I have a few question about the LDS doctrine of God
Correct me if I’m wrong but you guys believe that God(the father) was once a man but was exalted into Godhood as Joseph Smith puts it:
“God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret. If the veil were rent today, and the great God who holds this world in its orbit, and who upholds all worlds and all things by His power, was to make himself visible—I say, if you were to see him today, you would see him like a man in form—like yourselves in all the person, image, and very form as a man; for Adam was created in the very fashion, image and likeness of God, and received instruction from, and walked, talked and conversed with Him, as one man talks and communes with another.”
Heres some questions I have:
- Is there a God above Yahweh(Elohim)?
- If yes wouldn’t that actually be God?
- If no, how did it happen? Who set up the universe to work like this? Does it go on infinitely?
The Church teaches that God is “God is infinite, eternal, unchangeable, The Supreme Being, and created everything.
“By definition, God (generally meaning the Father) is the one supreme and absolute Being; the ultimate source of the universe; the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good Creator, Ruler, and Preserver of all things” (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, 317).
“God is the only supreme governor and independent being in whom all fullness and perfection dwell; who is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient; without beginning of days or end of life; and that in him every good gift and every good principle dwell; and that he is the Father of lights; in him the principle of faith dwells independently, and he is the object in whom the faith of all other rational and accountable beings center for life and salvation” (Joseph Smith, comp., Lectures on Faith, 10).
Wouldn’t God being once a man invalidate these teachings? I don’t see how these are compatible with God being once a man.
Thank you.