Quote - You know, the Mormons (LDS Church) believe that the God of our planet - that is, the god of the Old Testament - aka God, Yahweh, Allah is just one of many, possibly infinite gods.

That's not to say they're polytheists though. They're not, they believe our planet has only one God, but that there are other planets that have their own god. Or it might be that our universe has only one, and there are other universes. Not really clear on that.

Anyway, that's just part of the progression. The "best" of the Christians (Mormons, of course) get rewarded in their eternity by becoming gods of their own planet or universe. They have a wife, they create a family, and it's a very real, very non-mysterious, non-metaphysical existence. And no, I'm not getting that from anti-Mormon propaganda either - I have a few good friends who are Mormons and that's how it is, that's what they ultimately believe.

Actually, I think their whole belief is really kinda cool when you get into the deeper aspects, certainly far more interesting than regular Christianity.

So it made me think, what if there ARE many gods, each with their own region, planet, Universe, whatever to populate and maintain.

You would think that some would be better than others, wouldn't you?

I've thought how terribly ironic it would be if we ended up with one of the average ones, or even worse, a god with a bad attitude and a grudge. Like, what if our God just barely passed God School with low grades and got sent out to this remote region as a punishment. What if some of the other Gods are just cooler and more imaginative with none of that sacrifice this, worship me like that bullshit? What if they're hands-on gods that like to hang with the little people and aren't all stuffy and strict?

 

Hey you never know, we could have been universally screwed before we even began, just out of bad luck. ;-)

 

I grew up in the Mormon church and NEVER EVER heard any of that.  Do you have any place I can actually read that for myself?

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