Did God Evolve?

[_truth dancer]

For believers in Mormonism,

I'm curious if you think God is the result of evolution.

If not, how did he get to be a man like the an advanced primate male of our Earth?

If so, do you think life evolves/evolved in other parts of the universe, on other planets exactly as it has on our Earth, or do you think there was some other universe that created/evolved God?

Thanks for your thoughts,

~dancer~

[_Roger Morrison]

Hi TD, as "a believer in Mormonism"--surprised?--of course "God" is the result of evolution. HE evolves with the times. Changing in slow-step to accomodate the Mormon status quo/que as directed by the Mormon Hiearchy...

As for my "belief-in": I believe Mormonism is a belief system without the credibility it assumes for itself. It is established on an illogical schematic supposedly designed to qualify individuals to inhabit a sphere in an imagined existance in outer space for time through all eternity, after this mortal life. Not an original supposition by any stretched imagination.

But, that admission into this grand sphere is determined by such mundane criteria as drinking tea/coffee/alcoholic-beverages, smoking tobacco products, (Adolf Hitler was an abstainer) dues paying, and ritual participation/performance that are absolutely irrelevant to human relations and empathetics to any degree, which seemed to occupy Jesus' concern, seriously brings into question the ideology at Mormon roots and the state of mind of those who make decisons for the body of believers. Nice folks both levels seem to, on the surface, be.

Maybe not what ya had in mind, but i don't like ta see Democrat goose-eggs in da response columns... I hope i didn't derail it for You?? Warm regards, Roger

[_LifeOnaPlate]

It wouldn't surprise me, but I don't really know.

[_barrelomonkeys]

It wouldn't surprise me, but I don't really know.

Why wouldn't it surprise you? It seems like something that would be very surprising to me. If I believed in God.

Of course questions like this always sort of bring me down to earth and help me to consider whether the silly longings for some magical, mysterious, nebulous God is just really way out there. :)

[_bcspace]

I'm curious if you think God is the result of evolution.

I'd go with that one.

If so, do you think life evolves/evolved in other parts of the universe, on other planets exactly as it has on our Earth, or do you think there was some other universe that created/evolved God?

Either or.

[_truth dancer]

Hi Roger...

Maybe not what ya had in mind, but I don't like ta see Democrat goose-eggs in da response columns... I hope I didn't derail it for You?? Warm regards, Roger

Ahhh thanks my friend! :-)

For me, as a believer, this is the sort of thing that didn't make sense. I didn't know all the "issues" regarding Joseph Smith, church history, etc. etc. but the basic, fundamental ideas just didn't seems to jibe with what seems more real.

The God is a human male never seemed remotely possible, let alone something heavenly of Godly.

Of course it could be my limited brain and heart, but it just so didn't fit into my sense of reality... :-)

Ya know?

Thanks Roger,

~dancer~

[_Calculus Crusader]

I am not a member of your target sample but I see this as a problem for Mormons who accept evolution/common descent. Their god would share a common ancestor with apes just like them.

[_The Dude]

I am not a member of your target sample but I see this as a problem for Mormons who accept evolution/common descent. Their god would share a common ancestor with apes just like them.

Agreed. The Mormon version of God is disproven by the evolutionary history of homo sapiens, as far as I'm concerned. (The Christian version, while not disproven, remains as unlikely as a celestial teapot.)