@MVPStars@JesusSavesUs777 I think the idea of becoming gods is always what attracts people to LDS. It’s the same reason people fall into the dark arts thinking it’s enlightenment.
@GodRulesIRL Gnostic Christianity is nothing new. There is nothing new under the sun.
They are just banking on the history rewrite over the last centuries and people forgetting that this is the same circus different day.
All roads lead back to the Bible. Old and New testament.
@dsonoiki@coaks604 I am a child of someone just like this. I have my dad’s ashes that arrived not long ago….
Yes the idea of a service is looming but not one person in his family would even show up for it. It would probably just be me? And maybe 2 of his friends that helped enable.
Imagine living in a time when comparing a star fading away with the sun to a king was the biggest insult.
• The idea of a “light-bringer” or “morning star” goes back thousands of years to ancient astronomy. It referred to the planet Venus when it appears brightly before dawn.
• In the Bible (Isaiah 14:12, written around 700 BC), the Hebrew phrase is “Helel ben Shachar” (“Shining One, Son of the Dawn”). This was a taunt against the arrogant king of Babylon — comparing his rise and dramatic fall to the morning star that shines brightly but then disappears when the sun rises. It was not originally about Satan or a fallen angel.
Hearst Castle being California taxpayer-funded but still operating like a controlled monument to billionaire patriarchal legacy is one of the weirdest “public museum” concepts in America.