I'm usually tolerant of moral religious beliefs of people who don't wish to kill me (that is, non-Muslims), but as a gnostic leaning Buddhist, such matter-worship makes me nauseous.
You only expect to see polytheistic matter-worship in cultures that produce "cargo cults" and voodoo.
>>They were all created as mere mortals who ascended to godhood. Joseph Smith said
>>matter was eternal.
>>I'm usually tolerant of moral religious beliefs of people who don't wish to kill me (that
>>is, non-Muslims), but as a gnostic leaning Buddhist, such matter-worship makes me
>>nauseous.
>>You only expect to see polytheistic matter-worship in cultures that produce "cargo
>>cults" and voodoo.
Polytheistic matter worship, you ought to write for Doctor Who. See what happens when those you try to teach a principle they dont understand?
God is eternal because he was there before us and will be there for the rest of our lives. Matter (Being created by God, before he created us), will also be there for the rest of our lives, and is also eternal.
We do not worship matter.
See the first law of Thermodynamics (http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/~woodward/ch121/ch5_law.htm ) for the eternal nature of matter to us mere mortals
Until recently they were called "Saints". Now they want to be called "Christians". The Missouri Mormons dropped the "Saints" label entirely. Unsuspecting folks would never know they are anything other than mainstream Christians as they are now "The Community of Christ".