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Does Mormonism theology claim that God was once a man?

You seem to be stuck on this, the answer is "No", it was never taught as "Doctrine" however it is a logical construct based on our belief that we can become like him, and that this is natural. It has never been taught that I have been able to find as "Doctrine of the church" there has been much discussion about it. Those discussions of the "Logical conclusion" are not an endorsement, and such conversations are common among many Churches

Looks like your “no” is really a “yes”. Why deny it? My mormon friends readily admit it when I’ve asked.

"however it is a logical construct based on our belief that we can become like him, and that this is natural."

So, you admit the belief that you can become like Jesus, you can become like God. Interesting that scripture says that is the sin of Satan, that is the lie that Satan told Eve where she was deceived. Interesting that it is by grace and grace alone that you are saved, yet your cult has said that what God Himself did was just not quite good enough, that He needs man's help for man to achieve his own salvation. This thread is about whether or not Mormonism is Christian. You just proved that it is not.

Isaiah 14:13-14, You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven;above the stars of God, I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.

Ezekiel 28:2, 10"Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god-- ... You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD."

1 Sam 2:2: "There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.

2 Sam 7:22: Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. Gen 3: 4-5: "But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Eph 2:4-10 "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

The reason your cult is so desirable, the reason that it satifies itchy ears is because it means that if a man does enough good, that he can eleveate himself to the same position as God. And that is blasphemy and heresy. It just is. Not my words, but the Word itself. The god of mormonism just simply is not the God of the bible. The scriptures make that clear over and over. Yet, man wants to make himself like God - Eve fell for it in the garden, Satan lost his position for the same type of pride. It comes in all forms. LDS just happens to be a pretty obvious one.