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Question: Is it true that little is known about our Heavenly Mother because she is "protected"
Question: Is it true that little is known about our Heavenly Mother because she is "protected"?
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that God has a wife.
In an effort to explain why Heavenly Mother is not mentioned frequently in Latter-day Saint discourse, some Church members have suggested that Heavenly Mother is not mentioned because the Father wants to protect her from blasphemy and maligning.
Despite it's popularity in some circles, FAIR is aware of no general authority who has ever suggested this idea.
If, as President Gordon B. Hinckley has stated, a prayer to Heavenly Mother cannot "add to or diminish her glory,"[1] then certainly blaspheming against her cannot harm her either. She is a goddess and thus much more powerful than any human being. She does not need protection from us.
Notes
- ↑ Gordon B. Hinckley, "Daughters of God," General Conference (October 1991).