Ok, you cite the apostle John, but John wasn't a Mormon, let alone a temple Mormon.
And you cite John saying that the children of God will be like he is, implying that they will become gods.
Yet the vast overwhelming # of people aren't earth aren't even Mormon.
And perhaps only 20% of Mormons are temple Mormons.
Which means only a sliver of your "children of God" reference are going to live in Heavenly Father's presence, per Mormon beliefs. (Only temple Mormons do that)
So, why SD, don't 99.99999% of the children of God don't get to live with their Heavenly Father for eternity if they are all His children????
Look out Saundra you caught the eye of Colo!
Funny how they claim to know Mormon beliefs and then post such silliness that has obviously not been thought out at all. It’s this kind of slight doctrine twisting that leads the unsuspecting astray and why I post my links.
If anyone is really curious and/or desires to know the truth of these matters. The FreeRepublic board is hardly the place to go.
Here’s a few links to get your started from a different viewpoint. The vast majority of the issues brought up can be found and addressed at http://www.fairlds.org/ I have found but here’s more.
http://scriptures.lds.org/
http://www.lds.org
http://www.fairlds.org/
http://www.mormonwiki.com/Main_Page
http://www.lightplanet.com/response/index.html
http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDS_Intro.shtml
http://www.answeringantimormons.com/index.htm
http://promormon.blogspot.com/