On Godliness

[Dave Land]

On Feb 25, 2008, at 8:03 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:

> Warren  wrote:
>>
>> There's one god for Earth. Other planets each have their own gods.
>>
>> (That's not facetious; it's LDS doctrine.)
>
> Inhabited planets?  Do they the gods get the planets when they're
> undeveloped and tend them like gardens?  How are they dolled out?

When I was being evangelized (is the that the word I want?) by my
Mormon then-girlfriend and her LDS Brothers, I wondered about things
like this. As I recall, mentioning the "As man is, God was, as God
is, man may become" doctrine was considered bad form: I think some
Christians used it as a bit of a cudgel to berate Mormons for their
beliefs.

Do any of the LDS folks on the list know if this is still the case:
Is this something that was supposed to be kept within the Church, or
is it general knowledge that Mormons have this doctrine?

It does beg the question of whether there are GODs above all these
men-become-Gods who make the assignments. Then again, perhaps by
the time you've become a God, you have the power to do what our local
God is reported to have done and you simply will your personal planet
into existence.

> Pluto!  WTF am I supposed to do with that frozen PoS! Maru

God1: For my sake, this isn't even a planet! What kind of God to you
take me for?

God2: If that's the best planet you can speak into being, not much of
one. Behold my lovely Saturn: with RINGs, even!