This will allow us to spirit children, which is the way God, the father, populated the earth (Smith, Joseph 46). ... (Smith, Joseph 1Ne 2:6). ... Also, God the father has flesh and bones (Smith, Joseph 1Ne12:28). ... Translated by Smith, Joseph. ... Translated by Smith, Joseph. ...
However, Latter-Day Saints believe that our Heavenly Father is an exalted man (Smith, 345.) ... But our Heavenly Father loves us and knew this would happen, so he chose a new line of prophets, the first being Joseph Smith. ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God's true Church, established by Jesus Christ and restored by the prophet Joseph Smith. ...
He suggests that gnosticism's studied, measured, retreat from worldly matters and its adoration of the individual soul can be seen in the works of such ur-American titans of the spirit as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mormon founder Joseph Smith. America's present gnostic renaissance lacks the social reformist impulses that informed the faith of both Emerson and Smith. ...
