sanctuaryave

For anyone who didn't figure it out in the first obvious post or the second obvious post, santuaryave is just a troll with a less than deft touch. Stay tune as he reveals himself. What do you mean by that??

I am just beginning. I have had some exposure to the BOM and am finding truth in it but have some reservations. Regarding Joseph Smith, and please I don't mean to offend, I have studied his history and feel that while he may have been an extrordinary teenager, his adult life was criminal. Certainly there were some awful things visited on him and I dont agree with them, but Joseph Smith broke the law almost everywhere he went. Some say it was persecution for his beliefs. I think it was his own misdeed visited upon himself. I am not refering to the tar and feather incidents or his murder. Those were criminal as well. I refer to the banking scandel, the desire to overthrow the govt, the danites. Even more, the postion he put the membership of the church at the time. The kinderhook plates, his facsination with the Masons. Does membership in the church require holding Joseph Smith in high esteem? If what I see in the church members is real, as I think it may be, I can look past the misdeeds of JS, for my focus would be and should be Jesus Christ. However, if membership in the church demands honoring Joseph Smith and recognizing him as an a person I want my kids to emulate. I guess I will have some issues.

What do you mean??

I reading those passages they appear to saying that the heart of the father and the son are like the heart of the son and me. That we are one in our desires and conviction. I dont see a connection to me being a god and having my own dominion. What am I missing?

Wow.. now you're scarin me. When I read those it appeared that it was saying we would be, like Christ, a son of god. An heir to the throne would mean the throne would have to be vacated. Would we replace God?

Does that mean that, like me, God has a creator as well? If I can become God, is there then more than one? Well there is only one God for us here on this earth....and when we become Gods (and that takes a lot of stuff, so not just everyone gets to be a God like our God) we create our own worlds and have our own dominion over our own children. So your question might not be...is there more than one. It would have to be....is there more than one for this Earth (and I am talking about Jehovah, as being the one, though there is God The Father and God The Savior, and the Holy Ghost as a Godhead.) So the answer is no and yes. There are as many Gods and earths and galaxies etc as there is potential for all to become reigning Gods. So, if I understand you, our God walked a life similar to ours and became a god himself and then created earth and us. When we worship God. which god aren we worshipping our creator or his creator? . I have been reading the Book of Mormon and a little in the Pearl of Great Price and the only mention I have seen regarding anything close to this concept is in the latter. I also have asked members here locally but they are reluctant to talk about it. Are we talking about being kings over our family or Gods over our own world??

Does that mean that, like me, God has a creator as well? If I can become God, is there then more than one?

Remembering I am a babe in the woods....What does that mean specifically?

With all due respect. I am seeking information based on some reading I have done regarding the church. What is the church belief regarding the origin of God? What was he before he was God? Where did he come from? Does the church teach "reincarnation"?