Talking Points:
  • According to Latter-day Saint thinking, there was a time when God was not God.
  • In Mormonism, deity is not an intrinsic condition, but an attainable status or role.
  • Mormons believe that God has the same anatomy as humans do.
  • Mormons believe that humans can someday attain godhood.
Discussion:
  1. Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
  2. When you think of God, what traits or attributes of God first come to mind?
  3. What do you think about the idea that God was once a human just like us?
  4. Why do you think this view of God is appealing to some people?
  5. Read Numbers 23:19. When we say that God is a spirit, what are we actually saying about him?
  6. Read Jeremiah 23:24-25. How do these verses support the idea that God is a spirit?
  7. If God is a spirit, why does the Bible talk about God’s eyes, arm, face, and the like?
  8. In what ways do human beings reflect a likeness to God?
  9. Read Isaiah 14:14-15. In what ways are humans completely different from God?
  10. Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?

 

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