The Nature of God

[_sock puppet]

Pure WIN

"whip inflation now"? Gerald Ford, circa 1975

(Excuse me, I'm old enough to remember that.)

[_Tim]

because in your research you missed the word "personage"?

tell me more. How are Jesus and the Holy Ghost different than us?

not really, the "don't forget me" is a mis-characterization.

Yep. You're right. Polygamous women never feel neglected.

[_bcspace]

I think what's interesting about Jesus and the Holy Ghost is that they both somehow were able to avoid the "plan of salvation" by becoming fully God without a probationary period and without a body.

Jesus was a God relative to us ala Abraham 3:19. Lacking a body, the mortal experience, and seeing if he would fulfill the mission (obey), he was not yet fully a God like his Father. In fact, Alma 7:11-12 implies that he could not have obtained certain God-like qualities without experiencing mortal life.

[_Nightlion]

tell me more. How are Jesus and the Holy Ghost different than us?

Hey, Tim, welcome to the board. Things like this are barbs that need resolution. I am a Tritheist Restorationist. I know that God the Father, Jesus who is the Only Begotten of the Father, and the Holy Ghost are all three The Very Eternal Father.

All three came without father and without mother having neither beginning of days or end of years. How that came about is still an unknown except to realize that in whatever form they might be in even as indistinguishable Light and Truth among everything else they had to be God then too.

This belief defeats and utterly confounds the LDS recreational model of them advancing to become anything resembling an Almighty God. God had to give the Gentiles strong delusion that they believe a lie because it was meet for them having not rejoiced and received the truth of the restoration (read: become a real Zion) as they insisted upon remaking the gospel after the image and likeness of the world, (read hypocrisy) So God gave them polygamy and this corruption to goose them apart from the rest of the world so that the Restoration remains intact long enough for him to do his own work and bring forth a real Zion in spite of the arrogance and pride of the Gentiles who must fall.

Christ told the Jews: What and if ye shall see the son of man ascend up to where he was before. John 6. meaning that the three of them tread a path that repeats each job over and over and over again. The Father said that by Christ he had both glorified his name before and that he would so glorify it again (by Christ) further on in John. I can easily explain greater details if you like. Or anyone else eager to hear the words of eternal life.

And the D&C is loaded with declarations of Christ being God from all eternity to all eternity. Mormons will not debate this doctrine with me thinking that if they can just ignore me until I die that will be the end of it. Truth will win out.

[_sock puppet]

I think what's interesting about Jesus and the Holy Ghost is that they both somehow were able to avoid the "plan of salvation" by becoming fully God without a probationary period and without a body.

Jesus was a God relative to us ala Abraham 3:19. Lacking a body, the mortal experience, and seeing if he would fulfill the mission (obey), he was not yet fully a God like his Father. In fact, Alma 7:11-12 implies that he could not have obtained certain God-like qualities without experiencing mortal life.

And to think, the Masons only have 32 degrees.

[_subgenius]

tell me more. How are Jesus and the Holy Ghost different than us?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=personage

Yep. You're right. Polygamous women never feel neglected.

so, that was your intent when you penned that iguana's comment?

....i think your post may be doing it wrong

[_Tim]

No. I was just being snarky when I responded to you.

Your link proves it was justified. How does throwing in the word personage explain the question?

Bcspace, are you saying the Holy ghost is not equal with Heavenly Father?

[_bcspace]

Bcspace, are you saying the Holy ghost is not equal with Heavenly Father?

There is subordinationism in the Godhead, yes.

[_Nightlion]

Bcspace, are you saying the Holy ghost is not equal with Heavenly Father?

There is subordinationism in the Godhead, yes.

Sigh! And that's it? No more to be considered? Sigh!

[_Yoda]

I think what's interesting about Jesus and the Holy Ghost is that they both somehow were able to avoid the "plan of salvation" by becoming fully God without a probationary period and without a body.

Jesus was a God relative to us ala Abraham 3:19. Lacking a body, the mortal experience, and seeing if he would fulfill the mission (obey), he was not yet fully a God like his Father. In fact, Alma 7:11-12 implies that he could not have obtained certain God-like qualities without experiencing mortal life.

Is it true that the Holy Ghost will someday have the opportunity to have a body? Or is his permenant assignment to be spirit so that he can allow the light of Christ to dwell within all of us?