Comments on: FHE Lesson #3 http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/04/fhe-lesson-3/ Truth Will Prevail Fri, 25 May 2012 03:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julie M. Smith http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/04/fhe-lesson-3/#comment-289512 Julie M. Smith Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:45:36 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=7528#comment-289512 Matt W., I hear you--in a sense there are no good analogies for the atonement but we do the best we can. I think it is better to give kids a rough approximation than to not give them anything. "but isn’t repenting repaying our debts" If you return the candy bar to the grocery store, yes. But there are other sins for which repenting doesn't really fix anything for the victim (starting gossip, etc.). I think that that is where the atonement comes in. Matt W.,

I hear you–in a sense there are no good analogies for the atonement but we do the best we can. I think it is better to give kids a rough approximation than to not give them anything.

“but isn’t repenting repaying our debts”

If you return the candy bar to the grocery store, yes. But there are other sins for which repenting doesn’t really fix anything for the victim (starting gossip, etc.). I think that that is where the atonement comes in.

]]> By: Matt W. http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/04/fhe-lesson-3/#comment-289466 Matt W. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:51:14 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=7528#comment-289466 As an Atonement theory snob, I am struggling somewhat with this one Julie. I like the dirty fingers, Jesus Cleans up thing, but isn't repenting repaying our debts and Jesus is just enabling us to repay those debts? And doesn't Alma 34:11-13 suggest the Jesus couldn't accept the consequences for our sins? Anyway, maybe that is too complex for an FHE lesson, but just wondering. As an Atonement theory snob, I am struggling somewhat with this one Julie. I like the dirty fingers, Jesus Cleans up thing, but isn’t repenting repaying our debts and Jesus is just enabling us to repay those debts? And doesn’t Alma 34:11-13 suggest the Jesus couldn’t accept the consequences for our sins?

Anyway, maybe that is too complex for an FHE lesson, but just wondering.

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