[bytor2112]

When LDS talk about the oneness of God being "one of purposes" that seems to me to not being saying anything particularly special about the unity. "the whole measure of the fullness of Christ" is what we are being prepared for (or should be), it is hard for me to beleive that the persons of God are less united with one another then what we should be.

I am not sure I follow you........ our understanding of the nature of the Godhead is thus: God the Father.......who is literally our Father and also the Father of Jesus Christ........Jesus Christ....and the Holy Ghost. They are one God. One in every sense......except substance. They are as individual as you and I..... Heavenly Father has a body of flesh and bone as does Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost is a personage of Spirit.

"whole measure of the fullness" says to me that we should be taking on the nature of Christ, not just the "purposes of Christ". We should be producing the fruit of the spirit (Gal 5:22-23) not just the purposes of the Holy Spirit.

Yes......as the primary song goes..."I am trying to be like Jesus...."

When we know the Son, we should know not just the purposes of Father but the heart of the Father; His nature and character are best revealed through Christ and that is what we should be being transformed into the likeness of.

Absolutely......well said... I think perhaps you do not really understand our beliefs. Understanding our relationship with God and the plan of salvation helps one to better understand why we believe the way we do.....and also the fact that we believe that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ.....two seperate and distinct beings.