The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently published an article on its web site titled, "Becoming Like God." This is the latest of a series of articles meant to explain some of the more controversial doctrinal and historical problems faced by the Mormon Church today. This article has created a great deal of interest in the media. A good number of well known papers have posted articles regarding this matter, most of them giving the impression that the LDS Church really does not teach this doctrine. Nothing could be further from the truth.
As I was researching this topic I happened to see a comment of one of my former Mormon friends on Facebook. He quoted an official Mormon Church Teaching manual which states, "President Spencer W. Kimball said in a general priesthood meeting: 'Brethren, 225,000 of you are here tonight. I suppose 225,000 of you may become gods. There seems to be plenty of space out there in the universe. And the Lord has proved that he knows how to do it. I think he could make, or probably have us help make, worlds for all of us, for every one of us 225,000.'" (Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual, 2001 p.358)
This is hardly an isolated quotation as this doctrine is taught in numerous Mormon Church teaching manuals at every level. Mormon children as young as four years old are taught.... Keep reading
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