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Sorry, I wouldn't trust something posted on Suite101 for information on religion.  No offense.  

 

My brother in law is a Mormon Bishop, and we talk religion for hours.  He respects my beliefs as much as I respect his, which is emmensely.

The "afterlife" you talked about in your previous post is taught like this:

You have the Celestial, the Telestial, and the Terrestrial.  The Celestial is the level of heaven closest to God.  It is the heaven where those who follow God's law will reside.  The Telestial is the next level, where those who followed the law of Moses will reside. God will have no actual presence there, but Christ will.  Then you have the Terrestrial.  Neither God nor Christ will have a presence there.  

And the "Multiple worlds/Multiple Gods" thing is a misinterpretation of the Doctrine and Covenant.  It states, repeatedly that there are many worlds, and that God created them all, and all of the creatures on them are His children.  For some reason, people interpret that to mean that, when those who move on to the Celestial heaven get there, they will be given their own world to be lord and master over.  No where in the scripture is that written explicitly.  What it does state, over and over, is that God didn't just create Earth, but EVERY planet, star, and speck of dust in the Universe.  But there is no actual scripture in any of the books that Mormons consider their Cannon that states that any spirit will be given the power of God over any world.  A man will rule his Kingdom (home), but not a world.

I want you to know, I'm not attacking you in any way.  But, I do know that if I know something is misinformation or a misinterpretation that I can explain, I would rather correct it than let it go unanswered.  This is how unnecessary prejudices happen.  

Are there some of the Mormon faith who believe what you stated?  Perhaps.  But that's not official church doctrine.  Just like the polygamy thing.  It's like stating all Atheists are amoral, or all Catholics are child molesters.  Just because a few are doesn't mean they ALL are.  

 

*Note: I am not currently a member of the Mormon church, or any other church for that matter.  I have spent several years studying theology, which led me on my path to being an Agnostic, in that I believe that God cannot be proven by faith nor disproved by science, and it's my sincere belief that we ALL have it wrong, and it's not worth fighting over.

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