Will Romney Become A God and Other Questions

[Beemer]

(A comment on the page gave me the title. )
Do Mormons really believe they will become a god on their own planet? That's just weird. If true, why wouldn't they just stick to rational stuff like walking on water, resurrecting people from the dead and turning water into wine?

On with the show.

Christopher Hitchens has some questions for Mitt’s Mormonism.
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Video on the page.

What’s that about Mormonism and the Constitution?

[The Real Bingo]

Who cares?

[Atomic Rooster]

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Originally Posted by The Real Bingo

Who cares?

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[SoloCamo]

And let the bashing begin! Oh....too late. Now seriously, if everyone is just going to post useless trash, by all means don't bother reading the thread. That's how half the crap gets started in this section, because no one can have a mature debate without throwing in childish words.

[Beemer]

The 3 children have gone the limit of their intellect and will be off to bed soon. They never have much to enlighten us with.

What did the trolls say anyway?

No forget it. I can imagine.

[voogru]

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Originally Posted by Beemer

(A comment on the page gave me the title. )
Do Mormons really believe they will become a god on their own planet? That's just weird. If true, why wouldn't they just stick to rational stuff like walking on water, resurrecting people from the dead and turning water into wine?

What? You think we all just go to heaven and sit and twiddle our thumbs for the rest of eternity?

You know, this may sound rather wierd to you, but SOMEBODY has to make all of those planets, galaxies, etc. You don't become "god", what we believe does happen is your family grows to unimaginable levels.

Then you need to advance your children, just like in real life, you send your kids to school, they graduate, they then make their own families, they have kids, they send them to school, and so on.

You now have billions, or trillions of children, you create homes for them (planets), and they now go through the same learning process you went through.

It's the same thing we are going through now only on a much, much, much, bigger scale.

God, is our father, and our only father.

But, theres more then one father, and therefore, more then one "god", but only one of them is our father, we may refer to him as "god", but he's really just our father.

Our father, also has a father, and his father also has a father, and so on.

Mind boggling isn't it?

But Beemer, I know how much you hate religion and anything that has anything to do with "God" because we can't define it or figure it out with science.

And thats okay, that's your choice. You'll eventually be told how things really work (everyone will) and you'll have a chance to accept it or deny it at that point, and denying it at that point will be basically saying the sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

I'll be the first to say, the safest bet to 'win' at life, be a good person, and do what you think is right. You don't need to join a religion or be a religious fanatic.

Your not going to go to hell or anything just because you didn't join a specific religion.

Would it be fair for the school system to give a calculus test to a 5 year old, not allow him to prepare, or give him book about chemistry to prepare, and if he fails the calculus test, he's sent to prison for the rest of his life?

Yeah, thats probably not very fair is it.

God is not going to cast us into hell just because we couldnt find the true religion to join, and any religion that tells you otherwise is full of it.

Any religion that gives you the choice of "Join this religion or die" is also full of it, true religion can't be forced.

[Disley]

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I'll be the first to say, the safest bet to 'win' at life, be a good person, and do what you think is right. You don't need to join a religion or be a religious fanatic.

Your not going to go to hell or anything just because you didn't join a specific religion.
God is not going to cast us into hell just because we couldnt find the true religion to join, and any religion that tells you otherwise is full of it.

If there is a God, then that part sounds reasonable.

[Beemer]

How did you become aware of this knowledge Voog?
Did you blindly accept what they said or did you question the validity of what they said?

Actually, all that you said isn't a problem for me or anyone else until it expands into an attack on legitimate knowledge. My problem isn't with anyone’s belief in a god. My problem is when a belief in a god gets in the way of human knowledge and social development. This is the insane side. All too much of this side is coming to light more and more often. The internet has exposed the ugly side of religion to the point that everyone should be concerned of how religion is part of the problem. Your belief in a god is not as long as your mind can provide a leash.

[GiPilot12]

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Originally Posted by Disley

If there is a God, then that part sounds reasonable.

Thank you


Honestly, what is the point of religion?? isn't it to teach us to be good people (at least that is how I see it)?

The only difference between a "good" atheist and a "good" Christian is the belief in a higher power; if there is a god, I don't think that he cares if you believe him to be big and fat and jolly, or a long brown haired European guy on a cross...or even believe in him at all.

If god IS love, all you have to believe in is loving your neighbor.