tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post116731200696564159..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The Father of Our SpiritsJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1167811196780045242007-01-03T01:59:00.000-06:002007-01-03T01:59:00.000-06:00The church organization is important because it pr...The church organization is important because it provides for community, guidance, mission - in a way we couldn't do alone. And in the case of the LDS church it provides a way to achieve exaltation, that "ye might be partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4).<BR/><BR/>Exaltation is not a unique Mormon concept. Eastern Orthodox believers speak of "deification" - and some pentecostals have the doctrine of "sonship". A good non-LDS book on the subject is "Jesus the Pattern Son" by Bill Britton, a pentecostal minister.<BR/><BR/>I've often wondered why anti-Mormons choose to attack this traditional, orthodox doctrine of theosis, which is a basic New Testament theme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com