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What type of discussion are you interested in? If you are not interested in the discussions posted here, why are you here? Or why don't you start one you are interested in? I am always confuddled by people who take the time to post that they are not interested in the discussions here.
It is obvious that I am interested in some of the discussions here. Is it in the TOS, or in the unwritten law of the forum, that I must be interested in all the discussions?
It is obvious that I am interested in some of the discussions here. Is it in the TOS, or in the unwritten law of the forum, that I must be interested in all the discussions?
No. But why respond in threads you are not interested in. I don't even open them if the title doesn't seem to interest me. I guess we are all different.
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No. But why respond in threads you are not interested in. I don't even open them if the title doesn't seem to interest me. I guess we are all different.
To be fair, SoftSpoken's comments were in response to BarryK's questioning why there was so little LDS response on a different thread. I understood him to be saying that he hadn't posted in that thread because he wasn't interested in it.
I am guilty of opening threads that I don't post in. Sometimes I don't know if I want to post in a thread or not until I do so. Other times I am simply curious.
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It is obvious that I am interested in some of the discussions here. Is it in the TOS, or in the unwritten law of the forum, that I must be interested in all the discussions?
As far as I can tell there is no rule against being uninterested in all discussions. Although, I wish there were a rule against badgering people about their participation.
I'm sure there is just a high level of interest in having you participate, since there are few LDS that do. (Which is just an observation of what is visible here - or in this case, of observing what isn't here.) Enjoy the popularity.
Although, I wish there were a rule against badgering people about their participation.
I had written in my post above yours, then at the last minute deleted, the following (highlighting added):
And although I am disappointed if I ask someone to explain what they meant in a post, or ask a follow up question and they don't respond, I try to remember that it is their choice and try not to badger them. There is a line somewhere between inviting and reminding, and demanding and badgering.
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There exists a mystery in the world, and in all the looks of it—a mystery because of a meaning. There is a jubilance in every sunrise, a sober sadness in every sunset. There is a whispering of strange secrets in the wind of twilight and an unknown bliss in the song of the lark.
About a week ago, as I was watching the deer in the woods behind my house, I randomly got a thought about Mormon doctrine. In the Joseph Smith translation of the KJV, John 1:18 says: No aman hath bseen God at any time; cthe only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath ddeclaredhim.
I was wondering, didn't men on Heavenly Father's other planet see Him?
One could probably assume so.. whatever that means. There's no information on that.
And how is Jesus Heavenly Father's only begotten Son?
Christ is the first, and also the only one that has atoned for us, the only mortal one that has been without sin, and also the only one brought forth by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Aren't we all God's children?
Yes.
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B) I may have missed your post, don't have enough info, busy elsewhere, am absent, not interested, and/or looking at sources.
And how is Jesus Heavenly Father's only begotten Son?
Jesus Christ is the “Only Begotten of the Father” because He is the only one born of the Father in the flesh. President Heber J. Grant gave the following testimony: “We believe absolutely that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, begotten of God, the first-born in the spirit and the only begotten in the flesh; that He is the Son of God just as much as you and I are the sons of our fathers.”
It is fundamental to know that Mary is the earthly mother of Jesus, and that Joseph is Mary's husband. Consider the implications of Mary and Joseph as the earthly parents and guardians of Jesus. Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the Father in the spirit, his Only Begotten in the flesh, and the central theme of the scriptures.
Robert J. Matthews, Mary and Joseph: Heirs of David, Highly Favored, Guardians of Our Lord
Only Begotten in the Flesh
Ancient and modern scriptures use the title Only Begotten to emphasize the divine nature of Jesus Christ. Latter-day Saints recognize Jesus as literally the Only Begotten Son of God the Father in the flesh (John 3:16; D&C 93:11; Moses 6:52). This title signifies that Jesus´ physical body was the offspring of a mortal mother and of the eternal Father (Luke 1:35, 1 Ne. 11:18). It is LDS doctrine that Jesus Christ is the child of mary and God the Father, "not in violation of natural law but in accordance with a higher manifestation thereof" (JC, p. 81).
The fact of Jesus´ being the literal Son of God in the flesh is crucial to the Atonement, which could not have been accomplished by an ordinary man.
GERALD HANSEN, JR. Untitled Page
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON: These name-titles all signify that our Lord is the only Son of the Father in the flesh. Each of the words is to be understood literally. Only means only, Begotten means begotten, and Son means son. Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in He same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers.
Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 546-547
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