It doesn;t to me. Mormons say it brings them comfort to. Mormons say that their God, Elohim is on a planet named Kolob with many wives, so were is his forver rest of his family that is suppose to be forever? His isters and brothers? The rest are apart from him, how is this families are together forever? Each church member know they will go to the temple and be sealed to their spouse and children, but those children will marry someone and have a planet of their own or the female child will go off with a male god to another Kolob on some planet in the universe or another dimension, how is this families being together forever? Being saved makes more sence to me, those that are saved with me, will be togther with God and jesus in the New Jeruselem, togther forever. Not scattered all over the universe on some other planet with a God and a bunch of wives, away from my family too busy popping out kids 4 that God to be with my parents ect.
2007-05-12 10:36:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do ya;all understand me or do I need to explain it again???
2007-05-12 10:37:01 · update #1
It doesn't make any sense to me.
But then many of the things that I have learned about Mormons makes no sense whatsoever.
2007-05-12 11:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by Toe the line 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
You have your information wrong. There is no LDS Doctrine about us all living on separate planets. I don't think there is even doctrine on God having many wives. The doctrine states that he has one wife, I don't think there is anything that talks about him having multiple wives.
How does it make sense that God would want us to marry and have happy families, only to be separated from them after death. Most religious marriage ceremonies, state- " Till Death Do Us Part"- that implies that they will no longer be married after they die.
If you would like the correct doctrinal information I invite you to visit http://www.Mormon.org. That website should answer any questions you have, and it will be accurate. If you have others, then there should be information on how to contact elders from the church to answer any further questions you may have.
2007-05-14 13:53:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was an active LDS member I never learned any of this. I was taught that Kolob was a star near where God lived.
I have a question though, if all this is true and everyone gets their own planet and had spirit children (I was taught the spirit children part) why can't they all go on visits, and visit eachother on different planets? Or is there teachings that say you are stuck on one planet? Haha. I only learned that we can become like Heavenly Father and have spirit children and put them through something similar that we are experiencing. I also learned that Heavenly Father went through something similar to what we are going through, which led me to believe that he has a Father, so there are multiple Gods.
2007-05-12 19:56:46 · answer #3 · answered by divinity2408 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No. No. NO!
Kolob is not a planet, it's a star, the one closest to where God is.
Families together forever means just that. We don't know all the details, all the logistics of it all.
And it IS "being saved".
When I was Methodist, I was taught (YES, TAUGHT!) by the pastor, that in heaven, we would not know or be able to recognize each other. We would just be floating around doing nothing but "Praise God! Praise God!" for eternity while God just sits on His throne, just digging it!
Now, tell me, please.
If this is the case, then what is the reason for getting married? What is the reason for having children? And what is the reason for gaining knowledge?
Sounds really silly to me.
2007-05-14 11:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
That is a perfectly legit question. I remember when I was first talking to the missionaries, and they told me that through the LDS/Mormon church, families could be together forever. I remember thinking wtf, I had planned on reuniting with my family after death anyway, and I didn't need any church to help me with that. I converted anyway :P. My question to christians is kind of the same thing, how is it heaven without your loved ones there? What if someone you love very much just can't seem to get it right for whatever reason, and goes to hell? How can it be heaven/paradise without loved ones?
2007-05-12 23:32:51 · answer #5 · answered by Her 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question requires a logical response. You can't get one from a morgbot.
First, if we are ALL originally spiritual brothers and sisters, what is the point of reorganized the hierarchy with mother-daughter father-son sibling-cousin relationships?
Plus, not all family members will be in the same 'Kingdom', and so in order to spend 'quality time' with your 'lessers', you have to vacate on heaven to go to another. Does this require travel to other distant locations?
If the family unit is so frigging sacred, why is god so damn eager to break it up?
Mormon theologists out there?
2007-05-13 15:33:14 · answer #6 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
As LDS, family is important, and "family " is the basic unit in heaven. We are the off spring of God as indicated clearly by this verse:
17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
(New Testament | John 20:17)
Being off spring of God do not garantee Savation as in this verse:
21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
(New Testament | Matthew 7:21)
LDS believe families need to be sealed in the sense of "connection" to the Lord, so we will be part of God's family eternally. Those off spring do not choose the way of God obviously will be left behind, its unfortunate, but you cannot force people to do what they do not want.
Now, as you mention the "scattering" effect. It is not so in LDS believe, that is why we need to be sealed or connected, so no matter how far you are in the universe, you are still connected in the "Family".
I surprise you use "scattering" as your reasoning, close family do not distant themselves from the other family members, no matter where you are. Nowadays, your family is a cell phone away, and who knows what communication device God has. :-)
2007-05-13 03:00:59 · answer #7 · answered by Wahnote 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does make sense, but the way you put it is not physically comprehensible by the mortal mind. So don't dwell on it.
2007-05-13 18:31:08 · answer #8 · answered by Nijg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a messed up view of mormons.
2007-05-14 23:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by thejelliesfamily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋