Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!rex!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: David.Anderson@cs.cmu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Infant Baptism, and a Few Oddments Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 03:46:30 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Lynn, here. > Excerpts from netnews.soc.religion.christian: 6-Dec-90 Re: Infant > Baptism, and a F.. Charles K. Hurst@rpi.edu (3349) Umm, you have a problem here, Frank, because you are saying that because > Jesus said 'today' and that Peter tells us that Jesus was in > Hades/Sheol for three days that that's where the repentent criminal > went. Unfortunately, there is that little 'in paradise' bit tossed on there. What does that mean? With reference to where Christ was (paradise vs. sheol = "spirit prison" in lds jargon) during the 3 days: lds believe that paradise and prison are "physically" the same place (the "spirit world"), but that people are separated according to their righteousness or wickedness. Those who have been righteous are happy; those who have been wicked are in a (presumably psychological) state of unhappines or torment. I rather imagine the forgiven thief was happy in paradise. According to a revelation received by Joseph F. Smith (6th lds prophet) in 1918 (which was given as he was pondering the pertinent NT verses in I Peter 3 & 4), Christ did not *personally* preach to the wicked during the 3 day period; rather, Christ bridged the gulf and authorized or empowered the righteous to begin preaching the gospel to the ignorant and the wicked. (See Doctrine & Covenants 138)