Aren't we all children (spiritually) of God? I would like true open-minded answers from those who do believe and those that don't.
2007-07-23 07:50:00 · 15 answers · asked by LDS of Three and Loving It 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Isn't the idea of being the spiritual sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father (God) mean that we will inherit all that he has. This does not mean we will be equal to him, but we will continue to obey him as we now do what our parents want the best from us. Our parent want us to progress in this life, wouldn't God want the same from us.
2007-07-23 13:17:37 · update #1
Rev. 21: 7 reads, "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." There are other scriptures in the Old and New Testament like; Gen. 6: 2, Job 1: 6, Hosea 1: 10, Acts 17: 29, and others. Please read those passages.
2007-07-23 13:25:41 · update #2
Yes Feral, I am Mormon. You were once LDS and should remember some of the teachings from sunday school. The true question is, how is believing that we all have the ability of attaining Godhood wrong? Would that not be the ultimate goal of all God's children?
2007-07-25 05:09:25 · update #3
It is interesting that in the Bible, the Jews charged Jesus with blasphemy and sought to stone him for claiming this very thing and he defended himself by saying it is written in their law.....
John 10
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Here is an interesting excerpt from
KITĀB AL-MAGĀLL
OR
THE BOOK OF THE ROLLS.
ONE OF THE BOOKS OF CLEMENT.
(From the introduction....
"This book is one of the hidden books of Saint Clement the Apostle, disciple of Simon Cepha, which Saint Clement commanded to be kept secret from the laity")
I suppose this is the 4th Pope, St. Clement, although I have no idea on the Catholic view in the above literature, which is, oddly enough a translation of an old Arabic Christian text.
....When the Lord comforted me with this, He said to me, ‘O Adam, grieve not, for thou art a god, as thou thoughtest to become by thy transgression of my commandment, and I will make p. 16 thee a god, not at this time, but after the lapse of years.’ ......
......and after three days, which I have spent in the grave, I will raise up the body which I took from thee, and will make it go up with me without any separation from me, and cause it to sit at the right hand of my Godhead. I will make thee a god as thou hast desired.’.....
2007-07-23 09:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are creators of our reality already. A state of unity with god simply means you have gained enough Self-knowledge to no longer do it badly. However, the trick is that it requires the death of the ego and only an ego would want to "believe" in the ability of attaining Godhood - which makes your ego 'suspect' because it has not defined the term.
2007-07-23 08:21:03 · answer #2 · answered by MysticMaze 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wow you are a mormon right?
This was crammed down my throat as a kid. I have found that this belief alone will separate you from other Christians.
Instead of thinking you will go someplace magic when you die, mormons go a step further. If you are god, you will be a God too someday. Not a crazy idea as far as religion goes either.
2007-07-23 07:52:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we are all Children of God. And just think of the story of the Prodigal Son. He was always the father's son. He simply forgot about his father and the wealth of his father for a time.
A nice resource on this question is in Chapter 11 and the later Chapters of the free online book below. It's a delightful read.
2007-07-23 08:00:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It would be a false belief... I'm open minded, but I would struggle with that philosophy because there is no evidence of a god. I think the best I can do here, is to go the "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" route... give it read, if you haven't already...
2007-07-23 07:53:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its just as logically possible as most other popular religious beliefs.
The only thing that would be "wrong" about it would be that it isn't what some people believe. So, its going to be "wrong" for them. However, in general, there is nothing terribly wrong with such a belief.
2007-07-23 08:01:25 · answer #6 · answered by Azure Z 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe that each of us has a divinity and is fully capable of realizing this divinity. I also honor God in all people (which is what Namaste means). I think we all have greater capacities than we even understand. Namaste!
2007-07-23 07:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by Yogini 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What's to attain?
You are...I am...
Nothing can ever change the fact that we're here.
In a million years no one will remember.
Yet we will still have been and will forever be a fact of the universe.
How is this less than God?
Blessed Be!
2007-07-23 07:59:33 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Gnostic♥ 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
"But as many as received him (Jesus), TO THEM he gave the power to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe in his name, which were born.... not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but were born of God"- (John 1:12)
2007-07-23 07:53:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a passage in the bible: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one."
If God is one, then there cant be more Gods, so thus you cannot obtain Godhood. Yet another reason why Christianity is wrong :)
2007-07-23 07:54:23 · answer #10 · answered by SomeWIdude 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋