Ensign, “The Worth of Souls”, November 1978, pg 14; “Immortality connotes life without end. Eternal life, on the other hand, connotes quality of life — exaltation, the highest type of immortality, the kind of life enjoyed by God himself. It is in the attainment of eternal life, which man must earn in mortality, that he reaches his full potentiality.” – Marion Romney
John 5:24; “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”
The dictionary defines immortality and eternal this way;
Immortality: unending life
Eternal: without beginning or end, always existing, opposed to temporal
Why would Jesus say to have eternal life you have passed out of death if you are already immortal?
If you’re Mormon and immortal then how could you be condemned to death for not obeying the Mormon god?
Where in the definition of eternal does it mean quality of life? My parents are divorced and they’ve both told me that eternity for them is to be in the same room with each other for more than five minutes. Is eternity defined as an actual experience or length of time?
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