Are the Father and the Son one being or one in purpose?

Are the Father and the Son one being or one in purpose?

Dec 31, 2017 | God, Jesus Christ

Question   Dear Gramps, I have a few friends and we get to talking about the church and what I believe in. It goes all well and everything until we start talking about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. They believe they are one person and when I...
What do we say to those who believe we all worship the same God?

What do we say to those who believe we all worship the same God?

Dec 6, 2017 | God

Question   Dear Gramps I have followed your site for many years and have enjoyed your comments> My question is very simple. How do we as members respond to non-members who say that it doesn’t matter who you worship we all have the same God. I don’t...
How can we justify God creating two headed children?

How can we justify God creating two headed children?

Nov 12, 2017 | Children, God

Question   Gramps, In human biology there is born (extremely infrequently) a two headed child.  This to me speaks to a Heavenly Father who is the Father of what?  i know that the Church believes in only one earthly life.  So how can you explain this very unusual...
Why did God feel the need to create man?

Why did God feel the need to create man?

Oct 9, 2017 | God

Question   Dear Gramps, Hey there! My friend and I ran into this website the other day and we really love it! We got asked a question just today about why God felt the need to create man in the first place. We have no idea really what to answer. We know that God...
Is God omnipresent?

Is God omnipresent?

Sep 24, 2017 | God

Question   Hello Gramps, I’ve recently had a friend, whom I usually consider quite knowledgable in church doctrine, insist that Heavenly Father was not only omnipotent, but also omnipresent. Obviously God is omnipotent, but I have always been under the...
Is what we know of God a contradiction?

Is what we know of God a contradiction?

Apr 30, 2017 | God, Jesus Christ

Question   Dear Gramps, I’ve heard and read that God is the same “yesterday, today, and forever.” I have also heard that He used to be just like us on another Earth and then He became a God. These statements seem to contradict. Is the latter...
Why doesn’t God rid the world of terrorism?

Why doesn’t God rid the world of terrorism?

Apr 13, 2017 | God

Question   Dear Gramps, There’s been a lot of terrorist attacks in the news lately, and it brings so much fear to me that it’s unimaginable. So, I bring the question: why doesn’t God rid the world of terrorism or avenge the victims of it like he...
How was Joseph Smith able to see the Father?

How was Joseph Smith able to see the Father?

Jan 26, 2017 | God, Joseph Smith

Question   Gramps, It states in the scriptures that you can only see the Father with the High Priesthood.  How was Joseph Smith able to see the Father without it? Peter   Answer   Peter, Actually, the scriptures don’t say that.  Anti-Mormon...
Can Heavenly Father hear our silent prayers?

Can Heavenly Father hear our silent prayers?

Oct 2, 2016 | God, Prayer

Question   Hello Gramps, I have prayed all of my life and never given it a second thought really. But recently my husband has stopped praying and said that he believes that God cannot read our minds, therefore cannot hear our silent prayers in our minds. I...
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