Bond...James Bond Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Dang, Bond, can't you just keep quiet about that? It won't be a secret if you keep blabbing it all over the Internet!
LDSToronto Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I remember Joseph said something to the effect that there is no space in which there is no kingdom. This struck me as I viewed the youtube videos of the NASA spaceshuttle missions and saw the many different objects and lights moving around the shuttle. I guess space is really not empty afterall.The idea that outer space is not empty is nothing new.H.
zerinus Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Suppose there are people on other worlds. How would they know about what Jesus Christ did on earth? Do they have the Old and New Testament? The Book of Mormon? Prophets? Apostles? The Doctrine and Covenants?H.Why couldn't they have their own prophets who would tell them that?
blooit Posted March 29, 2012 Author Posted March 29, 2012 Either you guys don't get the question or I didn't ask it very well. How do you think different religions would respond to this here on earth.Holy tangent!
Stargazer Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Either you guys don't get the question or I didn't ask it very well.How do you think different religions would respond to this here on earth.Holy tangent!Or they just took the topic and ran with it in any old direction.Anyway, I used to think that it would cause lots of problems for many religions if there turned out to be LGM's somewhere. I don't any more.Here is an LDS sci fi author's offering on the subject:http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/stories/that-leviathan-whom-thou-hast-made/Unfortunately, the story is no longer available for free, but at 99 cents for a downloaded version, it's well worth it, IMHO.To summarize, "That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" won the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, awarded by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and and is nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, awarded at the World Science Fiction Convention.Story synopsis: "Harry Malan is the president of a Mormon congregation on a station located at the center of the Sun, where humans can interact with "swales" -- giant star-dwelling plasma beings. When Harry finds out about a problem with one of the Mormon swales, he decides he must help, even if it means confronting Leviathan, the largest of the swales."
inquiringmind Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I wonder if the doctirne would have to change if we got to the point of communication with and travel to other worlds. I can put a finger on it yet, but I feel that somehow, it would have to. Would such changes contradict existing doctrine? I don't know.Can new doctrine ever contradict existing doctrine?
Bernard Gui Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Not sure of the response, could the church handle all that additional missionary work?Think of all the chairs and tables to set up and put away.Bernard
Bernard Gui Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I asked Mrs. Gui the following question, and she said it was stupid. OK, so I'll ask it here, too, and probablyget the same response.Is God the God of our galaxy (which is pretty darn big), or the God of all the Universe (which is bigger than big)?Bernard
ebeddoulos Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Can new doctrine ever contradict existing doctrine?Yes. 1
KevinG Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) Either you guys don't get the question or I didn't ask it very well.How do you think different religions would respond to this here on earth.Holy tangent!All of them would start by looking up. After that it all depends on if the aliens eat pork or drink alcoholic beverages.The Mormons and the Catholics have a distinct advantage if the aliens say "take us to your leader". Edited March 29, 2012 by KevinG 2
zeez Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Suppose the people on these other planets did not look at all like human beings. What then about the Nature of God and all?
KevinG Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Suppose the people on these other planets did not look at all like human beings. What then about the Nature of God and all?All carbon based life forms look alike to me. 1
zeez Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 All carbon based life forms look alike to me.Yes, they all have mass. 1
zerinus Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 If life was verified on other planets, it would be interesting to see each faith respond to it. I think Mormons would respond very well. How do you think each group would react to this kind of news?That is a question best asked of them. But I agree that Mormon theology is the one best placed to answer that question. 1
KevinG Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) I have a weird and mischievous wish that God will choose to appear to unrepentant Klansmen during the resurrection as a large black man with very dark skin and say "what were you expecting?" Edited March 29, 2012 by KevinG 2
zeez Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) I have a weird and mischievous wish that God will choose to appear to unrepentant Klansmen during the resurrection as a large black man with very dark skin and say "what were you expecting?"Why not an Caucasian man in a dark suit? I hope you aren't getting tired of looking at that. Edited March 29, 2012 by zeez
KevinG Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Why not an Caucasian man in a dark suit? I hope you aren't getting tired of looking at that.I'm in the South. Once every year for three months we ditch the jackets and look like the Aaronic Priesthood. We also have a lot more Hispanics and Blacks than a lot of other regions in the US.
zerinus Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Can new doctrine ever contradict existing doctrine?It depends on what you mean by "doctrine". Truth does not change; but procedures and practices can. Once upon a time people thought the sacrament could only be administered with bread and wine; then the Lord said that water is okay.
zeez Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I'm in the South. Once every year for three months we ditch the jackets and look like the Aaronic Priesthood. We also have a lot more Hispanics and Blacks than a lot of other regions in the US.Yeah, I actually find it highly unlikely that white skin is Divine. I think God's curse was really to turn dark skin white so His people would get sunburned and have to travel to Norway, where my ancestors are from.
bcuzbcuz Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 I have a weird and mischievous wish that God will choose to appear to unrepentant Klansmen during the resurrection as a large black man with very dark skin and say "what were you expecting?"Or how about if he shows up as a short, curly haired, dark skinned, pronounced facial features, old man wearing a yarmulke and a tallit katan. And says, "What were you expecting?" 1
jonhas Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 Imagine being "created in G-d's image" but with the intention of existing and thriving on a different world.You could be made of different elements, have different attributes (height, weight, density), different tollorances, even look completely 'alien' when compared to someone from this earth yet still have a similar degree of resemblence to a glorified resurrected eternal being.I remember the first time that the following passage it really sank in and I realised how frail and monkey-like our bodies are compared to what may one day await us.His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying: - http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/110.3?lang=eng
LeSellers Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 How would [people on other worlds] know about what Jesus Christ did on earth? Through their scriptures, delivered to them by their own prophets and Apostles.Do they have the Old and New Testament?No. They would have their own scriptures.The Book of Mormon?No. They would have their own scriptures.Prophets? Apostles?Yes!. Their own prophets and Apostles.The Doctrine and Covenants?No. They would have their own scriptures.Lehi 1
Jeff K. Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 First, I have no idea how to parse this statement. The first paragraph seems unrelated to the second paragraph; it is hard to understand what you mean by integrating species; and the entire post seems to have nothing to do with anything mentioned in this thread, so I can't even get context.I'm sure you have something interesting to say, but I'm at a loss trying to figure out what that might be.H.Chuckle. Based on your post it appears you have nothing interesting to say, beyond the complaint that you have nothing interesting to say and that you have the inability to "parse" a statement. I cannot be responsible for your lack of ability to post anything interesting or you lack of insight. You may continue exercising your lack of ability, feel free to avoid responding if you cannot understand a post. Though I dare say it will free up a great deal of your time here.
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