Graig

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  1. I don't know if this is in the right category but I have a question about Temple marriage. Its my understanding that salvation for the mormon is through marriage in the temple. I also understand that the mormon believes that the Holy Spirit is a God, just like Heavenly Father is a God and Jesus Christ is also a God. What I find very confusing is this: The mormon church believes that God the Father and Jesus Christ have wives and children. What then do you do about the Holy Spirit? Sorry but none of this makes any sense.
  2. Unfortunately what LeGrand Richards meant is not being understood here. There is a passage of Scripture that the lds church says substantiates the coming forth of the BoM. It is Isaiah 29:4. "And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust." Compare this with what LeGrands Richards wrote: “Now, obviously, the only way a dead people could speak ‘out of the ground’ or ‘low out of the dust’ would be by the written word, and this the people did through the Book of Mormon. Truly it has a familiar spirit, for it contains the words of the prophets of the God of Israel.” The Hebrew word pronounced ‘OV’ or ‘OB’, means a necromancer and is translated in the Bible as ‘familiar spirit. In Deut. 18:11 it is used with ‘the dead’ as the direct object. To follow after the dead is translated as ‘necromancer,’ which is communication with demons.’ "Familiar spirit" according to the Holy Bible always refers to demons, since the Bible is clear that the dead do not return as disembodied spirits roaming the earth. LeGrand Richards, as do most lds, believe that this familiar spirit is God-given and positive affirmation that the BoM is truly scripture from God. But the Holy Bible never speaks positively of “familiar spirits” and God never uses “familiar spirits” to confirm His presence or authenticate His Word. The Holy Bible tells us that “familiar spirits” are spirit persons who are familiar or intimate with humans and speak to them through a witch or a spirit medium! In every case the person who has the “familiar spirit” is condemned by God. The point is Richards showed a complete misunderstanding of the usage of familar spirit. There are at least 15 Old Testament references to ‘familiar spirit’, and all of them deal with witchcraft.
  3. Luke 16:19-31 talks about a beggar and a rich man. The beggar was in Abraham's bosom and the rich man was in another place in torment. There was a gulf between them meaning one could not visit the other. Abraham's bosom is paradise where the Christian dead (those who believed in Jesus Christ) go waiting for the return of Christ. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word used to describe the realm of the dead is sheol, which means place of the dead or the place of departed souls/spirits. The New Testament Greek word that is used for hell is hades, which also refers to the place of the dead. Sheol/hades is a temporary place, where souls are kept as they await the final resurrection and judgment. Rev 20:11-15 gives a distinction between the two. Hell (the lake of fire) is the permanent and final place of judgment for the lost. Hades is a temporary place. Jesus did not go to hell because hell is a future realm, only put into effect after the Great White Throne Judgment (Rev 20:11-15). The place where Christ's soul went between His death and resurrection is also called paradise. Christ promised the thief on the cross that on that very day that he would be with Him in paradise. Its obvious that the thief on the cross was not with Christ in the tomb, nor were they ghosts wandering aimlessly on the earth, but the thief was with Him in paradise
  4. I have to agree with gina on this one. The Bible does mention spirits but they are angels and demons. It says absolutely nothing about the dead coming back as disembodied spirits. Ecclesiastes 9: 5, 6 tells us that the dead know NOTHING.The apostle Paul said to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.