Is one of the mormon beliefs that mormon men will become gods over their own planets?

Question

One of the doctrines of the Mormon church states that Mormon men, after they die, will inhabit their own planet and, along with their many wives, will produce numerous spiritual children. When this spiritual family becomes large enough, the father will be given the power to create another world (or earth) for those children, both male and female, and they will be sent to that earth in order to learn the difference between good and evil, learn and follow the teachings of the Mormon religion, and also produce children with "temporal" (or earthly) bodies in which the spiritual children from the father's previous world will enter (in the case of this earth, the number of spiritual children already exceeds many billions). These earthly children (males) must then follow the doctrines of the Mormon church so they also will become gods over their own planets when they die. It is through this progression that the Mormons teach how Adam was born on another planet and then came to this earth.

Nora Explorer...it's not my summation. It was taken word for word from a Mormon site.

Answer 1

Those who say that they don't teach that lie. I was a Mormon and they do teach that. But they wait until the person is an adult before hitting them with it. Just like I never knew about the special underwear because that is kept for people getting married in the temple.

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Answer 2

Close, but not the way you're thinking of.

We believe in eternal cycles. We believe that we were born to a heavenly Mother and Father as spirits, we are literally God's children, not figuratively. We all lived as spirit beings before we were born, but we were like Adam and Eve, we had no knowledge of good and evil (how could we? All we knew was happiness, there is no evil with God right?). So we were sent to Earth to be tested and to gain physical bodies, and we will continue our progression after we die and are judged.

Yes, it is believed that after we die we shall be as gods, having our own families in heaven (which is why Mormons have such a strong focus on families), which will also eventually need to progress. However, it's not a male-ego powered thing, and we don't know about the "many wives" part, that's speculation. We also believe we all had a part in creating the universe, with God the master planner and Jesus orchestrating.

Theres no discrepency between male and female, each is just as important and must work just as hard and recieve equal opportunity, we are all judged.

Also, we don't believe that Adam was born on another planet, but Earth.

It's all really odd sounding if the lesser doctrines aren't understood, I can now see :) . The doctrine of a pre-mortal life can be found in the Pearl of Great Price. It also goes into the war in heaven and Lucifer's fall from grace.

Kjelstad- I've never ever heard doctrine on the sun or moon. Where in the journal of discourses? I couldn't find it in vol.13. If it's there, that's odd. We don't believe there are people living there. We do however believe there are other planets out there in the universe with our brothers and sisters on them.

BUNNIES- That's a pretty terrible thing to say. I am completely not racially prejudiced, and I'm sure that the black family in my home ward would not appreciate it, nor the large black population of Mormons I met in London.

And yeah, it sound weird, but doesn't it also sound great that we won't just be living a boring eternity floating around in heaven after we die? That we will still have our families? Gives me hope and something to look foward to!

Answer 3

There's also John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. 20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. So what did the Son do? He was born, grew up, taught the Gospel, died and was resurrected. If the Son could only do what he had seen the Father do, what did the Father do? It's all a matter of interpretation and is something which none of us will know what's right until we stand before the Judgment Seat. Whether it's the members of the Church or those against the Church, we won't know which ones will be saying 'oops' on that day.

Answer 4

They seem to disavow the doctrine today but they used to teach it. You can find archives of their past leaders teaching such a doctrine. Of course they will say "That is just the man's opinion, not official church doctrine". However past church officials taught Africans could not hold priesthood positions and this became official church doctrine up until recently.

Ironically their own Book of Mormon never taught such a doctrine. Like the Bible the Book of Mormon teaches there is only One God, who has always existed in His perfect and unchangeable state. As is common... apostates do not follow their own books.

Answer 5

While we do teach and believe that CAN achieve Godhood by living by righteous principles. It does not mean every man WILL become a God. It is within everyman on earth to achieve this if they lived by the same principles that are taught in the LDS faith.

For people who don't believe that we are christians, If being Christian means we believe in a god that has multiple personality disorder and doesn't even have a body, or that God doesn't care for man the way he did when the Prophets and Apostles of Old wrote their INDIVIDUAL BOOKS. or that man has no hope of reaching their true potientual. Then I rather not be included into a group that, has such crazy close-minded beliefs. I AM A LATTER-DAY SAINT A TRUE BELIEVER IN CHRIST.

Answer 6

Godhood is not restricted to people who are Mormons in this life. After this life, individuals will continue learning and over the course of eons and by the grace of God will eventually know everything God knows. And God's power comes from his knowledge and integrity. Roughly speaking, anyone who god judges as having lived an honorable life will be able to progress in this way. Mormons believe that if a person can submit to God instruction, little by little, "line by line" God can shape individuals to be like him.

To non Mormon believers it may seem blasphemous to say a person could eventually know all God knows. To a Mormon, it seems blasphemous to say God would horde knowledge. To Mormons it would seem like a petty father not wanting his children to accomplish as much as himself.

Often cited scriptures are:
Ps. 82: 6 ye are gods, and all of you are children of the most High.
John 10: 34 (Ps. 82: 1-8; D&C 76: 58) Is it not written in your law . . . Ye are gods.
Rom. 8: 17 heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.
2 Cor. 3: 18 changed into the same image from glory to glory.
Gal. 4: 7 if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Eph. 4: 13 Till we all come . . . unto a perfect man.
Rev. 3: 21 him that overcometh will . . . sit with me in my throne.

Random quotes from mormons do not necessarily reflect Mormon doctrine. It is not Church doctrine that Adam came from another planet. It is not Church doctrine that all men in heaven will have multiple wives. Even if one finds quotes from former believers, it doesn't necessarily mean that it represents the official belief. An individual Mormon cannot be held responsible for every quote from every Mormon that has ever been uttered in the same way that every Anglican is not responsible for everything previous Anglicans have said or an atheist for everything previous atheists have said.

Answer 7

What Mormom site did you get that word-for-word from? I have a hard time believing that you did. I'd say that it is 95% accurate, but the wording is very odd and not how a Mormon would say or teach this doctrine.

Answer 8

In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you.

What is a mansion? A large house? An estate? An Island? A planet? A galaxy?

How much is many? 144,000? A million? A billion?

If we are beggers, let us be happy with the crumbs from God's table. If we are His children, and He loves us so much, why would we imagine Him not being able to satisfy the desires of our heart? My desire is to be like Him.

Answer 9

Again I see truth mixed with lies. And I doubt you got that from any approved LDS website. Also the person who quoted the journal discourses, not every thing Joseph Smith said or wrote was prophecy or scripture. He like Moses, Noah, and Abraham was a man... not perfect, just a man. The D&C and Pearl of Great Price are scripture... the journal discourses are not.
Don't believe every thing you see on the internet. If you do so you're as blind as you claim Latter-day Saints are.

Answer 10

The important thing here is that the teachings of Joseph Smith are so fantastical and ridiculous, that when you hear something like this, you have to look it up! Everyone except for mormons seem to know what a farce and charlatan he was. What a pity there are people so gullible that they believe anything that LDS teaches. Speaks volumes for the spiritual state of the world.