Correct, they believe themselves to be of the same nature as God, and are themselves, gods in the making. This life is a step on the progression to becoming a god.
They believe the translation is wrong, and should read “God made”. Their belief then goes from there, to “the Gods” made everything from existing material. ie, there is material existing that “the Gods” did not make, but used to create.
Eddie, Rebecca was in fact a mormon at one time as well as many of us were (I was only mormon for a short time) so she will be able to answer your questions with truth. She is an expert in my book!
LDS believe God is infinite, but they use a different definition of “infinite” than Christians do. They themselves are infinite, believing they are created from something they call “intelligence”, that has no beginning. Their God is made of the same stuff.
They put “greater” in terms of their belief in progression to godhood. God is greater than they because God is further along in his progression. One cannot catch up to, or surpass their God, ever, so their God is always greater than they.
I’ve given the basic understanding, that as far as I know all LDS would agree to. From the basic understanding individual LDS go into speculation, which won’t be uniform across all believers.
No worries, I am not offended by people wanting (name removed by moderator)ut from someone besides myself. I was raised LDS, left for atheism, converted to Catholicism from atheism.
I left LDS, wandered around for 12 years and converted to Catholicism.
I have good memories of my childhood Mormon community. Good times. I had romantic notions of a mission when I was very young, coming from those primary indoctrinations of “I hope they call me on a mission”. It was in my teens I figured out those romantic notions were mainly aimed at the boys my age. My “hope” should have been to be worthy of a returned missionary. I didn’t share that hope, I saw it is a stifling cage.
Sad thing is…I DID have one…or at least I thought I did.
I didn’t give it a thought for a good 15 years or so. Then a sibling who also was not an active Mormon, went back to Mormonism, married in a temple, the whole bit. She didn’t say a word about it, just one day one of my family told me she had been sealed in a temple. I was baffled.
Here is an LDS view of God’s omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.
Tex, what made the two years great?
Rebecca, how do Mormons reconcile the complete absence of Mormon theology in the early church?I didn’t give it a thought for a good 15 years or so. Then a sibling who also was not an active Mormon, went back to Mormonism, married in a temple, the whole bit. She didn’t say a word about it, just one day one of my family told me she had been sealed in a temple. I was baffled.
By then the internet was around, and had been around for a few years. I had never looked up anything Mormon, but decided to search for why people would return to Mormonism. I studied Mormonism again, trying to understand why someone would go back, but all it did was confirm for me that it was good thing I left. Really, I am so happy to have never gone through a Mormon temple ceremony.
I went through a period then where I saw all of my Mormon relatives as the most gullible and stupidest people on the planet. I mean, they believe this stuff that is obviously made up! I had to let that idea about Mormons go, otherwise I can’t be around my family.
I will never understand why anyone would be a Mormon who has studied it, even for a little while.
Gazelam, with all due respect, would you mind just answering this in your own words, with your own thoughts. I can’t have a conversation with an article. Thanks.
I think he trying to show us what his “church” teaches and not what he thinks. But yes Steve, its pretty annoying that all he can do is post links that amount to, well, use your imagination
