QUESTION:
1. Why study both LDS general versions of the Adam and God ideas of Brigham Young and Orson Pratt/Joseph F. Smith?
ANSWER:
For the development of both sides of the brain to produce Holistic thinking or DMP
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BIG PICTURE |
SMALL PICTURE |
RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN |
LEFT SIDE OF THE BRAIN |
COMMON FATHER |
COMMON FATHER |
Worlds without number reckoning |
This Earth only reckoning |
The "Brigham Young" version of the explanation of Adam's role |
The "Orson Pratt/Joseph F. Smith" version of the explanation of Adam's role |
First: based upon the theology of Joseph Smith Jr. and Brigham Young; |
First: based upon the Scriptures; |
"Paul says there are Gods many and Lords many,
I want to set forth in a plain and simple manner; but to us there is but one God--that is pertaining to us; and he is in all and through all.
But if Joseph Smith says there are Gods many and Lords many, they cry, "Away with him! Crucify him!"
Mankind verily say that the Scriptures are with them. Search the Scriptures, for they testify of things that these apostates would gravely pronounce blasphemy.
Paul, if Joseph Smith is a blasphemer, you are.
I say there are Gods many and Lords many, but us only one, and we are to be in subjection to that one, and no man can limit the bounds or the eternal existence of eternal time.
Hath he beheld the eternal world, and is he authorized to say that, "there is only one God?"
He makes himself a fool if he thinks or says so, and there is an end of his career or progress in knowledge.
He cannot obtain all knowledge, for he has sealed up the gate to it.
Some say I do not interpret the Scripture the same as they do.
They say it means the heathen's gods.
Paul says there are Gods many and Lords many; and that makes a plurality of Gods, in spite of the whims of all men. Without a revelation, I am not going to give them the knowledge of the God of heaven.
You know and I testify that Paul had no allusion to the heathen gods.
I have it from God, and get over it if you can. I have a witness of the Holy Ghost, and a testimony that Paul had no allusion to the heathen gods in the text."
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REPEATING AGAIN:
"God is God. Christ is Christ. The Holy Ghost is the Holy Ghost. That should be enough for you and me to know. If we want to know any more, wait till we get where God is in person."~Wilford Woodruff 1895
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The Brigham Young version is like a movie
with many frames, or many still shots presented in a flowing sequence.
Adam is the common denominator of all the flowing frames.
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(Insight) of Light |
The Joseph F. Smith version is like a
still snap shot of just one frame by which all the dynamics of eternity
must be seen in one suspended frame. There is no sequence presented.
└ (Intuition) of Truth |
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What is shared by both versions is the the concept of "common Father." ~reference Volume 6 Journal of Discourses page 348 and Volume 10 page 1-2
Volume 6 Journal of Discourses Brigham Young proclaims Common Father the Father of Jesus
Volume 10 Journal of Discourses Brigham Young proclaims Common Father the Father of Jesus
What differs concerning the common father is the identity of the common Father; though, in both versions there is the concept of "common Father."
Proxy work is the means by which these two views can be married together and/or viewed together at once for full mental development. (DMP) * see below The tri-perspective third component is that we are Adam or a Michael ourselves, or ones to "become such," The Corpus Callosum of thinking, if we learn to THINK as in the following mystery: REPEATING AGAIN Brigham Young: "The greatest mystery a man ever learned, is to know how to control the human mind, and bring every faculty and power of the same in subjection to Jesus Christ; this is the greatest mystery we have to learn while in these tabernacles of clay."
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REPEATING AGAIN:
The Adam God Theory is disruptive to education that has been obtained
through classic study. There is much less logical disturbance in learning it,
if the learner is self-educated or self-taught. Creative thinking methods
are required to understand the dual-perspective/tri-perspective thinking
system embedded in the theory or doctrine as it were. Brigham Young and
Joseph Smith Jr. were self-taught and self-educated to a greater degree.
The principles learned through their type of self-teaching will be required
to understand their point of view in this subject. Right Brain thinking is
required along with Left Brain thinking. Understanding comes with the
linking Corpus Callosum thinking--metaphorically speaking. Current
modern education specializes in Left Brain thinking, typical of Orson Pratt/Joseph F. Smith.
Education gained through formal method aside from self-teaching, setup
the confounding of the mind with the Adam God Proposition, because classic
formal education is externally conditioned learning.
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Moses 1:33 33 And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.
Moses 1:34 34 And the first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many.
Moses 1:35 35 But only an account of this earth, and the inhabitants thereof, give I unto you.
Doctrine and Covenants 121:26 26 God shall give unto you knowledge by his holy Spirit, yea, by the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, that has not been revealed since the world was until now;
Doctrine and Covenants 121:27 27 Which our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation to be revealed in the last times, which their minds were pointed to by the angels, as held in reserve for the fulness of their glory;
Doctrine and Covenants 121:28 28 A time to come in the which nothing shall be withheld, whether there be one God or many gods, they shall be manifest.
Doctrine and Covenants 121:29 29 All thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, shall be revealed and set forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Doctrine and Covenants 121:30 30 And also, if there be bounds set to the heavens or to the seas, or to the dry land, or to the sun, moon, or stars--
Doctrine and Covenants 121:31 31 All the times of their revolutions; all the appointed days, months, and years, and all the days of their days, months, and years, and all their glories, laws, and set times, shall be revealed in the days of the dispensation of the fulness of times--
Doctrine and Covenants 121:32 32 According to that which was ordained in the midst of the Council of the Eternal God of all other gods before this world was, that should be reserved unto the finishing and the end thereof, when every man shall enter into his eternal presence and into his immortal rest.
Doctrine and Covenants 121:33 33 How long can rolling waters remain impure?
What power shall stay the heavens?
As well might man stretch forth his puny arm to stop the Missouri river in its decreed course, or to turn it up stream, as to hinder the Almighty from pouring down knowledge from heaven upon the heads of the Latter-day Saints.
Doctrine and Covenants 121:34 34 Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen.
And why are they not chosen?
QUESTION:
-1. What happens to those who choose to study only one LDS versions of the Adam and God ideas of Brigham Young and Orson Pratt/Joseph F. Smith of the Adam God Theory?
ANSWER:
(Besides, Right Brain dominates the Left Brain or Left Brain dominates the Right Brain, full/holistic brain activity is shunted. TAO or DMP is unbalanced or "Right Brain Blindness" or "Left Brain Blindness")
First answer is historically explained:
History of the Church will or must be suppressed and avoided causing a temporal breach to our understanding.
Prophets of the Church will or must be regarded for a time instead of for all times.
An orthodox history will or could be set forth.
History denial is supported.
Second answer is scripturally explained:
Life eternal requires or it is prerequisite to know both the Father the only true God AND Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent!
John 6:44-46 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
John 17:3 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Jesus is the Son of God. God is the Father. To emphasize Jesus at the expense of Father actually diminishes Jesus as the Son of God. To emphasize the Father at the expense of Jesus removes all mercy for the rest of the Father's children. Balance is the watch word.
John 5:20-24 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Balance is the watch word!
John 16:12-16 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
One needs the Spirit of Truth to get Balance!
2 Nephi 31:18 18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.
Third answer is mentally explained:
A thinking system requires or it is prerequisite to use both the right and left sides of the brain/consciousness to mentally handle the paradigm shift, toggling between the two view/perspectives.
To be determined to use only one perspective defeats the total mind development that embracing both versions will provide. Simply seeing it from only one side/perspective, will/may arrest full mental development. Also there will be personal internal logical oscillations privately and social conflict with others who see it from the other view. This is called Cross Mode Masking and can cause one to be blind to other perspectives. There can be excessive compensation cause by this blindness. Empathy is also impaired if not eliminated. Judgment is also diminished such that incomplete data/information befuddles the mind. Mental views/operations are generally skewed.*
What are the other mental operations effected/affected?
*Answer © 2010: The six fundamental mental operations central to developing DMP, (the dual defined acronym) or Direct Mind Perception/Direct Mental Process are the balance between:
>>> CROSS MODE MASKING,
>>> COMPENSATION ,
>>> HEURISTICS,
>>> JUDGMENT,
>>> CREATIVITY,
>>> KNOWLEDGE
These components are needed to use the whole mind, and are defined next:
CROSS MODE MASKING is the affect from channel or sense blaring, that dominate other inputs, so as to cause an attenuation, or blocking, or mode/cycle style of thought, to the other inputs. The opposite of cross mode masking is compensation. Example, sight dominates the inputs the other senses send. Or sometimes a sound is so loud we loose the ability to see clearly.
COMPENSATION is the heightened thought and sensory awareness, and sensitivity due to a blockage of one channel, or sense, or thought. Example, the blind using all his other remaining senses, to make up for the loss of his sight, will illustrate this effect.
HEURISTICS is the happy discoveries made without logical or patterned thought. It is the improvements made to the mind, because the mind finds new ways to do things, in a “shorthand” fashion. It says, “if it works for me, I’ll use it”, even if it cannot be explained, or if it comes out of the blue, or if it has a self contained logic of its own-because it works!
JUDGMENT is ability to evaluate incomplete data, partial information imperfect knowledge.
CREATIVITY is synthetic thought that combines, builds, adds, to get a new idea or new approach.
KNOWLEDGE is our awakening to existence.
Simply: mind development is shunted and deep learning is prevented and advanced thinking stopped!
Fourth answer is a common sense explanation:
Seeing/thinking only in terms of specifics loses the meaning of those specifics.
Seeing/thinking only in terms of generalities loses the scope of those generalities.
Seeing/thinking in terms of generalities and specifics finds scope and meaning or understanding.
Fifth answer is doctrinally explained:
Denying the truth in the opposing view(s) will increase the disputations and/or contentions so that common ground is ignored. Blindness to the other sides valid offerings of evidence leads to the mutual excommunication of both sides. "World view" or the perspective of those whom you seek to convert must be included in the invitation, to feel the importance or relevance of their view.
To be a peacemaker one must understand all points of contention and all thinking in dispute, lest violence be the solution.
3 Nephi 11:28-41 28 And according as I have commanded you thus shall ye baptize.
And there shall be no disputations among you, as there have hitherto been; neither shall there be disputations among you concerning the points of my doctrine, as there have hitherto been.
29 For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.
30 Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away.
31 Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, I will declare unto you my doctrine.
32 And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto me; and I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth record of me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me; and I bear record that the Father commandeth all men, everywhere, to repent and believe in me.
33 And whoso believeth in me, and is baptized, the same shall be saved; and they are they who shall inherit the kingdom of God.
34 And whoso believeth not in me, and is not baptized, shall be damned.
35 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and I bear record of it from the Father; and whoso believeth in me believeth in the Father also; and unto him will the Father bear record of me, for he will visit him with fire and with the Holy Ghost.
36 And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the Holy Ghost will bear record unto him of the Father and me; for the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost are one.
37 And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things.
38 And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and be baptized in my name, and become as a little child, or ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.
39 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them.
40 And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them.
41 Therefore, go forth unto this people, and declare the words which I have spoken, unto the ends of the earth.
Sixth answer is socially explained:
Suppressing questions by exercising unrighteous dominion and authority, where opinions are the result of righteous inquiry fuels destructive controversy. Orthodoxy does well to protect the weak and the young, but should stand back for the strong and mature.
Matthew 7:7-8 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Knocking on the door of the future can open it. Learning how to think is knocking. Thinking requires a system; even if it is only a check list!