Mormons came a-knockin' at my door

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='thessalonian' date='Aug 22 2005, 11:42 AM']Not in the modern English usage of the word worship.  We do not.  Languages change and in modern English it is not proper to say we worship her, though in older Catholic texts you will find it.
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Agreed. EENS, I recommend not trying to show off that you know the meaning of archaic words. The Church is living, not dead. Our doctrines don't change, but languages do. We have to adapt and translate our explanations to keep up with language. Get used to it.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='thessalonian' date='Sep 3 2005, 12:31 PM']They would use a verse like

1John.3
[2] Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears [b]we shall be like [/b]him, for we shall see him as he is.

It is quite refutable of course but that is how they will justify it.
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Of course, the verse is referring to the fact that our image and [b]likeness[/b] to God will be completely restored, not that we will be gods.

The only way we can be gods is for us to have complete autonomy as [i]independent and separate[/i] from God. Because God is the source of all autonomy, and ours is a sharing in His own, to have [i]separate[/i] autonomy would be in fact to remove His image from us, and thus not to "be perfect [b]as[/b] (or "like") our Heavenly Father is perfect."

[phatcatholic]

haha!! some mormons visited me the other day. one of them gave me his email address. bad move on his part.........