Who and What is the Holy Ghost?

[Anonymous]

I like it! Makes sense, except she wouldn’t have a body according to current theology. Fun to think about though. If we’re due for a doctrinal revelation, this would be an exciting one, especially with the Ordain Women controversy.

Joni wrote:

We are always told that Heavenly Father doesn’t want us to know about Heavenly Father because He loves and respects her so much that we must never talk about her…..At least in American culture: the names of God and Jesus are taken in vain all the time, but never the HG.

This is why I was taught that Heavenly Mother wasn’t ever really talked about. I get it. I suppose it depends on how you look at it. If it’s in a “Islamic extremist cover your wife and hide her away” way, I don’t like the idea. But if it’s the “taking Her name in vain” reason, I suppose it could be considered kind of romantic.

[Anonymous]

The

idea of the HG being feminine is an old one. The ancient Greeks

referred to the spirit of wisdom as Hagia Sophia, the name of an old

church in Constantinople.

The Roman Catholics have more or less made the Trinity into a Quaternity but that’s another matter.

[Anonymous]

When I first heard the idea that Father didn’t want us to know about Mother, I really liked it. It had a certain ring of respect to it. Then I later decided that that tends to elevate a “China Doll” status to her. If He can get in the dirt and work, why can’t she? Don’t the scriptures say that the preacher is not above the congregation? Anyway…. I like the idea that WE are the HG. If a new-age perspective can be taken for a moment, and we consider ourselves outside the construct of time, I can see the Holy Ghost as each of us as we were/are. That what we learn from it is really just us “remembering” of a sorts. Like more of the veil is taken away. The times I have “felt” the HG is when I gained new knowledge. For example, one time I was walking around campus and was suddenly hit with this “realization”: that we can give/take advice either selfishly or selflessly. That was it. I was instantly reminded of the week previous where I had tried to help a girl in chem lab, but she took the position that I was trying to show off, which was not my intent. Later, when I wasn’t even thinking of the incident, that popped into my head. That’s what I’m comfortable regarding as the HG. I would love to attribute it to certain good or bad feelings from certain situations, and I won’t try to say that the HG doesn’t have power to do that, but it doesn’t ring as true for me.

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