tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post8281362941025196386..comments2023-11-05T03:06:30.977-08:00Comments on Mormon Midrashim: FAQ: Do Mormons Really Believe They Can Become Gods?James Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422536627746885883noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-5496745048156358802012-09-22T00:13:53.904-07:002012-09-22T00:13:53.904-07:00Great insights (as always). I especially liked the...Great insights (as always). I especially liked the reminder that the Master is truly a healer of our souls, not just a Redeemer. He doesn't just ransom and rescue us, He heals the wounds of our captivity. Beautiful!Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966370717526592703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-72537801840103062042012-09-22T00:10:16.393-07:002012-09-22T00:10:16.393-07:00If you live in a ward where people actually say th...If you live in a ward where people actually say things like "when I'm the god of my own planet," my condolences! :) <br /><br />I have to respectfully disagree that saying such things smacks of arrogance. It is unequivocally arrogant in that it implies you've already mastered everything you need to learn here. "Drawing ever nearer to God in this Earth life? Been there, done that. Let's talk about the exciting things like being in charge of creating new worlds."<br /><br />I agree that focusing on caricatures of exaltation trivializes it. Until their ancestors, their spouses, their children, their grandchildren, their neighbors (in the Christlike sense) and they themselves are all perfected, people like that have missed the whole point of faith they profess and have no business anticipating their own exaltation.Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966370717526592703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-77568859991659619252012-09-20T11:20:43.931-07:002012-09-20T11:20:43.931-07:00I am always uplifted and edified by what I read he...I am always uplifted and edified by what I read here. Thank you for your perspectives.<br />lchastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430871454454141171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-34418188860123907702012-09-20T11:19:52.806-07:002012-09-20T11:19:52.806-07:00I don't think you're being too harsh. I t...I don't think you're being too harsh. I think members of the LDS faith sometimes take for granted principles that seem so fundamental and basic to them/us that they forget for a few minutes how enormous and sacred those things are. When it becomes common, it's easy to trivialize and turn into a game. I agree with you.<br />lchastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430871454454141171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-76502750253744205702012-09-11T22:11:23.988-07:002012-09-11T22:11:23.988-07:00After reading this I by chance happened to listen ...After reading this I by chance happened to listen to Tad R. Callister's BYU devotional on this topic. I found it interesting and a nice segue way if you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_gt2p9Oy3Icmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356625935589553773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-24354674975634933612012-09-06T10:00:25.024-07:002012-09-06T10:00:25.024-07:00I think where LDS people get into trouble with thi...I think where LDS people get into trouble with this question is when they DO, as you put it, sit around and think about it in cartoon terms rather than acknowledging how little they know about what will come after they die. I cringe every time someone talks about "their planet" or things like that, because to me it almost always smacks of a certain arrogance. Maybe that's not the best way to say it. I feel we (maybe I'm just speaking for myself here) have so little comprehension of the magnitude of God's works as they are that it seems untoward and even irreverent to talk about becoming creators in trivializing ways, almost as if its something we are entitled to. Perhaps that's a little harsh.bbmarronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405401846717136696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-51877267173004862262012-09-06T07:55:51.377-07:002012-09-06T07:55:51.377-07:00One other way this is important is as a motivator ...One other way this is important is as a motivator for charity towards others. If everyone around us has the potential to become godly, we have even greater reason to try to see the good in them, and help them reach that potential.Andrea Landakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14562563611657483918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-87994144364534823922012-09-05T23:39:07.306-07:002012-09-05T23:39:07.306-07:00Great post and perspective. It is amazing the deep...Great post and perspective. It is amazing the deep and meaningful thoughts and insights one can come too when we look beyond just the "short answer". perronepowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497127300683544119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-34554570696261524502012-09-05T17:46:52.751-07:002012-09-05T17:46:52.751-07:00I like that when I read "Be ye therefore perf...I like that when I read "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" in the Sermon on the Mount, it has such a rich meaning to it because of this LDS belief.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06709387976839659108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-63176117690379744262012-09-05T14:31:44.632-07:002012-09-05T14:31:44.632-07:00I agree that we need to talk more about this, and ...I agree that we need to talk more about this, and even embrace it--it isn't weird, but, as you said, it is radical. . . and, quite frankly, everywhere in the scriptures (why keep commanding people to be like god, to be "godly," if we can't actually be like God!)<br /><br />I think many people who hear the doctrine that humanity has a divine destiny--that we can literally become Gods--picture something along the lines of Olympus and the classical myths when they picture multiple, embodied Gods. What they don't picture is a great group of perfect beings working together to perfect the universe, unified in the goodness, in their mercy, and in their dedication to that ultimate goal of salvation and exaltation of life.<br /><br />If you are not one, you are not mine, Christ says. that's because, in order to achieve our divine potential, we must be unified, united. . .one. Because God is one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246126393398292176noreply@blogger.com