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SilentDawning wrote:
How might you answer this one?
Quote:“Why does God let us come to earth when he already knows what we are going to do (beyond getting a physical body)?”
My daughter asked me this one today.
Actually, your daughter has found a serious hole in Mormon theology here.
I can only say that it probably ties in with the notions of eternal repetition and progression which seem to permeate Mormonism.
SamBee wrote:Actually, your daughter has found a serious hole in Mormon theology here.
I don’t agree, SamBee…because what is it that actually Mormonism states about this? There isn’t clear cut doctrine on it, is there?
I think Mormonism leans more towards a God bound by the laws of Heaven and by Agency, or He’d cease to be God, but there isn’t a definitive statement on his Omniscience as part of His perfection. I think there is leeway to interpret it differently.
SilentDawning wrote:I’ve had a lot of exposure to people who are artsy — musicians, writers, poets, painters, photographers…and one thing I’ve heard repeatedly is that good “art” allows multiple people to look at the same “art object” (the song, painting, poem, picture, story) and come away with very different, but personally meaningful interpretations from the experience. And the more diverse the “meaningful meanings” people come away with, the greater the artistic achievement.
As I hear the multiple interpretations of various scripture stories, it seems to me that scripture qualifies as a significant art form. And not always a source of absolute truth. In fact, if you stop looking at it as an absolute truth, it often becomes far more meaningful personally.
I agree. The more perspectives, the more truthful.Theories suggest that the higher dimensions are infinite possibilities of infinite universes.
To answer your daughter’s question:
Maybe it’s not so much God who lets us come to earth.
The only way that God can be unchanging & perfect (lacking potential) and STILL cause influence is through attraction… LOVE.
So maybe it is us who are drawn to come to experience various capacities on earth.
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