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Old 11-24-2008, 09:13 PM   #15
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My basic insight is this:We think that we have no knowledge about
our Mother in Heaven because we assume that such knowledge must
come from modern sources, our premise being that of course there is no
knowledge about Her in the Bible itself. It would be nice if there were a
clear and direct modern revelation, say a Doctrine and Covenants 139, articulating
with clarity Her nature and attributes and how we are to worship
Her. Needless to say, no such text exists. But what I am going to suggest
is that knowledge of Her is available in our canonized scripture, particularly
in the Old Testament. Although information about Her is preserved
in the Old Testament and associated literature, it is hidden in such
a way that it requires scholarship to excavate it. And Mormonism is one of
the few traditions, if not the only one, that has the resources within itself
to take advantage of this knowledge for contemporary religious purposes.
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