AboutHannah Expertise I can answer questions concerning standard doctrines, scriptures, curiousities, Mormon culture and society. I will not respond to debates. I'm sorry, but there are some things that I simply will not answer, not because I don't want to, but there are some things that the LDS people do not discuss casually--it's only talked about within the temple. Though I am a member, I do not believe that anyone could convert anyone to a religion over something as impersonal as the internet. So I won't even try to.
Experience I have been a member of the LDS church for 8 years. Though I'm still a young person, I can answer most things about the church.
Question QUESTION: Does God exist in a physical body? A body of flesh and bone? Did God start with a mortal body (like mine) and develop into being God (as he is now)?
I have just recently started reading the Book of Mormon after living a life as a Lutheran
ANSWER: This question is extremely LDS doctrinal, and a lot of Protestants get very defensive after hearing the answer to this one, so please hear me out.
So, yes, he does exist in a physical body, and yes it is a body of flesh and bone. Yes, he presumably started with a mortal body (like everyone on earth's) and EARNED the state of God (as he is now). He has a perfected body, and he is now a God. Some say that Mormons are polytheistic, not so. We believe that there are other gods in this universe. But our god is God. He is the God of this earth, and we are not to worship any other God. The other gods have their own universes, and just to clarify, they aren't any of the other gods that people have thought of (such as: Greek pantheon, Celtic pantheon, what have you...they're completely different).
I hope that I didn't confuse you further, and I hope that I didn't write something that is ambiguous. Thanks for asking, and I hope that if you have any other questions while reading that you'll ask me, someone around you that is LDS or missionaries if you find them.
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QUESTION: Thank you for being honest with me, This is what I thought I was reading and just wanted to verify. I hope that we can have a meaningful dialog into this matter and would like to ask your permission to ask very specific questions and reference chapter and verse from both the KJV bible and the book of Mormon. if this is not an acceptable situation for you I will understand and I do not wish to cause you problems as far as violating any of your religious practices but I am very interested in understanding the Mormon point of view. Please respond in either event so that I may understand if these types of questions are too personal for me to ask.
Answer I'd be very happy to discuss everything that I can with you. There isn't much chance of me overextending as to what I can discuss, as I have not yet partaken of temple covenants and therefore things too sacred to discuss, I don't understand them very well.
I'd like to discuss it with you as well. Ask away!
