Tobin wrote:Nightlion,
I really don't have much of a problem with MnG's views, especially the part about God's judgements being corrective (and probably in our best interests) and not punative. That is very consistent with the gospel.
However, I do not buy that everyone will eventually get exalted to higher and higher levels of enlightenment. As I've said before, just because you CAN change in the next life doesn't mean you WILL change (that is what repentance really means) and do as the Lord asks. In fact, I believe Satan himself CAN change, but he never WILL change. He rebelled and refused to do as God asked in the very presence of God. And since we have free will, that means that not everyone will progress. We may choose to fall in fact or just stay where we are.
Tobin
I'm rather fond of the split opinion by general authorities, historically speaking, concerning whether or not a person may progress through the spheres of salvation.