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Chapter 5
A FAIR Analysis of:
Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism
A work by author: Richard Abanes
 Chapter 7

Claims made in "Chapter 6: Siblings from Eternity Past"

154

Claim
Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother "through some kind of sexual union" clothed each of us with a spirit body.

Author's source(s)

  • Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 750.

Response


156, 394 n. 28-31

Claim
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."

Author's source(s)

  • 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.
  • Gordon B. Hinckley, "Daughters of God," Ensign (Nov. 1991): 100. off-site

Response

  •  Misrepresentation of source: none of the cited LDS sources make the claim that Joseph "simply added" the belief so his views "would make sense."
  •  Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
  • Nature of God/Heavenly Mother


157

Claim
According to Brigham Young, our spirit body was created via a sexual union of Heavenly Father and Mother.

Author's source(s)

Response


162

Claim
LDS belief in a "queen of heaven" is a pagan belief.

Author's source(s)

Response

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