Please correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that according to the LDS doctrine of Eternal Progression, beings are constantly elevating themselves. God was once a man, who worshipped his god and therefore became a god Himself. So... why wouldn't Mormons worship a higher god then the one that they do now?
I hope that made sense...
2007-11-23 08:05:26 · 16 answers · asked by Doliath 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Heavenly Father is the Father of our Spirits. Jesus Christ, His begotten Son is our Savior and Redeemer. The Holy Ghost testifies of the truth. The have not been given any further specific knowledge or revelation. Anything else is speculation. We have been commanded to worship no other.
2007-11-26 02:37:17 · answer #1 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea that "God has a father God" 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
2007-11-23 13:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
i understand it but if thats a catholic doctrine that would be impossible to determine because God was here be4 everyone and how would they even know that there was a God be4 him. That would mean there are 2 Gods. I think mormons worship only 1 God.
2007-11-23 08:10:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul said there were Gods many and Lords many but we worship only one God. We are not told to worship other Gods. God as told to Joseph Smith is an exalted man and we are created in his image. As for the other Gods we dont' know much about as for him worshipping his God? or him becoming God we dont' know about that? That's speculation by some others and mostly anti-mormons.
2007-11-23 10:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by Brother G 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, residences. ONE God--our Heavenly Father. ONE. Jesus is His son, sent to this earth to do His will (examine the Bible, fairly the recent testomony, in case you haven't got a clue what that is approximately.) that isn't any longer probably for us to appreciate the origins of God, if any. it is not significant for us to appreciate today. possibly, sometime, interior the eternities, interior the grand scheme of issues, we are going to word of this information. yet that's no longer requisite for us to rigidity approximately in this life. All we would desire to be concentrated on is doing what Jesus asked us to do: conserving His commandmants via loving our fellow guy, and via doing so, loving our Father in Heaven. what number situations do you may desire to have that spelled out to you? you're like. . .duh. Ranting on and on approximately Joseph Smith, blah blah blah. slightly secret. Joseph Smith became into basically a guy. We honor Joseph Smith using fact he had the braveness to do what a brilliant form of human beings ought to do, would desire to do, and are required of God to do, yet do no longer: Pray, and ask of God. Joseph Smith became into in basic terms the founding father of a company--a company to fellowship and coach the concepts of the gospel as we've faith that God might desire them taught. no longer something extra, no longer something much less. He had a sworn fact of our Heavenly Father and our Savior--and died for what he believed in. what number Christians have that form of braveness? So attacking Joseph Smith is fantastically lots neither right here nor there, concerning the question you think of you're asking. there is largely one God--our Father in Heaven. he's our author and Father of our spirits, and has been for eternities. Jesus is His son, and overcame dying to coach us that we can do the comparable. question for you: Do you even examine the solutions which you get from Latter Day Saints? Cuz in case you do, you certainly might have no reason to pose the comparable accusations persistently.
2016-10-17 22:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by czech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For one thing, what you said is not entirely true. Some mormons believe that, but it is not a cast-in-iron doctrine. If there is a "God's God," He is not our Father, and he is not the one that created us. Perhaps, in the afterlife, when we are free of Earthly limittions, we will worship Him, but for now, we are only to worship Our Father in Heaven, who created us, and His Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. I hope my answer helped you to come to greater understanding of the Mormon faith.
2007-11-23 08:10:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
We worship the God that God has told us to worship; namely, Himself. His first commandment to Moses was, thou shalt have no other god before Me.
2007-11-24 01:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe I should direct the question back to you...
My answer:God is the Father of our souls. His Father was his Father not ours. We worship the God we know created us.
2007-11-23 13:37:17 · answer #8 · answered by Wind Driven Wanderer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That made perfect sense, yet it mad no sense at all. I think we are going to have to put that one in a stump a Mormon category.
2007-11-23 08:26:23 · answer #9 · answered by Caveman 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God worships Chuck Norris. He`s too scared not to.
2007-11-23 08:09:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋