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Old 01-01-2012, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by maiku View Post
According to the responses I've read so far, am I to understand that man without a body is a god?

I've seen maureen and madeline post this.

BTW, happy new year
Originally Posted by maiku
This is all great but why didn't he just create us with a spirit w/o a body, like He is?

We could still be human spirits, He didn't have to give us a body to show He loves us.


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Maiku, what you're trying to ask here is - Why didn't God just create another God?

He didn't. He created Man. Man - by virtue of his manly substance - has a body. Creating another God is not what God thought as the best way to share His love just like creating a spiritual chicken, or a spiritual tree, or a spiritual air, is not what God thought as the best way to share His love.

Remember: God and Man in Christianity outside of LDS are two very different substances.


Actually maiku, it was anatess and myself who made this comparison.

Happy New Year to you too!

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