apostel's creed part 2 God almighty

I believe in God the father Almighty maker of heaven and earth.

2. The second definition of God we get form this creed is that God is the almighty.

By saying that God is almighty means that he is the greatest, he is all knowing, all powerful and every where at once. Basically they are saying he is God and I am not. That is what makes him almighty. God can do anything, except what limits he has put on himself. He is the greatest being in the universe.

Do Mormons believe this? At first glance again yes. God is the greatest and the most powerful. Or is he?

Mormons believe that “As man is God once was, and as God is Man will one day be.” If a man follows all the rules then he will be rewarded with his own planet to rule populate and do with as he pleases.

To them have I given to become the sons of God, 3 Ne. 9: 17. Those who inherit the celestial kingdom are gods, even the sons of God, D&C 76: 50, 58. Then shall they be gods, because they have all power, D&C 132: 20. Man was in the beginning with the Father, D&C 93: 23, 29.

They put man on the same level as God. Perhaps not at the point of their own lives but when men die they have the possibility to become gods.

Not only that but Mormons teach that God Elohim lived a life as a human and thus had a father god in his own world. For Mormons God is the greatest and most powerful in this world, but other planets in the universe are also ruled by Gods and all are equally powerful with each other in their own territory.

Christians teach that God is the almighty he says that there is none like him that he knows of no God like him in is 44:8, and in Is 45:5-6 God say that he is the lord and there is none like him. He is god and there is no other. Is 46:8-6. In Deuteronomy 6:4 says “Hear oh Israel: the Lord you god is one.” And in revelations God says that He is the Beginning and the end, the alpha and Omega. He was the first case of the universe, and he will be the end of the universe, not just of this world or this earth.

According to Mormonism God has many equals. And we are not dependent on him. For the Christian part of God being almighty is that we are dependent on Him for everything. A BYU professor James E Ford says this:

Mormon doctrine means that ultimately we are not dependent upon God for our existence. And since we can make ourselves as godly as the father we don’t feel any jealousy toward him.

That was in Newsweek, what Mormons believe September 1 1980 on Pg 68.