Defending the restored church of Christ - I created this blog back in 2013 to provide an alternative to what I saw at the time as a lot of bad "Mormon blogs" that were floating around the web. I originally named it "Mormon Village" but after Pres. Nelson asked members to not use the name Mormon as much I changed it to LatterDayTemplar. Also, it was my goal to collect and share a plethora of positive and useful information about what I steadfastly believe to be Christ's restored church. It has been incredibly enjoyable and I hope you find the information worthwhile.


Wednesday, July 25, 2018

“Do Latter-day Saints believe that men and women can become gods?”

(by Dan Peterson 7-21-18)

Here’s another little mini-essay that I wrote and published back in 2002:

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that human beings can grow and progress spiritually until, through the mercy and grace of Christ, they can inherit and possess all that the Father has—they can become gods. This is taught in revelations given to modern prophets (see D&C 76:58; 132:19—20), as well as in sermons delivered by Joseph Smith.9 A couplet written by Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of the LDS Church, states:

As man is now, God once was; As God now is, man may be.

(for the rest of the essay follow the link)

 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2018/07/do-latter-day-saints-believe-that-men-and-women-can-become-gods.html
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