People have said "If you want to know what Mormons believe, ask them." Don't just take anybodys word for it. My friend said he heard that if you were a good LDS, you would eventually become a God, and that Heavenly Father was once a man like us. Following this logic, Heavenly Father must have had a Father and Grandfather ect... If a good LDS becomes a God and has kids, would they be Gods too? So the essence of my question is if anyone has any idea how many gods there are. How long ago did it all start? This is a sincere question. I am not trying to bash anybodys faith. I am just following my friends advice to ask you what your church teaches instead of taking unreliable information.
2007-05-01 06:54:03 · 20 answers · asked by John 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Three. The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost.
2007-05-01 06:58:16 · answer #1 · answered by David G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, we don't know how many gods are out there. We worship our Heavenly Father through His Son, Jesus Christ. We do not worship other gods, though as you explained, we do believe we as God's children have the potential to become like him. Never above him, for He will always be our God, but He wants us to become like Him. Coming to this earth and gaining a body is part of the step towards godhood...will all LDS become gods? I doubt it. Will non-LDS, who accept the gospel after this life, become gods? Very possible. We just don't know. We do know that we are His children, that He loves us and that He wants us to return to live with Him again in the Celestial Kingdom. We also know he has provided a way for that to actually happen.
2007-05-01 16:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
We believe if we are good "LDS" then Heavenly Father will reveal all truths to us and over eternity we will eventually get the chance to be like him, we might be able to have spirit children (like we are to him) and we might even be able to put them through a spiritual test like we are going through now.
Basically we believe that we were pretty stupid in Heaven, we were happy but we did not know pain or anguish, so we did not really know that we were happy. So we were sent here to experience good, evil, pain, happiness, trials, ect in the hope that we would stay faithful and become wise so we could be more like Heavenly Father.
2007-05-01 13:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by divinity2408 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
There are three distinct personages that make up the Godhead. "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us." We do believe that we will continue to progress after we die, and after a very long time, those who are most righteous and who have abode by God's law may have the opportunity to become as God, in the sense that we may have our own spiritual offspring. We do not believe that we will ever be equal to God, and any blessing or opportunity we receive is only from God.
We believe that God has created worlds without number. There may be worlds create by other gods, but this matters not to us, as we (as humans on this earth) only have one God. He sent his Son to atone and die for us. This is the important part.
2007-05-01 14:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by moonman 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
LDS here, I'll try to answer your question as best as I can.
First off, the simple statement that "Mormons can become Gods" is somewhat misleading, and a distortion of true LDS beliefs. We do not believe that we will be independent of God, or that we are taking away his glory. No one is above Him.
We do feel, though, that by following Christ, we can add to his glory. Take a look at Ephesians 3:19, which states that we can receive the fullness of God. Also, in John 17: 20-23, Christ said that we can become one with Him, as He is one with the Father. We believe that through our faith in Christ, we can become joint-heirs with our Heavenly Father, as seen in Romans 8:14-18, and that we can be glorified together. After all, as Christians, striving to be like Christ should be our goal. To us, there is but one God, and that is our Eternal Father. The joint-heirs as mentioned in Romans aren't our Lords or our Creators, and they can't become gods of their own planets.
It's true that we believe Christ and our Heavenly Father are two distinct beings, but they, along with the Holy Ghost, share one common purpose as ONE united Godhead.
2007-05-01 14:15:59 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
There is One God that we worship, Heavenly Father. Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost both hold the title of God, but we do not worship them, we revere them.
By living our life like Christ we our glorifying our Father, in a sense worshipping. Same with when we listen to the Holy Ghost.
2007-05-02 15:19:43 · answer #6 · answered by David Flournoy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yoli can certainly have her opinion, but to bash someones faith is something else.
Did not Jesus himself ask us to pray to "Father?''
Did not Jesus said his Father is our Father also?
Isn't Jesus Christ a God too?
So, the answer simply, there are more than one Godly being, but we worship God theEternal Father, as taught by Jesus Christ himself.
The conflict with other christian churches is that they believe Father, the son and the Holy Ghost is the same one being, while we LDS believe God, the Son and the Holy Ghost is three Goldly being with,one-ness in purpose.
2007-05-01 14:38:50 · answer #7 · answered by Wahnote 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
This is a difficult concept to address adequately on the R&S Y!A board...but I'll give it a shot.
Yes, we do believe that each of us is a literal son or daughter of our Heavenly Father and that our fullest potential can be to become like our Heavenly Father.
If we become like our Heavenly Father, and have spirit children like he does, then our children would likely go through a similar situation to where we are now, going through mortality in order to learn and grow and progress.
Exactly when it all began, I don't know all the details so any comment there would be mere speculation on my part.
2007-05-01 14:02:50 · answer #8 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Johnny is incorrect. We will not automatically become gods and rule planets when we die. It hinges on our faithfulness and obeying God's commandments and ordinances in the temple. So put this myth behind you.
We all have the opportunity to reach exaltation provided the ordinances are performed and we obey the commandments, but we can never reach the levels of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, because of Their advancement.
We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. (Articles of Faith)
2007-05-01 14:02:55 · answer #9 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
How many gods are there?
Who knows. And who really cares? Not me. I worship ONE God, my Heavenly Father. That's all the God I need.
2007-05-01 19:02:07 · answer #10 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋