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To: Edward Watson

Are you KIDDING me? Mormonism teaches that Jesus is the first creator? I guess it depends on the meaning of the word first.

The Temple ceremony covers this. Mormons believe the gods created earth, but then too, they believe the earth was fashioned by the gods from material that existed previous to the creation.

THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM
TRANSLATED FROM THE PAPYRUS, BY JOSEPH SMITH
CHAPTER 4
The Gods plan the creation of the earth and all life thereon—Their plans for the six days of creation are set forth.
1 And then the Lord said: Let us go down. And they went down at the beginning, and they, that is the aGods, borganized and formed the cheavens and the earth.
2 And the earth, after it was formed, was empty and desolate, because they had not formed anything but the earth; and adarkness reigned upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of the Gods bwas brooding upon the face of the waters.


305 posted on 12/07/2007 1:15:12 PM PST by colorcountry (To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: colorcountry; Edward Watson

I forgot the link http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/4/1#1


306 posted on 12/07/2007 1:17:09 PM PST by colorcountry (To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: colorcountry

Why should I kid you?

The Bible says Jesus Christ is the Creator:

John 1:3,10 All things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made ... He was in the world and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. / Col 1:16-17 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: All things were created by him and for him: and he is before all things and by him all things consist. / Heb 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. / 1 Cor 8:6 But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him. / Eph 3:9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.

The Latter-day Scriptures say Jesus Christ is the Creator:

Mosiah 3:8 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary. / 3 Nephi 9:15 Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and in me hath the Father glorified his name. / Ether 3:16 Behold, this body, which ye now behold, is the body of my spirit; and man have I created after the body of my spirit; and even as I appear unto thee to be in the spirit will I appear unto my people in the flesh. / D&C 38:1-3 THUS saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, the Great I AM, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the same which looked upon the wide expanse of eternity, and all the seraphic hosts of heaven, before the world was made; The same which knoweth all things, for all things are present before mine eyes; I am the same which spake, and the world was made, and all things came by me. / D&C 76:23-24 For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father—That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God. / Moses 1:33 And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.

I still remember you from a previous exchange. Well, if you don’t understand the plural Eloheim and the bene ha eloheim’s role in the creation of the world under the guidance of the pre-existent Christ; might I suggest hitting the books before showing ignorance on the issues?


380 posted on 12/08/2007 5:14:34 AM PST by Edward Watson (Fanatics with guns beat liberals with ideas)
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