That was one of the things that had me feeling secure about Mormonism, back when I was a believer. They knew the Plan, whereas it felt like other Christian denominations didn't have a clear idea or outline. According to LDS theology, we are all the spirit children of a god who made us all with his many wives in the pre-existence. Our purpose down here is to gain bodies of flesh, learn how to control them and those baser instincts, and if you do it well enough (read: pay enough tithing) then in the next realm YOU get to become a god of your own planet and have tons of spirit children with your many wives. Only men get to though. Women are required to become just the wife of a god and be present for godly procreation. They call it eternal progress, and it is the ultimate fulfillment of our potential as human beings.
At the time I had faith in it, the plan made sense to me and defined my place in the world. Now, I can only think of the horror of an endless god-making factory. It isn't as full of the good feeling wholesome sense of purpose that I originally thought it was.
At the time I had faith in it, the plan made sense to me and defined my place in the world. Now, I can only think of the horror of an endless god-making factory. It isn't as full of the good feeling wholesome sense of purpose that I originally thought it was.
