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> thinking and their world to what it is to be grown up and married when they
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> play "house." They have a hint of what it is to be grown up and married, but
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> they miss the much deeper essence of the experience.
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+> > It is not true that families are forever.
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+> > It is true, however, that the Family of God is forever.
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+> > > A fine, careful distinction, but I like it... OTOH I actually think both
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+> > > statements are true.
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+> > > I should have included a qualification with my assumption of the
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+> > > existence of these groups and societies that they would be equivalent to our
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+> > > mortal experiences, but modified to fit the circumstances.
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+> > > Children may not see the deeper meaning inherent in a bunch of their parents
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+> > > friends getting together for a joint activity, but the fact remains that the
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+> > > activity happens. I have no problem envisioning bouncing from cloud to cloud
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+> > > to the local celestial park to bbq some celestial steak and s'mores, with my
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+> > > myriad spirit children poking their collective noses in the nooks and
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+> > > crannies of the local star system and scaring the natives.
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