The only question I asked in that post was this: "How can any thinking man defend this kind of sleazy garbage?"
The rest of my post was simply an observation that Gordon Hinckley, like Joseph Smith before him, was a world class liar and dissembler. Hinkley lied when he claimed that he didn't know that the church taught that. That doctrine is taught from day one in Priesthood classes. That doctrine is what differentiates Mormonism from all other religions and that doctrine is what keeps Mormonism from being classified as even nominally "Christian". For Gordon Hinckley to claim that he didn't know that the LDS Church taught that is ludicrous. If he were under oath during that interview, he would have been charged and convicted of perjury.
You answered my question by admitting that the doctrine that God was once a man is, in fact, still taught in the LDS Church. Your admission makes a liar out of Gordon Hinckley.
Thank you for your frank honesty. It's too bad Gordon Hinckley couldn't be as honest as you.
~”That doctrine is taught from day one in Priesthood classes.”~
Um, no, it’s really not. The doctrine of the deification of man is, but the idea that God was once as we are is not emphasized. I’ve heard it discussed in church, but not much. I can’t recall ever finding it in an official Church manual. It is a logical extension to the deification of man, and so is embraced by many in the Church (including myself), but I was incorrect when I said it is Church doctrine.
A more appropriate phrase for me to have used would have been “Church philosophy.”
Enough of this, though. I don’t expect your agenda here is any more than to convince yourself that Mormonism is wrong. I choose not to aid you any more with that.
Good evening.