Doesn't that blow the whole thing for everybody?
2007-08-15 18:02:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What's with god anyway? What's his big problem, besides an overinflated ego?
God seems to have gone to a lot of trouble to have created zillions upon zillions of "spirit children" (that he loves dearly) only to immediately throw 1/3 out of the house the moment they say "We love you so much that we would want our 'free agency' taken away so we could return to your presence.."; Condemn another third to a lifetime of poverty and misery because they were either unmoved by either Lucifer or Jesus' argument (or liked thing just as they were); and of the remaining third, divide them up into segmental 'celestial' departments of which god alone presides over a few hundred 'proto-gods'. The remainder, which numerically works out to about 100 percent (rounded up from the trillionth percentile) is cast from his presence forever. This plan appears to be far from perfect.
God is a first class jerk in mormon philosophy.
2007-08-16 05:46:04 · answer #1 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I have actually thought about this a lot...my parents were sealed in the temple but later divorced. My mom remarried a wonderful man and they were sealed in the temple. My biological father left the church...and the rest of his family is non-mormon. I will of course perform their ordinances, as long as I am still alive, after they all pass-on.
I often wonder how things will work out after this life but then again I don't worry about it too much because I can't really know for 100% so I just worry about living the way I need to to gain exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom. I of course hope everyone will be there, but I cannot make their decisions for them...
2007-08-16 14:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
LOL. The slogan "Families are forever" means that a family has the possibility of being together forever as a family. Where else do you hear this kind of promise? Of course, we have our agency, and if a sibling chooses to go his own way no one can stop him. You might say he is still a part of the family, only he will be living apart from the family.
2007-08-16 12:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Everyone lives forever no matter what and those who achieve Celestial Glory can still visit their brothers and sisters in the lower "kingdoms."
Joseph Smith gave a promise that all those children born to a husband and wife sealed in the temple who live true to their covenents will be saved in the Kingdom of God. They will find their way back.
2007-08-16 01:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by Chris B 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's all your fault, why did you leave? now they will have to go to church all embarrassed because they have a wayward child. So much for eternal happiness in the Celestral kingdom, they will be as miserable as though they were in hell knowing you failed.
2007-08-16 01:13:52 · answer #5 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
from a christian standpoint, I and my kids and one brother are the only members that are saved, the rest are mormons, so it would just be me, my husbands, kids and one brother, I would see in heaven, as for my dad, mom, other brothers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins they are not going to be with me in heaven or as they believe, they will all be togther forever as a familiy and I, my kids and hubby and one brother will be in the pits of hades, while they will be togther forever.
2007-08-16 15:53:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is sad but we will not force our religion on anyone -- not even my brother, who has left the church.
We love him but it's his decision -- all we can do is love
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2007-08-16 17:15:07 · answer #7 · answered by Dionysus 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋