CHRISTIAN ETERNALISM

"The New Dispensation is a system of philosophy as well as a religion. Indeed every religion that is worthwhile must be a philosophy. It must give some accounting of things if it is to be of any permanent service in the world. Religion must appeal to the understanding as well as the emotional nature of man. ... Eternalism is the term I would select as the best descriptive word for New Dispensation philosophy; for that term best represents its concepts: an eternal universe, with no beginning and no end; eternal intelligence, working in eternal duration, without beginning or ending ... all accompanied by eternal relations, associations, unions, eternal youth and eternal glory!"
   - Elder B. H. Roberts

"The Gospel may be said to be The philosophy of Eternalism ... It is the philosophy that explains the whole of man's relationship to the universe. It invites the deepest study and the severest scrutiny."
   - Elder John A. Widtsoe

"Eternalism focuses on the individual and on those processes in which the individual is taught correct principles and then is given optimum opportunity to govern himself. For those who believe we are all going to be around forever, it is both natural and wise to concern ourselves with such questions and also with such principles which are also going to be around forever."
   - Elder Neal A. Maxwell