Absolute Mor(m)on

I came across a Mormon blog the other day and it stands to reason that I was intrigued by what they had to say. Here is their post:

I wish I were a fast thinker. But I am not. Some time ago (6+ years) I was exercising with a lady. We would walk and talk about religion. She would ask questions about my religion and I would ask questions about her religion. I remember telling her that we believed that we could at some point after death become gods and goddesses like God our Father and Jesus Christ. "Oh no!" she said, "I could never believe that. The [sic] humanizes God and I could never put Him on the same level as us."

"So we will never become gods?"

"No, we could never become gods."

Well all these years later and now I have an answer.

Does it not make sense that in this life we have little children and raise them up to become productive adults like we are? Don't we want the best for our children? Wouldn't we want them to become even better than we are? Doesn't it stand to reason that God would want us to be as productive as He is? He is perfect and I am not sure you could become better than perfect but it stands to reason that he would want us to become perfect like he is. He says we are His children and then heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ. What are we heirs of? Would we not be heirs of perfection and Godhood?

Why would Jesus tell us to be perfect if it is impossible to be perfect? Joint-heirs with Christ means on the same level.

Let me know your thoughts on the subject.

After reading this over I've come to the conclusion that the Mormon who wrote this post has more in common with Winston Zeddemore than Joseph Smith:



Oh and there's no afterlife bonus points for capitalizing the word "he" whenever you refer to the J. P. Morgan upstairs.

I could see the whole "I'd like to see the next generation do better than we did" sort of thing but gods? Do you really think your parents want you to be a god? I don't care what religion you are, if you have a 4 year old telling you they're a god, one of you is going to end up in a body bag.

And if you were a god wouldn't that nullify the whole core belief of Christian monotheism? I mean shit, if gods are working the drive-thru at Taco Bell, what's waiting for them in the afterlife?

I also noticed your repeated use of the phrase "stand to reason" for pre-validation of your hypothetical inquiries. So in the modern parlance of our times, I'd just like to respond by saying,

No, it does not.