Mormon myth: "As god is man shall become." Sounds like the Mormons expect to be equal to their god at the very least.
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>Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Will we be gods?
>Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:12:21 -0700
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>BlaineRB: I THINK we agree here, but MAYBE NOT No authoritative Mormon
>ever taught THAT we intend to be equal with God, or the trinity, or
>whatever you choose to call it.
>We believe that Jesus Christ as the SON is subordinate to the FATHER, and
>that we are and always will be subordinate to Both. Things earthly are
>like things heavenly--sons are subordinate to their fathers on earth, and
>we are the sons of God, so to speak, as we look to Him and his perfect
>model Son as our ideal models. We believe we will be Gods in the sense
>that we will have access to all power that is God's, to continue in
>eternity--as the parable of the prodigal son suggests, the faithful son
>was given access to all that his father possessed. ACCESS is the key
>word, here--no LDS authority ever taught that we would USURP God, as
>Satan wanted to do. Again, you are setting up little straw men to
>knock over. This is the lie MANY antiMormons perpetrate. Talk about
>lies!!
>
>
>On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:14:10 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ***Hi Judy, It is always a delight to read your stuff, but you seem
> > to be
> > speaking more from traditional Christianity than from the original
> > teachings of the Bible. In Genesis (first book, second page, so you
> > need
> > not search too hard)ch1 verse 26 it uses the plural to tell us that
> > :
> > And God said, let US make man in OUR image after OUR likeness."
> > Would you care to comment on what that means?
> >
> > Hi Blaine:
> > In Genesis 1:26 in the plural is Elohim or the Godhead. I don't use
> > the
> > word trinity because it is not scriptural. Godhead is and this
> > consists
> > of
> > the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; they are not three Gods but
> > three manifestations of the one true God.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:39:24 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > The Mormons on TT are probably aware that Joseph Smith was heavily
> > > into Freemasonry among other things and this is where the lie
> > > originates
> > > because Freemasonry today represents the ancient mystery religions
> > -
> > > In
> > > his book Morals and Dogma of Freemasonry author Albert Pike writes
> >
> > > that the Prince of Mercy Degree makes Satan the creator and
> > > Freemasonry also teaches that we are all gods, so Joseph Smith was
> >
> > > just
> > > teaching what he had been taught since he went through all of
> > these
> > > degrees.
> > >
> > > The prophet Isaiah teaches that there were no gods before and
> > there
> > > will
> > > be no gods after Jesus. Mormonism teaches that god was a man who
> > > ascended into godhood so the Mormon religion is rooted in the lie
> > > and
> > > since
> > > there are Freemasons in leadership positions in many protestant
> > > churches
> > > (unless they take a stand against it) and the Government of the US
> >
> > > is
> > > permeated with them - this is something we need to reckon with.
> > The
> > >
> > > cornerstones of many of the buildings in D.C. (including the
> > Capitol
> > > itself)
> > > were layed by Freemasons. So we should ask ourselves....
> > >
> > > Whose report will we believe? That of the Lord, or will we follow
> > > Israel's
> > > example and fall into apostasy and error?
> > > Grace and Peace,
> > > Judy
> >
> > ***Hi Judy, It is always a delight to read your stuff, but you seem
> > to be
> > speaking more from traditional Christianity than from the original
> > teachings of the Bible. In Genesis (first book, second page, so you
> > need
> > not search too hard)ch1 verse 26 it uses the plural to tell us that
> > :
> > And God said, let US make man in OUR image after OUR likeness."
> > Would you care to comment on what that means?
> > >
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Ruben wrote: Then we arrive at Salt Lake city in the same
> > fashion,
> > > where we exhort those that have perverted God, teaching that he
> > was
> > > once
> > > like us.or we will be gods..HOW PERVERTED.
> > >
> > > Blaine: I think this is purely a judgement call on Ruben's part.
> >
> > > There are many good scriptures showing God allows us--wants us--
> > > to be like him. Here is one of them--I will try to find more
> > > tomorrow if
> > > needed:
> > > 1 John 3:2 "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
> > > not yet appear what we shall be: But we know that, when he shall
> > > appear,
> > >
> > > we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."
> >
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