Everstrivin

This has been really enlightening, my first thoughts were, "Of course not!", I usually choose to adhere to the more strict side of the law (my wife and I won't buy any movies with even one swear word in them). Now, my eyes have been opened to the none black and whiteness of the dilemma. It seems to me that I would probably sell anti-WoW products to stay in business, but maybe I would put extra disclaimers up, such as those you see on cigarette packages (I'm not actually sure if cigarette boxes have disclaimers on them outside of Canada, so... like there is in Canada anyway).

I would like to just pose my initial thoughts about this topic. I don't have time right now to look up all the references required to back this up. I could be wrong, but here goes... I believe this life is not just a time to get a body and learn how to deal with it. We are also here for the purpose of learning how to deal with our own spiritual, physical and emotional yearnings (the body does add a few of those that we were not familiar with, thus the need to come to earth). Heaven will be much like this life except we will be glorified and not under the influence of Satan. As a result of having agency, which we will always have, we have the ability to think bad thoughts. It is our job to figure out how to decrease those thoughts until they don't happen any more. The mercy of God to send us away from his presence to be able to think bad thoughts and figure out how to deal with them is great. My vision of the celestial glory involves continual repentance. Someone who has shown that they will choose the right will receive a celestial body. With a celestial body you would be able to do anything. God would be giving us the ultimate gift of trust. We will always make mistakes, but what gave us the right to a celestial body is that we had shown a tendency to repent when we make mistakes. (Repentance means to improve oneself). Because sin was and will be possible in the celestial world, with no outside influence, it was not only possible that Satan along with 1/3 of our siblings would fall, but also it will be possible for us to fall as well. I imagine that in the celestial world without the added influence of the devil it will be easier, but we will still need to behave ourselves. I hope this makes sense. My belief stems primarily from the concept of work and how eternity without the satisfaction obtained through diligent and hard work would be empty. Work makes accomplishment meaningful. This consistency with what the church teaches about eternity, God and what we can experience here on earth is something that really strengthens my testimony.