Mormons: was Heavenly Father once a man like you or me and then became a God?

I *meant* "human"...

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc476/torzatheexplorer/gifs/NO02-1.gif

You are a man?

quite possibly yes. Some people just freak at the thought of this and I'm not sure why? Maybe it makes your brain stretch too far but it makes the most sense to me and no i ain't scared of the truth or other possibilities Lil

"As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become."

The teaching of Lorenzo Snow and every Mormon "prophet" since.

I'll tell you what, the concept makes far more sense than arbitrary sky daddy just proofing things into existence for no reason whatsoever.

Who do you believe, some stranger on the Internet or Joseph Smith?

"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted Man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens. That is the great secret... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the character of God and to know...that he was once a man like us. Here, then, is eternal life--to know that only wise and true God, and you have got to learn how to become Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you. .. God himself, the father of us all dwelt on an earth the same as Jesus Christ."

- The Prophet Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 342-345

Joseph Smith was one of the best con artists in the business! Haha

He was a pious fraud with an immoral character
who induced followers to join his church and follow his commands
so that he could gain power and reap the material and sexual benefits. =D

Could a man become a god?
Agent Smith certainly thought so..

They believe the first lie of Satan, thinking when he said in the garden of Eden that "you shall be like gods" he was telling the truth. Oh, no they weren't. There's only one God and His name is Jehovah.

We don't know how Heavenly Father attained Good hood. All we know is that the scriptures say that Christ did nothing except what His Father in Heaven has done (come to Earth, receive a body, etc...) and that we will all be joint heirs with Christ.

Apparently once a Christ, himself and got a planet because he died for others on a cross himself.

So the Jesus of this world will also be rewarded with an Earth of his own.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoGaX6y.2va295di8zNK1k0jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid =20110119123845AAGM9An