[Were Adam and Eve born?]

It would not be the only time God has condescended in order to bless mankind.

My theory makes total sense to me.

Yes, God could have made us from the "dust" of the earth. I have no doubt that He could do it that way.

But the "home grown" method seems more personal, more intimate, more like the God I have come to know.

Ultimately, God's condescension ends up exalting Him. That is the paradox.

oh, I just have to ask you:

what do you think about Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother coming to live on this planet and eat of it's food (dust) to be able to create physical bodies of flesh and bone for this planet? (because obviously, they created spirit bodies, and we came here to get mortal bodies.)

[Were Adam and Eve born?]

Well, if you hold a Trinitarian view of the Godhead, my theory won't make much sense to you.

I am not suggesting that my theory is the official LDS position. It is just what I think happened.

If I were a god of flesh and bone, with a female companion, and it was time to populate the earth -- the obvious solution would be to create the bodies of Adam and Eve myself.

Also, I am not sure about there being just ONE pair of "Adam and Eve". I think there were many pairs created at the same time. Enough to provide for diversity in the gene pool. Otherwise you'd have brothers and sisters marrying each other and a real mess, genetically.

I think Adam and Eve were a TYPE.

I am not asking anyone to agree with me. I am just stating what makes the most sense to me as to how the human race got started.

I think again that brings God down to mans level. Peace!

jumping in late, but perhaps it doesn't bring God down to man's level, but instead gives an interesting concept to as man is, God once was and as God is, man may become.

[Hello!]

thank you you guys!

[Inter-Faith Marriages]

paulp1002, from what you've said this is what I've noticed.

At first your wife seemed open to letting you explore your Catholic roots, then she seemed to change her mind after talking with others. She's seems easily swayed. She doesn't seem to be disciplined enough to be committed to her own LDS faith without your support. She may have, without realizing it, expected that you would be her support in keeping herself involved in her family faith. She's been inactive before and doesn't seem to have a firm desire to be involved in the LDS church on her own. You came along and she saw you as someone who could help her be more disciplined and committed. Now if you decide to follow your Catholic roots, where does that leave her? She's lost without your support. You have told her that you do support her, but it's not the same to her since she needs you in a more forceful way.

If an interfaith marriage is going to work, each marriage partner has to be independently committed to their own faith. If your wife really wanted to be active in her LDS faith, she must be disciplined on her own. She must want to be an active LDS because that's her desire. You shouldn't be the one to give her that push, she must push herself. Once she's more confident in her ability to be active than she might be more open to understanding why you need to be committed to your Catholic faith.

You need to ask her what she really wants with her religion and marriage. She's got to understand that you can't make her be an active saint, she has to want that and make it happen. Start with that and see what she tells you. Good luck Paul.

M.

I just wanted to add, that it doesn't matter if the wife thought she'd be able to lean on her husband's testimony and vice versa. That's marriage -- that's family. That's how it works. Everyone is more then likely going to have weak times.

And she may have thought that looking at your Catholic roots would remind you of why you chose to not be Catholic, and chose to be LDS. That was a choice, and it's a hard choice to keep. The reason why that is perhaps not a good idea, and why she changed her mind is---what has been the result? Did it do as she probably suspected?

I have offered my convert husband to seek out a church he'd be more comfortable in accepting, when he has also has concerns about Joseph Smith and the Word of Wisdom. (he is leaning towards his father's "no organized religion" philosphy though.) Even as I said it, I wasn't sure I could follow that. And after talking to others, both LDS and others (evangelical) may have worked out why that was and why that scared me.) It really does boil down to: eternity versus til death.

My husband says I'm the most important thing to him, and he wants forever. It's really hard to believe that sometimes though when his actions/choices are saying for life only. I really do believe that he doesn't realize that is what he is saying.

Best wishes.

[Hello!]

Hello! I found this forum today and decided to join.

I'm a happy mom to two boys. My husband is inactive, and not sure what he believes. He was a new convert when wed. (In fact, he gave up much to start a life with me.) I try to stay strong, but it's hard when the only thing you want is your family forever and don't have that temple promise.

I'm looking forward to meeting some new friends.