Destruction means banished

Destruction means banished
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Categories: Destruction of the wicked
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Author: Joseph Fielding Smith

Concerning the destruction of the soul, President Joseph Fielding Smith wrote: “A soul cannot be destroyed. “Every soul born into this world shall receive the resurrection and immortality and shall endure forever. Destruction does not mean, then, annihilation. When the Lord says they shall be destroyed, he means that they shall be banished from his presence, that they shall be cut off from the presence of light and truth, and shall not have the privilege of gaining this exaltation; and that is destruction.” (Doctrines of Salvation, 2:227–28; see also Alma 12:16; Helaman 14:18.)