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Mormonism and the nature of God/Deification of man
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Criticism
Critics claim that the doctrine of human deification is unbiblical, false, and arrogant.
Related claims include:
- Mormons believe they will 'supplant God'
Source(s) of the Criticism
- Walter Martin, Kingdom of the Cults (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 226 and elsewhere.
Response
The response should be brief and summary in nature.
Conclusion
A summary of the argument against the criticism.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
- Links to related articles in the wiki
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide: Deification
External links
- Gerald N. Lund, "Is President Lorenzo Snow's oft-repeated statement 'As man now is, God once was; as God now is, man may be'] accepted as official doctrine by the Church?," Ensign (February 1982): 38.*
- Keith E. Norman, "Deification, Early Christian]," in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, (New York, Macmillan Publishing, 1992), {{{vol}}}:369–370.*
- Daniel C. Peterson and Stephen D. Ricks, "Comparing LDS Beliefs with First-Century Christianity, (Provo, Utah: FARMS, no date). *
Printed material
- Printed resources whose text is not available online