The Mormon God Is So Small...

I propose that the Mormon concept of God, and hence the person they call Elohim, is a very small person.

In LDS theology, all of us - humans, angels, and gods - all come from the same place: a primordial pool of intelligences. We all emerge from this pool by being birthed in the spirit and then later we are incarnated on earth or some similar planet. On the LDS view, every one of us comes into this physical universe in the same way, so every one of us has the same potential for godhood. The only difference between us and Elohim is that he was exalted before us and so he has a head start.

Well, that's not the whole story. Since this eternal progression of gods must be only a potentially infinite regression, given that every god is contingent on time space matter and energy, there must logically be a god which was the first to emerge from the pool of intelligences. LDS devotees are unable to answer how this first god had the power to emerge, and for the moment we can give them this stopping point for the sake of argument. But it is admitted by LDS that this first god sired every god that emerged after him. But how did this god sire his first wife to emerge from the pool in order to sire the next god child...?

But anyway, this is the point:

IF: Elohim had to be sired,

THEN: the god who first emerged without being sired was more powerful than Elohim,

THEN: Elohim is less powerful,

THEN: Elohim cannot be called all-powerful as he describes himself in the Bible,

THEN: Elohim is a liar.

Why would anyone could buy into this system of thinking? Having a testimony without answering this logical fallacy will not suffice to arrive at an understanding of truth. Truth deals with facts not opinions and assertions. Perhaps someone who follows LDS teaching can explain their belief in something as unreasonable as the eternal progression of gods? Is it only because Smith and Young said so?

Why does any of this matter? Because as Jesus said, "... those who worship Him [God] must worship in spirit and truth." If we follow any doctrine which is not true, it behooves us as worshipers of the God to worship Him in truth by shunning every falsehood.

What is your foundation of truth? I would recommend that you read the Gospel of John in the Bible to see what God says in His word about truth and how it can be known.