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Originally Posted by abqfriend
The ultimate question-is where then did God/ Heavenly Father come from?
We say Eternal-but that is a difficult thing to understand.
Why would One God need a wife?
Do the Hebrew scriptures teach that Heavenly Father had a wife?
Do the Jews teach that today-or in the past?
-if so where?
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Actually the Jews at least on one (I think there was another but can't remember details) occasion in the past did teach that Jehovah had a wife - Asherah or Astarte.
Jeremiah cautioned against worshipping her (inline what we teach also we do not pray to her) - I there were times in early Latter Day Saint History when members were asked not to worship Heavenly Mother. And to pray to Heavenly Father
Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
—Jeremiah 7:17–18
... to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem ...
—Jeremiah 44:17
There are mentions of the ancient Hebrews being discouraged from worshipping her from at least the Time of Moses.
I am going to use the CS Lewis idea with your other questions as all I can come with is supposition and guesswork, the Narnia books had a theme running through them that you were only taught your own story that was what was relevant to your salvation. I have a personal view that has come to me but nothing that is taught as church doctrine
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Catholic Theology-which venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary- and considers her the "Mother of God" as we believe she is Jesus's Mother.
Still-we do not place her in the Godhead/Trinity.
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We don;'t worship Mary on any level she is respected for her calling along the lines of any great Person of God has been.
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So why does God need a wife? Did they have sex?
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I don't know why God needs a wife - guess would be without male and female a world lacks balance. I don't know if they had sex
-Charley