7up wrote: I certainly do have some issues with (the denigration of the motherhood of a Divine female). Not only is it based on all kinds of assumptions, but it is also demeaning to mothers here on earth.
Denigrating motherhood is anti-Mormonism at its finest.
The concept that men and women are different, and even may serve different roles, is hardly "pompous". And that is hardly a "Mormon" concept. Quite arguably, it is a Biblical concept.
7UP: More assumptions. Saying that they are going to be "birthing spirit children" makes it sound like a mortal and physical pregnancy. (It is a deceptive tactic that anti-Mormons use in order to use words with negative connotations.) Why do you assume that spiritual creation entails a physical "birthing" process?
I think that it is safe to assume that physical children are produced through physical processes, and spiritual children are produced through spiritual processes.
Would you have a good reason to assume otherwise?
You ARE correct that LDS do not have detailed doctrine about exactly how spirits are created.
7up: What does Mother God do? I don't know.
Most LDS feel that the teaching of Heavenly Mother is a very sacred truth, and we won't know much about it in this life. It is a pearl that "swine will trample under foot". As I said, this thread is evidence enough of that.
7up: What does God the Father do?
Yes. And for the most part, the Father delegates. He delegates to Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, angels, human servants, etc.
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7
7up: Let me give you a safer assumption to work with. The relationship between a mother and father includes mutual love and respect. How's that for a novel concept to your primitive mind set?
"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness'... male and female God created them." (Gen 1)
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7UP: More assumptions. Saying that they are going to be "birthing spirit children" makes it sound like a mortal and physical pregnancy. (It is a deceptive tactic that anti-Mormons use in order to use words with negative connotations.) Why do you assume that spiritual creation entails a physical "birthing" process?
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Would you have a good reason to assume otherwise?
You ARE correct that LDS do not have detailed doctrine about exactly how spirits are created.
7up: What does Mother God do? I don't know.
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7up: What does God the Father do?
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Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7
7up: Let me give you a safer assumption to work with. The relationship between a mother and father includes mutual love and respect. How's that for a novel concept to your primitive mind set?
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