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MikeWaters · 10-21-2005, 05:38 AM

What do Mormons believe about God?

That he is a being with a body that lives on or near the planet of Kolob.

What could be more akin to believing that God is an extra-terrestrial being?

So seattleute, do you think that rational scientific people can believe that intelligent ET beings exist? Or that it is probable they exist?

It is not hard for me to accept the possibility or probability of "God" in this context.

Of course I have many other contexts and ways of getting to what I think God is.

But I accept a rational universe, with laws, and God operating within that universe with laws (again supported by LDS scripture). I personally don't feel a conflict between my religious and scientific beliefs. But my unorthodox viewpoints are likely in the minority to say the least.

10-21-2005, 05:38 AM	#11
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	What do Mormons believe about God? That he is a being with a body that lives on or near the planet of Kolob. What could be more akin to believing that God is an extra-terrestrial being? So seattleute, do you think that rational scientific people can believe that intelligent ET beings exist? Or that it is probable they exist? It is not hard for me to accept the possibility or probability of "God" in this context. Of course I have many other contexts and ways of getting to what I think God is. But I accept a rational universe, with laws, and God operating within that universe with laws (again supported by LDS scripture). I personally don't feel a conflict between my religious and scientific beliefs. But my unorthodox viewpoints are likely in the minority to say the least.