Missionaries confused

[Anijen]

just because j.s said that the father himself dwelled on an earth just as the son did, does not make us into "God "Gods"! we can becomne as the son {a God} but not equal to the father whom we worship above everything else..... very simple indeed.. this ministers question does not change a thing, and i really dont see how members get off track so easily.

Just a side note. I am well aware of what the church teaches. I was just curious of other answers that those on this board might have used. Most of our nineteen year old young men that are sent out do not have the luxury of a well thought out response before they are surprised by an antis questions. I thought they handled themselves very well for what they did do.

[zelder]

This is a false statement Lorenzo Snow did teach that "As man is God once was, and as God is man shall become". So Prophets have taught us that God once was man, it is also accepted theology by many Mormons (thought nothing is know about the why, where, or how) that God was once a man and became God, just like we can become a God through following the Plan of Salvation.

The Church has no official stance because we simply do not have enough revelation to make doctrine on this issue, this theology can be taught in the Church though, it cannot be presented as doctrine though only theory about our doctrine.

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Here is Joseph Smith's teaching about God was man, "God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! . . . I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see. . . . He was once a man like us; yea that God himself, the Father dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did. . . ."

Here is Brigham Young's teaching about God as man, "[T]hat God the Father was once a man on another planet who 'passed the ordeal we are now passing through. . .'"

The Prophet's have continually taught that God was once a man just like we are.

Yes, God was once a man, yes Jesus was once a man. I did not dispute that, I was agreeing with that. All that means is that there is hope for us. We do not need to extrapolate and make assumptions beyond those statements. I said that the church and no prophet has ever said that the Father had a father.....that is an extrapolated assumption made up by members.

[Alan]

The statement says we will be "like" God, not the same as him.

I personally believe that we can become creators just like Adam (Michael) and that we can benefit from exaltation in many ways. But we will not be prayed to nor worshipped. Do we pray to Adam now? Or even Jesus? No, we pray to the Father, the big cheese, the guy who started it all. Our children will do the same.

[semlogo]

Yes, is the correct answer.

we will be like god in the fact that we will be a heavenly father as our heavenly father is to us.

I really dislike when member bend the truth to convert or dodge non-members questions, we should never do that for we can not be ashamed of the gospel of jesus christ.

Also dont dig a hole for your self.

Agreed

[Anijen]

Mods please close this thread down. It has reached its course and it appears any further discussion is slipping.

[Nemesis]

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