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Becoming God?

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It is often the case that people butcher metaphors found within the Bible. They read either metaphors literal or they ignore the intended scope. I will be commentating on the hyper-literal Mormon usage. They ought to see what scholars like Cason say on Biblical sonship. https://youtu.be/gOFKQzjw_zU They take Acts 17:29 to mean we are literally the offspring of God. The issue with that interpretation ignores the fact that this text is making a polemical point. He is not agreeing with his pagan audience but criticizing them for their beliefs. Paul is just saying mankind is made in God’s image and … Continue reading Becoming God?

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A Presuppositional look at Mormonism

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Mormonism and Moral Absolutes. The Mormon god is an exalted man of flesh and blood. He not eternal, nor is he absolute. Thus, he fails as the absolute personal, precondition for the obligation men feel to be moral. Mormonism and Laws of Logic. Since the Mormon god is not eternal, that means he can’t account for invariant (i.e., unchanging) laws of logic. If they are not based on an unchanging eternal nature, their invariance today is inexplicable. ~ Keith Thompson This is sufficient refutation, but it isn’t as robust as it should be. The ethical issue for Mormonism is that … Continue reading A Presuppositional look at Mormonism