Plan of salvation/Post-mortal existence

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Post-mortal existence

Post-mortal existence

Mormon belief in the deification of Man

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• Gospel Topics: "Latter-day Saints see all people as children of God in a full and complete sense"
• Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe that they will one day 'supplant' God?
• Question: What were the views of early Christians on the deification of man?
• Question: Was the Latter-day Saint concept of deification derived from Greek philosophy?
• Question: What Biblical scriptures discuss the doctrine of the deification of man?
• Question: If a person faithfully practices Mormonism during this life, do they become a god after they die?
• Question: Do Mormon men believe that they will become "gods of their own planets" and rule over others?
• Question: If God was once like us, does that mean that God was once a sinner?
• Question: What do Mormons believe regarding the nature of angels?
• Theosis

Angels

Summary: Some Christians reject the Mormon concept that angels were once mortal, claiming that angels are a special creation of God and that humans can never become angels. They quote Psalm 148:2 and 5: "Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts...Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created."

Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven

Summary: Some Christians attempt to use 1 Cor. 15:50 to demonstrate that a resurrected being with a physical body cannot enter into heaven, therefore excluding a God with a body as well as resurrected mortals, however, the early Christians interpreted this scripture to mean something very different than modern traditional Christians do.

Salvation of non-members

Summary: Since the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claims to be "the only true Church," does this mean that the LDS believe that everyone else will be damned? And, since the Church teaches that the dead will have the opportunity to hear the gospel preached to them, doesn't this imply that the witness given to those "after death" will be so compelling that virtually everyone will become "a Mormon"?

Resurrection