Congratulations!!! That’s great news, best wishes to you, your wife and of course the little one.Hello Ut. You’ll have to forgive me for not responding yet. My wife delivered our baby this past weekend so message boards have been a low priority lately. I’ll definitely return to this discussion in the near future.
Sincerely,
Lehi
We believe that God the Father created the (please note the emphasis, every possible way I can do it…ENTIRE UNIVERSE; ALL THE PLANETS, STARS, NEBULAS, BLACK HOLES, DARK MATTER, ATOMS, PROTONS NEUTRONS, GLUONS, STRANGE PARTICLES, THE WHOLE THING through His Son, Jesus Christ. We do not believe that there are any other Gods (or gods) ruling other planets. So…BZZZZT…thanks for playing.Mormons are henotheists – i.e., they believe there are many gods (or Gods), but that there is only one Earth God. One thing is certain: they’re not monotheists. Other gods (or Gods) have their own planets.
Before you make such a decision, try figuring out what our beliefs actually are."WHAT IS EXALTATION?
Exaltation is eternal life, the kind of life that God lives. He lives in great glory. He is perfect. He possesses all knowledge and all wisdom. He is the father of spirit children. He is a creator. We can become [capital G] Gods like our Heavenly Father. This is exaltation." Gospel Principles, published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1988, p. 289-90.
Their double-speak makes them appear to be Christian, but they are not.
Well, it’s not your form of Christianity, but then you are wrong. It is, however, Christianity. ARen’t you glad we aren’t kicking YOU out of the fold? (Oh, and I only corrected one of the errors you have mentioned, above. when you get THAT one internalized, we can go on to the rest of them.)Example: They refer to the Trinity. But they do not mean what a Christian means by “Trinity.” They believe that Jesus is a spirit-child of the Heavenly Father and his Goddess wife. “We needed a savior . . . Jesus Christ, who was then called Jehovah, said, ‘Here I am, send me’” … (Op Cit, pp. 15-16). Satan, the “brother of Jesus Christ” was also willing to go to Earth.
And it goes on . . . “Because our Heavenly Father chose Jesus Christ to be our Savior, Satan became angry and rebelled. There was a war in heaven. Satan and his followers fought against Jesus and his followers” (Op Cit, p.16).
So Jesus is not the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, but the brother of Satan, who was sent to Earth to save us. By Trinity, Mormons mean three distinct “gods”: the Heavenly Father and two “spirit-children” called the Son and the Holy Ghost. These are united in one “Godhead” – a term implying unity of understanding and purpose (A Tale of Two Cities, The Mormons - Catholics, Rev. William Taylor, The Little Red Hen, Inc., Pocatello, ID, 1980, p. 17).
Need I say, this is not Christianity?