Correction of Wikipedia as an Example of the benefits of Self-Study
(Corrected Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%E2%80%93God_doctrine on "Adam-God" next:) Adam–God doctrine (This should be) Michael God TheoryBecause Brigham Young actually said:Quote:
Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint
and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he
came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his
wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is
MICHAEL, the Archangel, the ANCIENT OF DAYS! about whom holy men
have written and spoken--HE is our FATHER and our GOD, and the
only God with whom WE have to do.
End quote:Rewritten Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia with corrections by futurlogics.com
The Michael Adam God doctrine (or Michael Adam God theory) was a theological doctrine/theory taught in mid-19th century Mormonism by church president Brigham Young, and accepted to some degree by later presidents John Taylor, and Wilford Woodruff, and by some apostles who served under them in the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Although false versions of Brigham Young's original teachings are rejected today by the LDS Church, false versions of the doctrine are still an accepted part of the modern theology of some Mormon fundamentalists. According to President Brigham Young, he was taught by Joseph Smith[1] that Father Adam or Michael, Who help form the Earth, is "our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do".[2] According to the doctrine/theory, Michael was once a mortal man who received a resurrection and part of the exaltation. From another planet, he then came as Michael to help form the earth.[3] Michael brought one of his wives with him to this Earth, where they were change by partaking of the dust of this Earth in the Garden of Eden. After bearing mortal children and establishing the human race, They returned to their former state where they serve God their Heavenly Father. Later, One returns to the Earth as a Regent to the ancient prophets, and to become the literal father of Jesus. During the 19th century and early-20th century, these ideas were taught in LDS Church meetings, sung in church hymns, and featured as part of the church's endowment ceremony. However, the doctrine/theory was startling to New Mormons when it was introduced, and it was controversial. Apostle Orson Pratt, rejected the doctrine in favor of other theological ideas. Eventually, what became known as Adam–God doctrine fell out of favor with the LDS Church Leaders and was replaced by a theology more similar to that of Pratt, as codified by turn-of-the century Mormon theologians James E. Talmage, B. H. Roberts, and John A. Widtsoe. In 1976, LDS Church president Spencer W. Kimball stated that the church does not support the doctrine/theory to be taught in the Church Education System. Presently, most Mormons accept Adam as "the Ancient of Days", "father of all",[4] and "Michael the Archangel", but do not recognize him as being "God the Father of Michael Who was created as Adam".
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Correction of Church Old Testament Manual as another Example of the benefits of Self-Study
Correction of Church Old Testament Manual, the parenthesis () contain corrections -- Link
The hardhearted pharaoh, impudent and proud, asked, “Who is the
Lord, that I should obey his voice … ? I know not the
Lord”
(Exodus
5:2). Many people today are just as ignorant of the God of the
Old Testament as the pharaoh was. They regard Him as a being created
by the minds of the ancients, a God of wrath and low religion who
would destroy people with floods and plagues. Could this be the same
God as the being of love in the New Testament revealed through the
mortal ministry of Jesus
Christ? Others contend that the Jehovah(יהוה) of Old Testament times
was the same as God
the Father in the New Testament. Why all this confusion? Who,
really, was the God of Adam, of Enoch and Abraham, of Israel and
Moses? Although for many it seems a paradox, Jehovah(יהוה) of the Old
Testament was(shall be) none other than the Son of God, Jesus Christ. He(Regent Jehovah)(יהוה)
created the world under the authority and direction of God the
Father. Later, Jehovah(future Jehovah or Jesus) came to earth as the Savior and Redeemer of
the world. This truth is one of the most misunderstood doctrines in
the history of the world, despite the fact that the Old Testament
and the other standard works are filled with evidence to support it. Before looking at the scriptural evidence, it may be wise first
to better understand the names and titles for God the Father and His
Only Begotten Son. Generally, two Hebrew words for God are used
throughout the Old Testament. These are Elohim(אלוהים) and Jehovah(יהוה),
as it is presently pronounced. (Since the original Hebrew was
written without vowels, scholars disagree on the original
pronunciation of the name written YHWH(יהוה)(HWHY) in Hebrew. In modern
revelation, however, Jesus accepted the title(mantle of) Jehovah [see
D&C
110:3].) Jehovah was the premortal name-title (which shall be) given to the
Firstborn Son of God. He is now referred to as Jesus Christ. The
meaning of the name Jehovah(יהוה) was explained by Elder Talmage: “Jehovah is the Anglicized rendering of the Hebrew,
Yahveh or Jahveh,(יהוה) signifying the Self-existent
One, or The Eternal. This name is generally rendered
in our English version of the Old Testament as Lord(LORD) printed in
capitals. The Hebrew, Ehyeh(אהיה), signifying I Am(in realty it means "I shall be"), is
related in meaning(It is the future tense of the verb{יהוה}!) and through derivation with the term Yahveh(יהוה)
or Jehovah(יהוה).” (Jesus the Christ, p. 36.) The Jews regarded the name of Jehovah(יהוה) as so sacred that it could
not be spoken(except at authorized times and places). Instead, they substituted for Jehovah(יהוה) the
word Adonai(אדוני)(meaning my lord)(אָדוֹן)(meaning lord), which signifies “the Lord.”(my Lord) (See Talmage,
Jesus the Christ, p. 37.) The King James translators
followed the same practice out of respect for the Jewish custom.
Sometimes the word lord, however, is used to refer not to
God but to royalty or other important people. To distinguish the
sacred name from common usage, the translators capitalized lord
when it referred to Jehovah(יהוה) and left it in lower case letters
otherwise. (See 2 Samuel
15:21 for an example of both uses of the word lord.) The word Elohim(אלוהים) is a plural form of the Hebrew word for
God, although modern scholars agree that it should be taken as a
singular noun even though the im ending is a plural form.
Joseph Smith,
however, indicated the significance of the plural form: “If we pursue the Hebrew text further, it reads, … ‘The head
one of the Gods said, Let us make a man in our own image.’ I once
asked a learned Jew, ‘If the Hebrew language compels us to render
all words ending in heim in the plural, why not render the
first Eloheim(אלוהים) plural?’ He replied, ‘That is the rule
with few exceptions; but in this case it would ruin the(their interpretation of the) Bible.’
He acknowledged I was right(Eloheim אלוהים is always plural). (
. . . and if we could have written in Hebrew, behold, ye would have had no imperfection in our record.~Mormon 9:33)
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MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS and ANSWERS:
QUESTION:
Are Mormons Christians?
ANSWER:
Mormons(Latter Day Saints) have a faith in Christ and believe in God the Father. Mormons accept Joshua bar Joseph the son of Mary the Messiah or in Greek Jesus Christ as the Son of God and as a literal descendant of God. The Nicene Christian take Jesus Christ as God in the Flesh or a manifestation of God to man, as God is a Mystery unless revealed to man in a form man can understand which is a Man in Perfection. Mormons or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are definitely not Nicene Christians. Nor do they subscribe to any of the Nicene Creed of A. D. 325 that is not true. If a mormon uses the word 'trinity', it is a sign that he is either using the word loosely or is ignorant of his own doctrine.
European Christianity can be traced to the city of Nicaea or Nice in Asia Minor. Mormons accept that they too are a child of God and a brother of Jesus their Savior. Because of Free Will we are also the brother of Lucifer who became Satan. This is a family relationship where the Patriarch is God the Father in the most profound sense of meaning.
Mormon Christianity can be traced to Joseph Smith who has testified that he saw two separated and distinct personages who are God the Father and Jesus Christ His Son. God introduced His Son to Joseph and was instructed to take instruction from His Son. This means that Jesus has full commission to represent the Father in all things. Mormons believe in Jesus as the Word or Messenger of God in all respects but know that the Father has delegated all Power and Priesthood to His Son to finish the work of bringing to pass the resurrection and perfection of man for the Glory of the Father. Eventually with the progress of mankind to fulfill the purposes of God, Man himself will be endowed with this same Power and Priesthood to continue this Eternal Work. Mormons believe that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones and is spiritually sustained to live forever where mans body has a time and is sustained by chemistry of blood. Man dies where God lives on.
Mormons and Christians are part of a family of heaven and come here to earth by means of procreation. Since man comes from a family and family values are sustained by its doctrine they will see family relations in their deity. Lucifer transformed himself into Satan after he was born as a spirit. Nicene Christians are creatures of God the Creator and are made here on earth by creation. Likewise the Nicene Christian will see man as a product of God and will see the created relations in their deity. With Nicene Christians Satan with his evil ways was created by God.
Christians say that Adam and Eve do not or can not have a navel or belly button or belly scar. As they were directly created from the dust of this Earth. Adam and Eve do not have a Mother.
Mormons say that Adam and Eve do have a navel or belly button or belly scar. As they were born of woman with the dust of this Earth. Adam and Eve both have a Mother. Thus the Adam God thesis.
QUESTION:
What is faith?
ANSWER:
COMMENT: Knowledge is not only infinite but greatly infinite in scope! Some means and a way must be used to approach this grand sea of knowledge spoken of in Isaiah. Isaiah 11:9 "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea". Knowledge of the universe is also a subset of this infinity. But to know of God is to know about the knower of all the knowledge of the universe. Metacognition is the ability to think about thinking. Metaknowledge is the knowledge of knowledge. This is an infinite recursion into knowing about knowing. God or the Perfect Man can know about all of the knowledge of the universe. God also knows all about the knowledge of His knowledge. How is this possible--but through faith. Where ever there is a frontier of knowledge there will be prayer and faith. Faith is the 'exploring mind set' to uncover mystery and the unknown. In the FUTURLOGICS faith is defined as the 'ability to do the best with the least'. The 'least' is our own standing or starting point of knowledge, knowing what we do know now to use this to pioneer the frontiers of knowledge. A faithful person will have many metaphors, types, parables, examples, controversies, contradictions, paradoxes, detected counterfeits, etc. as a tool kit to face this 'great sea'. Faith enables the navigators of the sea to find his way and reach the islands of Enlightenment and Truth. These islands are there ready to receive these sailors of this great sea of knowledge with rest. They are the Faithful of the Lord.
The atheist claims to know there is no god. Has he been everywhere to check!? The Universe is infinite! An honest atheist can only be an agnostic when he is humble enough to admit his limitations. A faithful person always admits there is a God because faith goes beyond the observation limits of the atheist. The atheist says there is no god because I have not seen him. The faithful says I know there is a god because my faith is growing and my knowledge is increasing. There are atheist who will not admit there is a god even if god introduces himself--because of their mind set.
Alma 32:21
21 And now as I said concerning faith--faith is not to have a
perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope
for things which are not seen, which are true.QUESTION:
What is the thirteen month war in the book of Revelations?
ANSWER:
The hebrew calendar was lunar. Because of this a Thirteen month year was used to correct the lunar months with the solar year. Perhaps the 13 months refers to a year to begin new again so seasons are in the right place. What I am saying is that this war could be a correcting war for the purposes of synchronizing events in the last days in preparation of the coming of the Lord. It may be any duration of time. Those who attempt to interpret the scriptures should beware of being bit by their own dog. I am not against interpreting the scriptures as a personal endeavor. I once read and believed that Heb 11:1 was to be interpreted as "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for" to mean "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for" I believed this for 20 years until it was discovered that the "substance" referred to the sap layer in bark where the living part of the tree is found. It is the storage area of the tree to enable the tree to live the winter months. Isaiah 6:13 says " . . . as a teil tree and as an oak whose substance is in them . . ." Also one need only look at Heb 10:34 where it mentions ". . . better and an enduring substance." Of course it means the "food storage that gives us assurance" Like our two years supply is a substance like the "cambium layer of bark" to us during hard times. Joseph Smith translated this as assurance. But deeper investigation shows that assurance is the extract of bark that was used for medicine in those days so the interpretation goes full circle. Faith is everywhere compared to plant growth and a seeding. So why would it surprise us that Paul did the same here. Oh the word evidence in the remaining part of Heb 11:1 "the evidence of things not seen." Also to translate the Heb 11:1 correctly it would read as thus. "Now faith is the "living bark" of things hoped for , the sprout of things not seen." I am only saying that the thirteen month war may mean more than the literal thirteen months. Lunar months that is-- because the Jew did not have thirty day months.