What Mormons Believe--according to a Former BYU Professor
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That's good, but the point is that not all LDS doctrine is supported by the Bible.
Hence your point "this isn't in the Bible" doesn't hold much weight.
I don't believe Sola Sciptura. I find it illogical and not in the Biblical (ironically).
MORMONISM TEACHES: God the Father Has a Body of Flesh and Bones • “The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s” (D&C 130:22). • “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! . . . I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see . . . he was once a man like us . . . and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 345 – 46).
Source: Wilder, Lynn K.. Unveiling Grace (p. 341-343). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Emphasis in bold added.)
My personal view: It's speculation. I don' t have more than that, and that's the end of it.
To explain other people's speculation requires a lot of explanation, examining Creeds, etc.
Do you think that it is possible that God the Father was once a man? Do you believe that it is even in the realm of possibility?
Like the God the Son.
^Not actually LDS doctrine. Rather this quote is a speculative quote and in no mean official status. You can think it's bunk and be LDS Christian 100% is good standing. To explain this quote requires a lot of background, as I previously stated.
Look, it's not my intent to make you feel ganged up on. I know how that feels, and it stinks. But if someone asks me what I believe about something doctrinal, I can tell them and give Bible verses to support my belief. If I'm not sure about it, I search the Bible for answers.
In the above quote, Lynn is quoting the D&C, which is considered LDS scripture, right?
I literally just answered this:
My personal view: It's speculation. I don' t have more than that, and that's the end of it.
To explain other people's speculation requires a lot of explanation, examining Creeds, etc.
So you don't know if you think it is possible? I'm not asking if you believe it; I am asking if you believe it is possible? Does it even have a slight chance of being true?
It's good to have calm and helpful discussions from the Scriptures, our authority.
Yes. Scripture statement: The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s” (D&C 130:22).
The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, quote is not.
