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To: CubicleGuy
***Score one for Joseph Smith and the Restored Gospel.***

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Who can tell us of the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an evening, called the moon? When we view its face we may see what is termed "the man in the moon," and what some philosophers declare are the shadows of mountains. But these sayings are very vague, and amount to nothing; and when you inquire about the inhabitants of that sphere you find that the most learned are as ignorant in regard to them as the most ignorant of their fellows. So it is with regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think it is inhabited? I rather think it is. Do you think there is any life there? No question of it; it was not made in vain. It was made to give light to those who dwell upon it, and to other planets; and so will this earth when it is celestialized. Every planet in its first rude, organic state receives not the glory of God upon it, but is opaque; but when celestialized, every planet that God brings into existence is a body of light, but not till then. Christ is the light of this planet. God gives light to our eyes. Did you ever think who gave you the power of seeing? who organized these little globules in our heads, and formed the nerves running to the brain, and gave us the power of distinguishing a circle from a square, an upright from a level, large from small, white from black, brown from gray, and so on? Did you acquire this faculty by your own power? Did any of you impart this power to me or I to you? Not at all. Then where did we get it from? From a superior Being. When I think of these few little things with regard to the organization of the earth and the people of the earth, how curious and how singular it is! And yet how harmonious and beautiful are Nature's laws! -- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses

64 posted on 06/18/2002 6:15:02 AM PDT by drstevej
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To: cubicle guy
Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 13, p. 271 (This sermon was given by Brigham Young in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on July 24, 1870)
66 posted on 06/18/2002 6:20:40 AM PDT by drstevej
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To: drstevej
Prove to me that angels don't live on the sun.

Maybe you find Brigham Young's declaration to be nonsense. Fine. Just prove that angels or other celestial beings are incapable of living there.

Take all the time and bandwidth you need.

104 posted on 06/18/2002 7:56:27 PM PDT by CubicleGuy
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