mfbukowski Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 I'd like to point out that discussions like these are so far away from traditional Christianity that I hope you'd understand why some Christians of good will (meaning those that aren't anti-Mormon by default) have a hard time putting Mormons in the Christian camp. The idea that Jesus somehow shares DNA with the First Person of the Holy Trinity is mind blowing for a traditional Christian. It is SO far away from our understanding of God the Father, God the Son, Jesus Christ, and their relationship. What is perhaps more perplexing is when people bring up these concerns (the ideas being espoused on this thread), often we are told that that is not what Mormons believe, but just conjecture. Yet here it is... faithful Mormons discussing how God the Father's DNA ended up in Mary. Please, please... acknowledge that you think and believe this stuff, and that it's not just some anti-Mormon's dishonest diatribe against the LDS church.I am very uncomfortable with this type of discussion which I find quite profane, and frankly, disgusting. I agree that this sort of talk leads to well-founded misunderstandings of our church and should never take place, no matter who has said it. I would agree with Catholics, and Mormon scripture rather than Mormon conjecture, that Jesus is the only begotten Son of the Father and leave it at that. How all that happened is unknowable. Philosophically as a Pragmatist, how it happened or even "IF" it "actually happened" is irrelevant to my faith or my practice of it. I have absolute certainty that this a true belief and is absolutely central to my understanding of both God and man and our relationship. 2
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