Say what? The "divine nature" of women? Aha! Mormonism unveiled: Presenting women as gods! (By the way, the BYU publication, The Daily Universe, avoided all references to women-as-gods in this same coverage of this general authority's talk).
From the article: "It is the marriage ceremony in the temple where husband and wife receive the power to perfect their relationship and, thereby, obtain their exaltation."
In Mormonese, what does "obtain their exaltation" translate into? It means stepping into the highest degree of glory & becoming gods.
From the article: "Sisters, I testify that when you stand in front of your heavenly parents in those royal courts on high and you look into Her eyes and behold Her countenance, any question you ever had about the role of women in the kingdom will evaporate into the rich celestial air, because at that moment you will see standing directly in front of you, your divine nature and destiny."
To be certain, Lds teaches godhood for millions of people!
Sisters, I testify that when you stand in front of your heavenly parents in those royal courts on high and you look into Her eyes and behold Her countenance, any question you ever had about the role of women in the kingdom will evaporate into the rich celestial air, because at that moment you will see standing directly in front of you, your divine nature and destiny.”
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Ah yes...
The mormon godess....
Mormonism is not Christianity
Sisters, I testify that when you stand in front of your heavenly parents in those royal courts on high and you look into Her eyes and behold Her countenance, any question you ever had about the role of women in the kingdom will evaporate into the rich celestial air, because at that moment you will see standing directly in front of you, your divine nature and destiny.”
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Ya know this is odd...
Mormons refuse to put capitals for God the Father or Jesus...
He, His, Him etc...
But they write capitals for their pagan belief in godesses...
Very telling...
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2)
Was there ever a son who couldn’t develop into the nature of the Father?
“It is the marriage ceremony in the temple where husband and wife receive the power to perfect their relationship and, thereby, obtain their exaltation.”
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Hmmmmmmmmmm
Maslow’s Theory...
But let’s see what Paul says about needing to be married for so called “spiritual exaltation” ...
Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. 1 Corinthians 7:8
But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 1 Corinthians 7:9
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Paul said to get married for common or garden physical reasons
Oh noes
What a come down...
Still Maslow covered that also...
at the bottom of his pyramid...
;)
Ah. Here is where we have Jesus being relegated to the level of a man's wife as BOTH having equal weight "to obtain the purification necessary to get back into the presence of God". More Mormon blasphemy; inserting spouses into being on the same spiritual level of Jesus Christ!
Sorry. But Jesus will bear no rival. He even said that if someone's family member gets in the way of being His disciple, then that relationship needs to be contrasted sharply with the love relationship with Jesus -- to where Jesus emphasized the point by a person's willingness to "hate" that competitive relationship! (That is radical discipleship!)
Jesus: "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26-27)
This passage is clear: By Jesus taking up the cross, He had to reject His previous role of looking after His mother, Mary. (He handed that off to one of His disciples, John). That rejection comes across as "hate" -- a lack of embrace; a willingness to even leave that person behind. But it's because He embraced the cross. If our embrace of our spouse gets in the way of embracing our cross, then we CANNOT be His disciple!
The Q of choice for Mormons is: Will they embrace the cross & thereby commence their road to discipleship? Or will they choose the route of treating a spouse as equal to Jesus the savior as the route "to obtain the purification necessary to get back into the presence of God?" (Jesus is the ONLY route to be purified & regain a footing in God's presence)
Jesus realized that men would place competitors to the cross:
some capitulate to family peer pressure of a parent -- and won't convert for that reason;
some elevate a girlfriend/boyfriend/potential spouse or spouse beyond the God-given role they are to be;
but without even waiting for individuals to do this, Mormon hauls it wholesale right into their religion!
From the article: "There is a limit to our spiritual development as long as we are single. There is a spiritual development which can only be obtained when a man and a woman join their incomplete selves into a complete couple," he said. "Just as conception requires the physical union of male and female, perfection requires the union of the very souls of male and female...Although single men and women can accomplish great things on their own, they are incomplete until united..."
You hear that world? Mormons call singles "incomplete"; and it won't be Jesus bringing you to heaven to make you perfect there or to purify you via His blood. Nope, it's a wedding ring that supposedly does that. (Talk about religious ritualism run amok!)
Great post! Thanks for sharing this great talk. Full of divine truth.
Those of you with issues or questions should seek clarification from sources other than biased anti-Mormons such as the many that seem to reside on the freerepublic religion section of this board.
Oh goodie a goddess thread!!! Lets get naked.
I gotta admit I admire the Mormons for how they spiritualize mans sexual gratification. If it were not for the we can all become gods stuff I might actually convert.