tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post896221835168637859..comments2024-03-24T03:21:55.744-06:00Comments on Life On Gold Plates: Funeral AddressBHodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01751807169882645742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-73936410354473498242007-08-30T05:50:00.000-06:002007-08-30T05:50:00.000-06:00A great point; the gaining of a physical body is c...A great point; the gaining of a physical body is crucial, and shouldn't be seen as a "second tier" purpose in the plan. I am reminded by your comments of the scripture that says we will look upon the absence of our body as a "bondage," which is, interestingly, the opposite of what "traditional" Christianity has believed through the apostasy. <BR/><BR/>http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/45/17BHodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751807169882645742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-22838441796545953252007-08-29T15:53:00.000-06:002007-08-29T15:53:00.000-06:00I’ve been interested in this subject for a long ti...I’ve been interested in this subject for a long time. It’s clear that we had agency and were tested before this life, and will continue to be so in the life to come. So what makes this life so special? Is it just the intensity and range of the testing that has changed? Or is there something fundamentally different about our existence here on Earth? I think the answer in both cases is our physical body. We could be righteous before this life, and we can be righteous after it, but this is the only time when we are able to learn/show that we can be righteous WITH a body. Too often we treat gaining a physical body as a second tier purpose to the Plan of Salvation, but it seems to me that it is central to everything. It’s too bad that we will likely never appreciate the full wonder and power of our bodies until they are taken from us again and we can feel the difference.Don Kauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720800952856482379noreply@blogger.com