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| − | + | |link=Mormon view of the creation/Creatio ex nihilo/Creation of spirits | |
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| + | |summary=Joseph Smith taught that spirits were not created, and that spirits did not have a beginning because they will not have an end. In scripture, however, there are many verses which stated that God created spirits. Did what Joseph taught contradict the scriptures? | ||
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| + | |link=Mormonism and the nature of God/Hinckley downplaying the King Follett Discourse | ||
| + | |subject=Did Gordon B. Hinckley downplay the King Follett discourse? | ||
| + | |summary=It is claimed that, in an effort to appear more "mainline" Christian, the Church is downplaying the importance of some doctrines taught late in Joseph Smith's lifetime. Prominent among these is the doctrine of human deification. To bolster their argument, critics usually quote from a 1997 Time magazine interview with President Gordon B. Hinckley. | ||
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