"Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he will perhaps be saved in the Celestial kingdom; but when he gets there he will not find himself in possession of any wife at all. He has had a talent that he has hid up. He will come forward and say, 'Here is that which thou gavest me, I have not wasted it, and here is the one talent,' and he will not enjoy it but it will be taken and given to those who have improved the talents they received, and he will find himself without any wife, and he will remain single forever and ever." (Deseret News, Sept. 17, 1873)
Yet, Christ says...
Mat 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Mat 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
2006-07-09 10:02:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
in tandem with the verses you brought to our attention Matt. 22: 29-30, I would like to bring with that Galatians 1:6-10. In particular Galatians 1: 8 But even if we or an angel from Heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preach you, Let him be eternally condemned.
Obviously Mormonism is another gospel which is really no gospel at all (Galatians 1:7) as any other that preaches marriage in Heaven or that there is a heavenly mother is really NO GOSPEL AT ALL and not of the ONE TRUE GOD.
2006-07-09 10:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK, editorials or articles appearing in Deseret News - especially over 100 years ago - do not, and never have, constituted Mormon doctrine. Mormons do not believe in eternal sexual bliss - we believe in eternal marriage, which is not the same thing at all.(Although I suppose it could be!)
Neither do we disagree with the Bible on the point mentioned.There is no marrying nor being given in marriage (female version of "marrying") in heaven; that is why we have to be married eternally while here on earth.
For the record, it was God the Father and Jesus Christ who appeared to Joseph Smith, no "Angel of the Lord".
2006-07-09 10:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by sunnyannie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had to guess...and this really is a guess...I would say there is something in the Book of Mormon that talks about this issue. You could try looking at their literature, found here. http://scriptures.lds.org/
I find their whole belief system to be flawed. Joseph Smith was supposed to have a visitation from The Angel of the Lord, talking about about his son, Jesus. I did some research, and prevailing wisdom is that The Angel of the Lord ~is~ Jesus, before he was here in human form.
2006-07-09 10:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by percolated 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um - the writing you describe does not say that Mormons believe in eternal sexual bliss. In fact, they ain't no such a thing. See, Ol' Joe Smith was met in heaven by a row of virgins - only they weren't quite what he expected. See, it was a row of five Roman Catholic nuns (who are virgins) awaiting him with great big clubs in their hands!
2006-07-09 10:08:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what that article is supposed to mean. Seems pretty ambiguous to me. But the fact is, we don't believe in sexual bliss. If you knew anything of our religion, you would know that one core belief is that of eternal marriage, to one person. We are sealed to them on earth, so we can be together forever.
2006-07-12 11:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by notoriousnicholas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask Jesus into your life and be born again by the power of the Gospel (an actual real life event in your real life) if you do this in a prayer sincerely God will answer you! you have to truely seek then God will answer!
2006-07-09 10:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by truth4u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mormons believe that the Bible is mistranslated - which is a convenient thing whenever there is a verse that contradicts any of their doctrines. As to why they believe in what they believe - it's called faith.
2006-07-09 10:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by electprogeny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you really need to stop smoking weed...
Muslims and Mormons ..do not have any thing in common.....to be ignorant is a self imposed curse....read and see where it takes you
2006-07-09 10:07:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are extremely misguided.
2006-07-10 16:33:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you beaut,-but is it free.
2006-07-09 10:08:08 · answer #10 · answered by nimbunje 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋