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They seem to know exactly what I'm talking about.

Becoming Like God “Well, as God is, man may become. We believe in eternal progression. Very strongly.” Can man really become a god? I've decided to put my previous question on the backburner for now... we weren't really making any headway with it.

I tried. Some of the major doctrines I have trouble with you don't seem to know the answer to. For instance, I would like to know if you really believe that God was at one time just a man?? Because this is a view that at least some Mormons hold to, and it is heresy. Not saying you hold to...

So, it has nothing about these core issues that many Orthodox Christians would clearly draw the line at?

So, does your congregation not have a confession of faith?

Well, could you explain if your sect of LDS confesses this?

All I want to know is if God was really a man who ascended to Godhood. Because the Mormon church holds to this belief, but I guess Mormons themselves don't know if this is true?

Agreed. There should be mutual respect and kindness shown in any argument; that's just basic debate etiquette. And @Preacher4Truth is a brother in Christ for certain, and I will not debate with anyone unless he is shown the same respect and dignity as I am.

I read this about 7 times, and still cannot make heads or tails of it. I was trying to find a place of agreement or argument, but I really don't understand what you are talking about. Here is what I know: ~ Jacob tricked his brother and lied to get his birthright ~ Moses disobeyed God...

But that makes it so that God removes the ability to choose sin, doesn't it? Not saying that sin is something worth choosing at all, but still. And it is clear in the Scriptures that even the saved men of God sinned after conversion.

Agreed. Also agreed. I believe that this sin nature is slowly but surely being conquered. Men are still, at their core, men. And we all still sin even after conversion [which is evident from the Scriptures.] In all honesty, I do not know why God does many of the things that He does, other...

If you could explain what you mean by this? For me, the "how" is by the power of the Holy Spirit changing our lives; slowly chipping away at our sin nature and, through things like Bible Study and listening to our pastors and trying our best to live the way Christ did, we become more and more...

We still sin because we are still sinners. I guess you could say that it is what Paul referred to as the "inward man" in Romans 7. I know that we believe different thing about Romans 7, but elsewhere it is evident that even saved men sin.

Well, I personally think that this is something that we cannot do in and of ourselves; it has to be brought about by the Holy Spirit. I believe that while yes, we do still sin, the Spirit works in us to weed out our sins little by little, conforming us to the image of Christ.

Yes, I do agree that it is all Christ's righteousness that saves us, but I do believe that we, as Christians are still called to work towards holiness, without which no man may see God. [Heb. 12:14] Again, I'm not a "one-verse" theology kinda guy; here are a few verses that state the same thing...

So, you wanted me to deal with Romans 4:6? [I'm sorry... I'm kinda slow sometimes lol]

This would help a ton... I was working on an entire exegesis of Romans 1, but would rather deal with the things you had the most issue with if you don't mind @CharismaticLady

I agree. And I think that one of the reasons for this is the respect for the eloquence of the original Institutes, though I actually have a translation in the English that I have been reading through that isn't TOO awful hard to understand. And I would agree, but the difference is that Calvin...

Before I do, I need to clear the air. I would like to apologize for any un-Christian responses I made in the past; In trying to defend what I believe is the truth, I forgot to act the in the most basic Christian manner. It was not my intention, but it still happened, more times than I'd like...

I am going to reply, it may just take a few moments as it may be a tad bit lengthy; I'm working on it as we speak!