ccjohnson23
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What exactly are the LDS's views of satan and hell?
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By JS, you can't be talking about the revered prophet Joseph Smith? Would you refer to the founder of a religion as "possessed by the devil" with no qualification?skeeterboots said:lds don't believe in hell or the devil. they believe they themselves are soon to be their own Gods. they believe in tons of different stages of what christians refer to heaven and hell. but, they do not believe in demons or satan. too bad though.***edit***
skeeterboots said:lds don't believe in hell or the devil...***edit***
ccjohnson23 said:i seem to be getting differing answers here..........i know a mormon who once told me they don't believe in hell.........i was just wondering what they believe happens to the souls of the nonbelievers and what it takes to get to heaven
This also depends on your belief system of the eternal lake of fire which is afterall at the end of it all. This scripture you quoted follows the statement Whom GOD HATH RAISED UP,LOOSED THE PAINS OF DEATH...this speaks of the death of humans ie.hell...does not speak to the 'Eternal Lake of Fire' where there will be no release from the torment. The book of Morman is also supposed to be another testament of Jesus Christ to be used in conjunction with the Bible from what MY Morman friends have told me. Is this wrong?DeepShadow said:The hell in the spirit world will not continue forever. Even the spirits who have committed the greatest sins will have suffered sufficiently by the end of the Millennium (see Acts 2:2527). They will then be resurrected.
Skeeterboots,skeeterboots said:lds don't believe in hell or the devil. they believe they themselves are soon to be their own Gods. they believe in tons of different stages of what christians refer to heaven and hell. but, they do not believe in demons or satan. ***ADMIN EDIT****
Hi, CC.ccjohnson23 said:i seem to be getting differing answers here..........i know a mormon who once told me they don't believe in hell.........i was just wondering what they believe happens to the souls of the nonbelievers and what it takes to get to heaven
I believe Katzpur already addressed this in a previous post. See her last post on the previous page. She hasn't refuted anything that your bishop friend has said...unless this is the same source who told you we don't believe in Satan....skeeterboots said:so, you are saying that you don't believe you are going to be a "God" someday? i have some friends that are LDS and he is actually the bishop of the ward where we live and they sure did explain it to me that they will be Gods someday. are you refuting that? are you temple worthy? also, what kind of "ancient church" supposedly invented that idea? Jehovah witnesses?
Bless you for going to an actual book. :162: Did you find that in the online version?michel said:I would have thought that the answer lies in the glossary to the LDS 'Gospel Principles'
Satan: A name of the devil, who opposes the plan of salvation.
If you'll re-read my post, you'll see exactly what I said: "We believe that God has given all of His children (both LDS and non-LDS) the potential to become as He is someday." Nobody in this world (not your LDS bishop friend or anyone else) knows who will attain that goal in the eternities. To become like our Heavenly Father is certainly a noble aspiration, just as long as we always remember that it is He who makes it all possible.skeeterboots said:so, you are saying that you don't believe you are going to be a "God" someday? i have some friends that are LDS and he is actually the bishop of the ward where we live and they sure did explain it to me that they will be Gods someday. are you refuting that? are you temple worthy? also, what kind of "ancient church" supposedly invented that idea? Jehovah witnesses?
skeeterboots said:as far as your doctrine on "terrestial, celestial and telestial" that is not what is meant in the Christian bible.
lds version which is Joseph Smiths opinion that he recorded in the mid 1850s is from the book of mormon that LDS hold more important than any other book. (including the bible)
they basically pick and choose what they want to believe from the bible if it goes along with their teachings from the 19th century. there are also other sins-like the 10 commandments that if broken without repentence will send you to the bad place=not just blasphemy.
why do lds think the bible refers to "hell" as a place of torment and terrible sufferings if it is not a place that the bible refers to as the "fiery abyss"? why wouldn't the bible just say "outer darkness instead?"
why doesn't Christ speak about the all of the different stages of celestial, telestial and terrestial and outline the differences between them in the bible?
are we only to know the great "truth" in the mid 1800s all of the sudden with the book of mormon?