goofball Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 Hello all- I am excited to have found this website and thought I would add my first post Has anyone heard about the type of family ties that we had in the pre-existence? Did we associate with family members. I have heard that we did and am interested in statements the Brethren have made concerning this. Quote
Palerider Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 go to LDS.org and begin your search..... :) Quote
kiwibabee Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 you mean like "Saturday's Warroirs"? No really my sister was told in her patriarichal blessing that she chose our family. I have always felt with my kids that they knew each other before they came down to earth. Quote
a-train Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 I'm unaware of any scriptural mention of such details. However, I highly doubt our first introduction to our earthly family was her in mortality. -a-train Quote
Gaia Posted October 18, 2007 Report Posted October 18, 2007 you mean like "Saturday's Warroirs"?No really my sister was told in her patriarichal blessing that she chose our family.I have always felt with my kids that they knew each other before they came down to earth.GAIA:Hello and WElcome, Kiwibabee --Yes, while there is little official doctrine to address that point i think many LDS do feel that there is some truth to the idea that (major) relationships predate mortality, and furthermore, i think that is one of the more attractive elements of LDS thought, for many investigators....In fact, it may interest some here to know that -- while i must again emphasize it is NOT in any way official doctrine --Joseph Smith is reputed to have told Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (one of his polygamous wives): “I was his before I came here and he said all the Devils in hell should never get me from him...” (See "Mormon Polygamy: A History" by (LDS Historian) Richard S. Van Wagoner, and "In Sacred Lonliness" by Todd Compton.)That certainly suggests that at least some relationships had their origins in pre-mortality, pre-earth.However, i do think we may need to beware taking that idea quite as far as popular Mormon fiction (ala "Saturday's Warrior" and "My Turn on Earth") tend to -- Blessings --~Gaia Quote
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