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==Response to claim: 154 - Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother "through some kind of sexual union" clothed each of us with a spirit body==
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Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother "through some kind of sexual union" clothed each of us with a spirit body.
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#Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', 750.
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{{misinformation|The means by which spirits are created are not known. The source nowhere makes the author's claim.
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{{:Question: Did Bruce R. McConkie claim that our heavenly parents created our spirits "through some kind of sexual union"?}}

==Response to claim: 156, 394 n. 28-31 - The belief in a "Heavenly Mother" is not supported by scripture and was simply added by Joseph Smith==
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The belief in a "Heavenly Mother" is not supported by scripture and was simply added by Joseph Smith so that his views about God "would make sense."
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*Milton R. Hunter, ''The Gospel Through the Ages'', p. 98.
*Cannon, in Daniel H. Ludlow, vol. 2, p. 961.
*Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 516.
*{{Ensign|author=Gordon B. Hinckley|article=Daughters of God|date=Nov. 1991|start=100}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=956a94bf3938b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}}
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{{misinformation|None of the cited LDS sources make the claim that Joseph "simply added" the belief so his views "would make sense."
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{{:Source:Gospel Topics:Becoming Like God:Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them}}
{{:Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a female divine person, a "Heavenly Mother" as counterpart to God, the Heavenly Father?}}

==Response to claim: 157 - According to Brigham Young, our spirit body was created via a sexual union of Heavenly Father and Mother==
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According to Brigham Young, our spirit body was created via a sexual union of Heavenly Father and Mother.
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#{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|disc=19|vol=11|start=123}}
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{{information|Brigham probably ''did'' believe that, since he knew of no other way that this could have happened.
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{{:Question: What have Latter-day Saint leaders actually said about the method of procreation in the afterlife?}}
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