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Janadele said:
When husband and wife are physically and mentally able to provide the basic necessities of life for their children, then they have the privilege and responsibility to bring children into the world and to nurture them.
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Yet such couples sometimes turn out to be infertile, whilst people who are totally unsuitable to bring up children pop them out at the drop of a hat. Proof that there is no interventionist God, or if there is that he's a sadist.
 
Pup said:
http://www.lds.org/handbook/handboo...-church/selected-church-policies/21.4#21.4.15



Edited to add: So that this isn't just a cut-and-paste of church doctrine, I'll just add a comment. It seems that the church's general philosophy is to encourage married couples to have children, going back to the founding when being fruitful, multiplying, and raising children in the church was one way to encourage growth of church membership, and of course that's still true.
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What a deal. The parents indoctrinate their children into the product and then fill their heads with the desire to be volunteer sales people when they grow up AKA missionaries.

And the money flows.
 
zooterkin said:
What do you mean by 'replenish', when the population now is higher than it has ever been?
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Huh. I always took "replenish" to mean "continue replacing all the inhabitants who keep dying," since if people stopped having sex, the population would quickly dwindle, just as one needs to replenish one's larder because the food supply keeps dropping as people use it up.

But apparently some believers have interpreted the phrase to mean that the earth previously had more inhabitants and the commandment meant to restock the earth back to its old level. However, it seems that one common interpretation is that "replenish" didn't mean "refill" in the early 17th century, and instead meant simply "fill." So no matter how large the population is, we could keep replenishing it until it's full--whatever that level would be.

Seems like almost nobody reads it the way I did, to mean replenishing the population with new babies to replace the people who die.

Interesting. Never thought about other meanings before.
 
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Janadele said:
Our Heavenly Father has commanded us to multiply and replenish the earth. Providing mortal bodies for His Spirit children is central to God’s purposes for humanity. When husband and wife are physically and mentally able to provide the basic necessities of life for their children, then they have the privilege and responsibility to bring children into the world and to nurture them.
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Is one of the basic necessities a pony for each child?
 
Janadele said:
Our Heavenly Father has commanded us to multiply and replenish the earth. Providing mortal bodies for His Spirit children is central to God’s purposes for humanity. When husband and wife are physically and mentally able to provide the basic necessities of life for their children, then they have the privilege and responsibility to bring children into the world and to nurture them.
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I do not recall any god submitting this plan for my approval. Under what authority is this command given?
 
Stomatopoda said:
Maybe the population is dropping inside the hollow part of the Earth and we need to send babies down there to repopulate it.
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Let's put the pieces together.

1. The Earth is Hollow.
2. The entry point is under the arctic, with many explorers going over it without realizing it.
3. This means the entry point is underwater.
4. This makes the hollow Earth full of water, explaining where the water from Noah's flood went.
5. The lost tribes of Israel live inside the hollow Earth, explaining why Native Americans are not descended from Jews in a manner that's technically consistent with the Book of Mormon.

Combine the above points and you get:

6. The Lost tribes of Israel are Mer-people.

I never knew "Ariel" was a Jewish name, but if Janadele's theories are accurate, it MUST be...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPQVrjnC1jo
 
Craig4 said:
I do not recall any god submitting this plan for my approval...
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The veil which obscures knowledge and recall of your pre mortal existence is an integral part of the mortal trial you are at present undertaking.
 
How many of these souls are floating around waiting for a body to inhabit?

Back in the late '60s The Stones were singing about "the three thousand million" and now it's 7 billion or something.

What if we reproduced beyond the number of bodiless "souls" available? Would God crate more souls to fill those empty bodies? Do "soul" numbers drop during population crashes?

What a crock.
 
GlennB said:
How many of these souls are floating around waiting for a body to inhabit?

Back in the late '60s The Stones were singing about "the three thousand million" and now it's 7 billion or something.

What if we reproduced beyond the number of bodiless "souls" available? Would God crate more souls to fill those empty bodies? Do "soul" numbers drop during population crashes?

What a crock.
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According to hollywood that will be the final sign of the end and the start of the apocalypse. A movie about it was made starring Demi More. The 7th sign. I don't know if it is based on any mythology or what the official position is of the Church. In any event it's a real feel good romp. If bad thrillers are your idea of a feel good romp.
 
Janadele said:
Craig4 said:
I do not recall any god submitting this plan for my approval...
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The veil which obscures knowledge and recall of your pre mortal existence is an integral part of the mortal trial you are at present undertaking.
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The only veil obscuring knowledge that is apparent in this thread is one spun from 100% wilful ignorance and it most certainly isn't Craig4 who's wearing it.
 
The Spirit children of our Heavenly Father who are waiting to come to this earth to obtain their mortal bodies will all have the opportunity to do so before this earth is celestialized.
 
Janadele said:
The Spirit children of our Heavenly Father who are waiting to come to this earth to obtain their mortal bodies will all have the opportunity to do so before this earth is celestialized.
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God makes sure everyone gets a body but not necessarily enough food to stay alive.

vultureandchild.jpg


Just because he is all powerful and all merciful doesn't mean that he should help.
 
RandFan said:
God makes sure everyone gets a body but not necessarily enough food to stay alive.

[qimg]http://imageshack.us/a/img221/7226/vultureandchild.jpg[/qimg]

Just because he is all powerful and all merciful doesn't mean that he should help.
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The vulture version of manna from heaven.:duck:
 
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