It is a wonder then, sad as it is, that some Mormon missionaries are murdered on their missions ... what with that superhero stuff and all .... they wear that special underwear that’s supposed to protect them from all evil and harm?
Having water thrown on you...........Ok I do not recall any lds ever being murdered on their mission because they were on a mission. (Not talking about random acts of violence.)
I think it frankly feeds some of the athletic programs @ universities like BYU. If you've been designated by Lds leaders as a...
..."god-in-embryo"
...wearing magic garments...
...and are a priestholder in a system where you are told "you are given more power than all the superheroes in the world combined -- and it is REAL power"...
...just the combo "psychology" of these interactions alone tends to lend itself to a gung-ho, prideful, almost arrogant nature that both moves you to do things you wouldn't otherwise think you can do, yet inevitably is based upon false confidences & false securities which will fail you.
By analogy, it's like being told you're a god, albeit a "baby one"...
...and you can wear a magic condom that will "protect" you...
...and your "priestholder" designation will add to that ultra-"superhero" power...
Now, do you think that will lead people to engage in "less" risky behavior, or more? And while somebody may as a result of a "SuperCondom" mentality start "tallying" what they deem as "conquests," it all eventually catches up to them.
There is no "SuperCondom!"
There is no "SuperUnderwear!"
There is no "SuperHeroPriesthood!"
And lo, nobody but nobody are baby gods.
How are even Mormons to know they aren't gods or potential ones?
'Cause when a Mormon looks up in their topical guide at the back of their Bible, like the Lds one I have published in 1979, there are no entries for this.
You look up "eternal progression..."
...and it tells you to look elsewhere, like "godliness."
So you go to "godliness," and there are no verses listed in either the BoM or even the D&C about becoming gods.
...it also tells you to look up "eternal life." Same thing...no verses there about becoming gods in any of their supposed "scriptures."
...it also tells you to look up "exaltation." So I look up "exaltation" & finally it gives some D&C verses about that...but no Book of Mormon passages other than 4 talking about inheriting God's kingdom or coming to glory.
It's just not in the Book of Mormon! And here Smith said SEVERAL TIMES in the D&C that the Book of Mormon IS "the fulness of the everlasting gospel!" If it was a "full" and "eternal" gospel as of 1830, can't make it fuller and more eternal in later 1830s, can you????
Sorry...Lds...but the Book of Mormon knows of NO SUCH thing as the unique Lds contemporary teaching of exaltation, eternal progression, "eternal life" (which they uniquely define as ONLY the highest degree of glory), or godliness =ing becoming a god!!! Not there. Absent. MIA.
Somebody's lied to you.