The Family

For anyone who wants to know the real message of Mormonism--it's the eternal nature of the family.  We were in a family in a previous eternity, we are intended to be reared in families in this life, and the hope is that we will also be sealed and continue the family in the eternities hereafter.

"The Family: A Proclamation to the World" is the Church's official statement on families, and is a must read for anyone, Mormon or not.  However, this is the beginning--the tip of the iceberg.  The doctrines outlined in that revelation are deep, fulfilling, and compelling, but also cannot be ignored when they conflict with the hopeless philosophies of modern society and moral nihilism.

We are designed to fulfill gender and family roles, none of which are congruent, but all of which are equal.  These roles are to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of others.  God lives His life for us, as Christ did and does.  We do not speak regularly of a Heavenly Mother, though she is as real and involved in our lives as the Father is.  I often wish we spoke more often of both Heavenly Parents, because the world might more clearly realize how dangerous we feel it is to accept adultery and homosexuality.  They are completely incompatible with the Eternal Family, and with what the ultimate goal of each and every one of us should be--to live in Heaven with our Father, the rest of our current family, and our own offspring forever.

This is the ultimate message of Mormonism, and, in truth, the reason Christ came to offer himself a sacrifice for our sins.  It was not because the Godhead needed songs of praise forever and ever, but so that we might enjoy the same Life that they enjoy--Eternal Families. (Moses 1:39)