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Dad of a Mormon wrote:

AtticusFinch wrote:Mormons taught God was once a sinful man...

Did they say "sinful" specifically? I haven't seen that.

I don't think it's been taught, but that hasn't stopped some Mormons from believing it anyway: God Never Sinned - Do Mormons Agree?

for what it's worth, the mishies manning the lines at Mormon.org's chat deny this doctrine as well (the pair I spoke with a couple weeks ago did, at any rate).

Tchild wrote:Oh, and Pahoran is a royal douchebag.

I think that's an insult to douchebags.

The church hasn't at all been teaching and emphasizing that the Father was once a man like us. "The doctrine that God was once a man and has progressed to become a God is unique to this Church." - Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young - Chapter 4: Knowing and Honoring the G...

"You can rest assured that this church doesn't put its investments and its confidence in anything that isn't stable, honorable and (having) a record of performance and integrity," . Thomas Monson at dedication of a Zions Bank Building in Utah County last year. You happen to have a source ...

Here's FAIR's stab at the problem: http://en.fairmormon.org/Contradiction_between_D%26C_132_and_Jacob_2

Let us know what you think of it, Dad of a Mormon, and welcome to the board!

Depends what you mean by "god." Since LDS beliefs do not fit the traditional Christian mold, it's also difficult to fit them into traditional Christianity terminology. LDS believe in only one God, LDS belief in three Gods, LDS belief in an infinite number of Gods -- all true depending on ...

When you address the yellow journalistic part which I've quoted before (and no one had a reasonable anwser to), then you will know. Uh, mr. space...? Some of us haven't been following so closely. Can you refresh our memory on your question about 'yellow journalism' so we might take a crack at it? H...

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