Mormonism - God as an exalted man. How would you refute it

[Angelina5]

with the use of scripture? And they claim that their Gospel is the same as the Early church. Claiming that polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament.
Thanks!

 

[Church_Militant]

Polygamy was in the OT…so? They have also changed their teachings on this, so I suppose that staying out of trouble with the U.S. Government superseded their beliefs. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/corona_stellarum/Smilies/17.gif

They cannot supply any Biblical support for their beliefs that faithful Mormons become the god of their own planets and sire a new race of people. It’s simply not there. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/corona_stellarum/Smilies/emo-epicfail.png

 

[DavidFilmer]

How would you refute it with the use of scripture?

I would start off with the story of creation itself - God made man. If God was a man, he would have created himself, which is logically impossible.

And they claim that their Gospel is the same as the Early church.

No they don’t. They believe “the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.” (Eighth Article of the Mormon Faith). And, FWIW, they don’t trust any English translation.

Claiming that polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament.

That’s true. In fact, it is commanded in some instances (such as a levirate marriage - Deut 25:5-10). But it was not common.

 

[twopekinguys]

with the use of scripture? And they claim that their Gospel is the same as the Early church. Claiming that polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament.
Thanks!

Check the non Catholic religions forum here at CAF.

There are tons of threads dealing with this. Even former mormons who could help.

 

[SwissGuard25]

with the use of scripture? And they claim that their Gospel is the same as the Early church. Claiming that polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament.
Thanks!

Polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament. No doubt. But those were in times of war and Jews were oppressed. And a lot of Jewish men would die. So in order to protect women and continue inheritance with children.

But when Jesus the Christ came he put an end to this saying those times were over and we must be true and love our one spouse.

Joseph Smith started polygamy simply for perversion and power.

 

[PaulDupre]

with the use of scripture? And they claim that their Gospel is the same as the Early church. Claiming that polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament.
Thanks!

Polygamy was certainly practiced in the OT. It was a long-standing practice in most of the cultures of that time. Christians acknowledge that God allowed polygamy to exist, just as He allowed divorce “because of the hardness of their hearts” (Matt 19:8).

The difference with Mormons is that they claim that God commanded the people of the OT to practice polygamy. There is no biblical support for that at all. But the Mormon “scriptures” authored by Joseph Smith portray God as commanding polygamy.

One example is Abraham. The bible reports that Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was unable to have children and she was so ashamed of this that she pressured Abraham to take her servant Hagar as a concubine so that Sarah could have a child through Hagar (since Sarah owned Hagar, she would own her child as well). This worked out very badly for all concerned.

By contrast, the Mormon scriptures portray Abraham as receiving a revelation from God that commanded him to take Hagar as a second wife.

34 God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it? Because this was the law; and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises.

35 Was Abraham, therefore, under condemnation? Verily I say unto you, Nay; for I, the Lord, commanded it.

• Doctrine and Covenants 132:34-35

Paul (formerly LDS, now happily Catholic)