Yeah, how convenient for Joseph Smith to have come up with this angle after the fact (after the fact of referring to hell as eternal in the BoM). Note the date when Joseph first wrote about this in the D&C, and then compare it to the BoM publishing date.
So the original BoM golddust writers couldn't redefine "eternal" properly and so every BoM reader along with every Bible reader got it wrong for years all until Joe's D&C commentary came along?
Note...this redefinition is still not in the BoM, meaning that when LDS missionaries ask folks to read & pray about the BoM, they don't know that even basic phrases like "eternal hell" have been totally redefined.
So, you're telling me that when the BoM describes heaven as being "eternal" it's not really eternal...[that we're all gonna get a heavenly pink slip some day]...that heaven is only called "eternal" because God is "eternal." [Gotta be consistent, ya know]
Wow! What a comforting doctrine! Especially knowing your god is evolving (he may want to take a transfer to a Kolobite satellite moon some day).
>>Yeah, how convenient for Joseph Smith
The truth is always convenient.
>>they don't know that even basic phrases like "eternal hell" have been totally redefined.
How do you know what they know? The BOM is used of course, as a teaching tool. The Gospel is also preached verbally, testimony is given verbally, hearts are lifted when they hear the Good News, this is a good thing.
So how exactly did David get promised that God would not leave his soul in hell if being sent to hell is eternal?
>>So, you're telling me that when the BoM describes heaven as being "eternal" it's not
>>really eternal...[that we're all gonna get a heavenly pink slip some day]...that heaven is
>>only called "eternal" because God is "eternal." [Gotta be consistent, ya know]
You are reminding me of an atheist friend of mine who told me he could prove god wasn’t all powerful. He said “God can’t make a rock so big that he can’t lift it.” I responded that God was also omniscient, which means he is not dumb.