way out of many difficult questions. Usually, that is a warning sign.
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Maybe the yet-to-be-born could be brought to Spirit Prison so they could be scared straight. You know, "don't end up like that guy."
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Multiple dimensions is the easy way out of many difficult questions. Usually, that is a warning sign.
So String Theory is just crackpot science?
Maybe the yet-to-be-born could be brought to Spirit Prison so they could be scared straight. You know, "don't end up like that guy."
Then he would be born and forget it all.......
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