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Does the Book of Mormon refute Joseph Smith on the nature of God?
 
Does the Book of Mormon refute Joseph Smith on the nature of God?

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Question

Does the Book of Mormon refute Joseph Smith on the nature of God?

Answer

The Book of Mormon never says God was once a mortal. In fact, it teaches that God was always God. Take for instance Moroni 8:18. It says God is "unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity."

Joseph Smith, however, taught, "We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity, I will refute that idea, and take away the veil so that you may see" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg. 345).