Mormons, after becoming a god and getting his own planet does the new god inspire writings about himself?

Question

From Mormon apostle Orson Pratt:

"Each God, through his wife or wives, raises up a numerous family of sons and daughters; indeed, there will be no end to the increase of his own children: for each father and mother will be in a condition to multiply forever and ever. As soon as each God has begotten many millions of male and female spirits, and his Heavenly inheritance becomes too small, to comfortably accommodate his great family, he, in connection with his sons, organizes a new world, after a similar order to the one which we now inhabit, where he sends both the male and female spirits to inhabit tabernacles of flesh and bones. Thus each God forms a world for the accommodation of his own sons and daughters who are sent forth in their times and seasons, and generations to be born into the same. The inhabitants of each world are required to reverence, adore, and worship their own personal father who dwells in the Heaven which they formerly inhabited" (The Seer, p. 37).

jfireman,

I see what you are saying. Based on Christian teaching this perspective is foreign as we accept what the apostles teach as the teaching of Christ and part of Sacred Tradition.

Mormons it seems do not give the same veracity to their prophets and the disciples of their prophets such as Mr. Pratt who was one of Joseph Smith's original twelve. By saying that his opinion does not count is no different than St. Peter's writings in Scripture being dismissed as just an opinion by Christians. It certainly makes me thankful that Christianity has more consistent theology.

Answer 1

Mr. G mormon is demonstrating one of the problems I have with the mormon church. Anything that a prophet or apostle says that later does not agree with what the churches doctrine has changed to is now suddenly their opinion. If that is the case, the apostles and prophets should specify before hand that they are stated an opinion, and not prophesy which everyone should expect since they are prophets. The quote does not sound like opinion, he is stating it as though it is fact, not opinion. Nowhere does he say, "I think" or "in my opinion." Bottom line: Mormon doctrine says we can all become just as God is. Take that to mean what you want.

Answer 2

That's Orson Pratt's opinion and not official Mormon doctrine.

Answer 3

Hmmm, not sure how to interpret this question. There is only one true God. Mormons believe this, as far as I can recall. They don't believe in the Trinity, which separates them from many other Christian sects.

Answer 4

I don't believe anything mormons say.