Don't take my word for it that Mormons claim to be "gods in embryo"...here's yet another assertion from the Mormon Times newspaper that's been rumored to be less than "divine" and will undergo some major personnel cuts shortly.
(Hmmm...maybe the Mormon Times' execs just haven't been reading the "right" interpretation of how Lds pulls these things out)
From the column: Some have tried to argue that the "gods" of Psalm 82 were actually human judges. But this claim has fallen sharply out of favor among scholars over the past century.
No, it hasn't. And this is where Mormon apologists show how viciously less than forthcoming they are. He cites Psalm 82:6, the original citation Jesus is referencing, but he neglects to mention either Psalm 82:2 or 82:7 for full context.
To understand who we are talking about, he can't simply reference Ps. 82:1,6 -- and the dual references to "gods" there -- minus following up the ensuing verses, and expect to do justice to reviewing who's being discussed here.
Ps. 82:2 clearly shows this reference is to "unjust judges": How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked?
Furthermore, Ps. 82:7 says: But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Tell us, Peterson, how many "gods" you know that die???
From the column: Moreover, Jesus' citation of a metaphorical use of the term "god" wouldn't go very far toward justifying his claim of literal divinity. He would seem merely to be playing a word game, practicing a semantic sleight of hand, and, in fact, to be committing the logical fallacy of equivocation, wherein a word surreptitiously changes its meaning from one part of an argument to another.
Wow! How foolish of such conjecture. The apostle told the Colossians that a person's stomach can become an idol -- a false god. So can $; wealth; possessions. People who worship Satan worship a false god. Yet God yields to this usurper a certain amount of "authority" as a false god; if the rebellious spurn the One true God, He allows them to be in bondage to a false god...an idol of their own choosing.
Jesus makes this quite clear that God in the OT "called them gods" -- John 10:35. But being called a "god," and having tremendous authority as either a judge -- or even as Satan as the "god of this world" as Satan is referenced in 2 Cor. 4:4, doesn't mean Satan is a "true" God. He is simply "called" a "god" by God's Word. Paul clearly distinguished between the true God and that which isn't by nature divine (Gal. 4:8).
Daniel Peterson, a politically conservative Mormon who has studied Islam for 30 years at Brigham Young University and in the Middle East, says he is so fed up with “demagoguery” from the mosque’s opponents that he is tempted to endorse the mosque.
“The consensus of modern biblical scholarship,.......”
Which scholars? and whose scholarship? Mormon? Or is this a phrase like “Well, everybody knows......”?????
Etymology: French polytheisme, from Late Greek polytheos
polytheistic, from Greek, of many gods, from poly- + theos god
Date: 1613
: belief in or worship of more than one god
I don't want to be a "god." I want to be God's adopted child through His Grace. I want His will to be done.
Doesn't scripture tell us to wish that our hearts were crushed?
This whole "plan" - to have harems on other planets and be my own "god" is nothing more than Islam promises in its "heaven."
Yeah, LDS can argue this all they want; but the FACT remains that "Ye are FASLSE PROPHETS" is 100% true!
They either IGNORE, HandWave away, or examine belly-button lint when faced with THESE Scriptures!
These false interpretations is one of the main reasons I decided to go non-denominational. All the religions use interpretations that cater to what some folks want to believe instead of taking it as it was truly meant. There are thousands of sects of Christianity and I cannot see the reasoning - the Bible keeps it simple and clear.
Peterson states, "the only way to save Jesus from a charge of misapplying the psalm is to understand ordinary human beings as "gods" and as at least onetime members of the divine, heavenly court."
What a wonderful example of mormon arrogance! I guess Peterson never heard the term "Jesus (is the one who) Saves"....oh wait! That's a Christian term.
It is incredible that a mormon has to blatantly LIE to try to support his point and doctrine. It is not the 'consensus' of biblical scholarship. Psalm 82:7 states in regard to these gods -'You will die like men' - sorry, those who are already gods cannot die as men.
The dishonesty of this argument is disgusting
What’s wrong with being gods in embryo?
Why is theosis bad?
Theosis is Biblical and the Eastern Orthodox believe in it as well.
New International Version
Psalm 82
A psalm of Asaph.
1God presides in the great assembly;
he gives judgment among the “gods”:
2“How long will you(a) defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?
3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
4Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5“They know nothing, they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6“I said, ‘You are “gods”;
you are all sons of the Most High.’
7But you will die like mere men;
you will fall like every other ruler.”
8Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.
Footnotes:
a 2 The Hebrew is plural.
Could it possibly be that men that don’t live up to their covenants to judge righteous judgments don’t inherit the kingdom?
The rest of your post is true, especially the poignancy of Satan being the god of this world. He’ll never be anything more.