2006-06-11 18:03:17 · 11 answers · asked by aussiechic 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that human beings can grow and progress spiritually until, through the mercy and grace of Christ, they inherit and possess all that the Father has—they can become gods. This doctrine is generally referred to as deification, and was a part of mainstream Christian orthodoxy for centuries before Joseph Smith and other modern prophets taught it. Although Latter-day Saints believe in the ultimate deification of men and women, they do not believe that human beings will ever be independent of God, or that they will ever cease to be subordinate to God. They believe that to become as God means to overcome the world through the atonement of Jesus Christ. Thus the faithful become heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ and will inherit all things just as Christ inherits all things. In order to inherit all things, those who receive eternal life will look like God, receive the inheritance of God, receive the glory of God, be one with God, sit upon the throne of God, and exercise the power and rule of God. As such, they will be called gods, a term that does not reduce or limit the sovereignty of God our Father.
abstracted from "Do Latter-day Saints Believe That Men and Women Can Become Gods?" in Latter-day Christianity: Ten Basic Issues (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998), 25–29.
2006-06-14 11:01:07 · answer #1 · answered by notoriousnicholas 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if they go to their own planet when they die but there are a lot of mormons so they wouldn't be lonely.
2006-06-12 03:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by neveroutnumbered 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If their doctrine is true, then yes, i guess they would get their own planet. however their doctrine is false and the bible says nothing about getting their own planet nor do they get 400 virgins for themselves. King David had 900 wives and then some. He suffered from a lusty spirit so much that he orchistrated a murder to get a woman. Why else would a man want his own planet and 400 women. It is a teaching of lust, and greed who else but Satan came up with this understanding from the bible?
2006-06-12 01:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by efremmcgaughey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard this before. The Bible says that there will be a new heaven and a new Earth eventually. (Revelation 21: 1 )It would sure be lonely just being on your own planet with no-one else but if God is there too then we would not be alone.
2006-06-12 01:08:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice...if you truly want to know about a religion, don't go off of the urban legends you hear from people who have no idea what they're talking about. Visit a church and talk to a church leader if you want to know what anyone truly believes (Mormon or any other religion).
2006-06-12 01:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by someguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm thats a new one to me. I know they believe in 3 celestial kingdoms, but not planets...hmmm interesting. Guess I'm gonna have to hound the missionaries for that one....
2006-06-12 01:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mormons believe that but they don't know that they would'nt have their own planet because that is impossible
2006-06-12 01:07:21 · answer #7 · answered by renz_villegas2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have heard that before also. and yeah, i would be lonely.
2006-06-12 01:05:47 · answer #8 · answered by andrea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Few
2006-06-12 01:05:53 · answer #9 · answered by Ron T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well their so full of themselves they can stay entertained for eons.
2006-06-12 01:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by bd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋