[Quix]

Since we are engaging in idle speculations,

mine is

that we did exist in identifiable form of some sort outside the 'mere' mind of God--as though anything about God could be 'mere.'

Certainly God COULD have had it as you say. It just doesn't fit His Nature and character as I read Him.

Interestingly, a friend of mine postulated that After all our earthly choices are concluded and God has entered all the data in His heavenly computer, there would be no further need for us to exist in our heavenly body form. I think, that, too is quite askew from God's Nature and way of doing things.

I do NOT construe all reality as some elaborate version of THE MATRIX.

[Safrguns]

mine is that we did exist in identifiable form of some sort outside the 'mere' mind of God--as though anything about God could be 'mere.' How could this be possible without a vessel for the [SOUL]? Mormons believe that we exist as spirit beings awaiting birth into a physical body... which is one good indication that this is NOT the case. I do believe this topic simply revolves around the omniscience of God... which is something we are not capable of comprehending, just as eternity itself is beyond our grasp. I think that our attempts to grasp it simply results in speculations which cannot be supported... even though it's fun to try.