What's the nuttiest allegedly Christian religion on the Planet?
Please give at least one paragraph as to WHY you chose as u did
Here's mine:
JWs don't believe in Hell. Well, what did Jesus die to save us from, then? Or what else would He have gone through such torture for? Please explain. The Mormons believe spirits are flying around everywhere in the universe, waiting for people to copulate (in marriage... don't know about fornication??) so as to bring those spirits into a body.. So yeh.. I don't know where they get this (although I can speculate).
The Episcopalians (founded by Henry VIII, mass murderer) are now allowing actively homosexual men to be ministers. Yikes! Whatever happened to homosexuality being a serious (mortal) sin? Or Whatever happened to Go and sin no more?
As for JW's that is a really great question. I suppose they would answer this like they do other things, "bad translations." If they don't agree with something, it's always their scholars are better than yours.
As for your reason with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you simply don't have a clear picture of this doctrine. And, the members aren't "Mormons." They are "Saints." Latter-day Saints.
First, the depiction of spirits "flying" around everywhere is incorrect with their belief. They are in a specific place called Heaven living with Father and Mother in Heaven. The doctrine is that we have always existed as energy or Intelligences. And, being energy, cannot be created nor destroyed. Father and Mother in Heaven had children with bodies much finer than our earthly bodies. They are "Spirit Bodies." Our intelligences were placed in these spirit bodies. We gained more knowledge learning to control these spirit bodies. But, we could not progress to become like our Father and Mother in Heaven without a physical resurrected earthly body of flesh and bones. The Plan is the same basic plan Father and Mother in Heaven followed in their former universe. We come to this earth to be tested to see if we have the faith enough to choose freely good over evil. We are subject to the world and all the temptations the world has to offer including Lucifer (Satan) our common enemy to tempt and torment us. There was a war in Heaven over how and who this plan would be executed by. Jehovah championed Father's Plan. Lucifer was okay with part of it but rejected the testing part. So, he came up with His alternative plan to bring us all down to earth and receive our bodies but not allow us to be tested and use our free moral agency to do so. He would bring us all back and would take upon him all glory above Father in Heaven. Father in Heaven rejected his alterations and Lucifer revolted and got a third of the hosts (spirit children) to go along with him. Father banished Lucifer and all of our brothers and sisters that followed Lucifer. The remaining two-thirds have been and continue to descend from on high to the earth to receive a body for future resurrection needs and to be tested to prove to ourselves what glory of Heaven we will belong to after our resurrection and judgment: Celestial, Terrestrial and Telestial (First Corinthians Chapter 15). This process has been and continues to be very organized and orderly. This is why we view all people our brother's and sisters in the Lord because we are all literally spirit children of Heavenly Father and Mother. It is also why we sometimes refer to Jesus Christ as our "Elder Brother."
While there are no scriptural references to a "Mother in Heaven," we have a song we sing that suggests this through logic and reasoning. "Oh My Father", Verse 3, ...In the heav'ns are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare! Truth is reason; truth eternal Tells me I've a mother there." Verse 4, "When I leave this frail existence, When I lay this mortal by, Father, Mother, may I meet you in your royal courts on high? Then, at length, when I've completed all you sent me forth to do, With your mutual approbation Let me come and live with you."
As for much of the rest, there is Biblical evidence as well as latter-day prophets that agree with the above Plan of Salvation. People often try to use what Moses said and then later in the New Testament that marriage is not given in Heaven. So, why do we believe our marriages can be made binding while in heaven and obtain the same situation as Father and Mother in Heaven have? It's because Christianity's big mistake of interpretation is that the Lord said, Whatsoever is bound on earth is bound in heaven. Marriage has to be performed here on earth as there will be no marriage of two persons after the resurrection. The marriage must be performed on earth and also sealed while on earth either by the two persons or vicariously inside our Temples. Whatsoever is bound on earth is bound in heaven. But, the binding or sealing has to be done with the sealing power of Elijah in which our Church is the only one with this authority to do so. Elijah has already returned in 1836 and restored this binding or sealing power to our Priesthood. No need for Jews to open the doors during Passover anymore. Hope this gives some insight to you.
