Any Mormons here ?

Question

Can you explain me about that, that LDS church teach that God have a father, and the father of God a father and like that for ever and ever ??? how can this be?

Prove it whit a scripture in Bible or book of Mormon, please

once again this isn't a attack, I'm just trying to expand my knowledge about the Mormon religion.

thanks...

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Answer 1

Honestly I don't know enough about it to tell you where to look. It doesn't matter all that much to me, as I know that God is our God and He is who I worship. I also know the Book of Mormon to be true, and I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior. I also believe that we have living prophets.

Answer 2

The idea that "God has a father" is not well established in Mormonism. Mormons, like many other Christian denominations (specifically the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic branches of Christianity), do believe in "theosis," the idea that man can progress to become more like God. Historically, this concept (which was had among the earliest Christians) has led some Mormons to speculate that if Man can become like God, perhaps God was once a man. Perhaps He too had a creator, a "Father."

While this idea is interesting, it is not well-established in Mormon theology. I would classify it as "a theological question," not an official "Mormon doctrine." Gordon B. Hinckley, the current president of the LDS Church, has been asked this very question on several occasions. Here are some of his responses (verbatim or reported):

"There was a little couplet coined, 'As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become.' Now that's more of a couplet than anything else. That gets into some pretty deep theology that we don't know very much about...Well, as God is, man may become. We believe in eternal progression. Very strongly. We believe that the glory of God is intelligence and whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the Resurrection."

"President Gordon Hinckley says the concept of God having been a man is not stressed any longer, but he does believe that human beings can become [more like God] in the afterlife."

"On whether his church still holds that God the Father was once a man, he sounded uncertain. ‘I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it...I understand the philosophical background behind it, but I don't know a lot about it, and I don't think others know a lot about it."

That having been said, I'm sure you can find Mormons who do believe God was once a man and that He had a Creator/Father/God. I personally am skeptical. It's not something that is often spoken of in Church; I think I've only heard the concept mentioned a few times in Church during the entire 27 years I've been a member.

To hear two Mormon theologians with differing opinions debate this topic, visit http://mormonmisc.podbean.com/2007/08/27/theology-with-blake-ostler/

To learn more about Mormonism, visit my site at http://www.allaboutmormons.com

Answer 3

In simple terms: where there is a father there is a child. Where there is a son there is a father.

I believe that God the Father has a Father and so on back into infinity. We on earth are to be content knowing that for us, God the Father is the Omnipotent ruler of all the universes and the creations made therewith and those through whom the Son created.

Many things are incomprehensible to us as mortals, but when we cross through the veil I feel confident many truths will be manifest that we could then understand.

Answer 4

The questions you are asking are taken from statements made by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. They are not part of the Doctrine of the Church but rather philosophic statements reflecting their opinions.

If they are prophets then maybe they knew more than we do but just because they are prophets does not mean that everything they spoke is doctrine.

However the question also reflects the aspect that we will be joint heirs with Christ meaning we will receive the same power and authority as him.

Romans 8:17

Finally what we know of God began at our existence. If he did in fact have a Father, a fact that I can not prove or disprove, it is something that does not have any meaning for us. For us he is God, the creator of our spirits and the organizer of the Universe that we know and are just beginning to understand. I do not claim this knowledge, I am far from a prophet, but I know that if it is true it holds no sway on my life here or through the eternities.

Answer 5

Religion, Mormonism included, doesn't claim to know it all or have all the answers. The origin of God is one of these things. We just don't know. We can speculate a bit, however our minds have a hard time understanding non-linear time, let alone the nature of God.

We know that God is the God of our world. I don't know anything about God's Grandpa nor am I aware of any Mormon doctrine that tries to explain any such thing.

Answer 6

http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=b2dd8ebebcd6c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1

That is a link to an article explaining the nature of God according to mormon doctrine.
The concept that God was like us and that we can be like him and this plan has been ongoing and will be continual is modern revelation thru the prophets.
It is not a scriptual revelation and it isnt really a dictation of any laws or commandments, just more like a tidbit of information. Whether we have this information or not doesnt really make any difference in our worship or what we need to do to gain exhaltation ourselves. It is kind of like how we believe the earth was not created out of nothing, but organized from materials already in existance. Nice to know, but doesnt really change any way we worship or live our lives.

There are plenty of scrips that state we are like God, however.

http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=9649d7630a27b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1

This is a link to an article comparing our beliefs to traditional christianity and how our differences are Biblically held up and most definetely still makes us christians. It has several links to scriptures that show how we are in Gods image.

Answer 7

i was mormon for five years before i droped out lolll... i have never heard that but there is a lot of confusion about what mormons beleive( especially in the church!!!) because it is such a new religion

Answer 8

First explain to me how long eternity is; and how old the Universe is?

Then I might be able to answer your question

D

Answer 9

i wouldn't expect an answer
Mormons probably don't even understand their own religioin