View source for Mormonism: God

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  topic_name = Mormonism  
[[Image:Salt_lake_temple.jpeg|thumb|center|The temple at [[Salt Lake City]].]] |
  subtopics = [[God]] 
* [[Mormonism: Jesus]] |
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The Mormon doctrine of God is not the same as the historic Christian view. It holds that God and man are essentially of the same species, and that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones. He is not uniquely self-existent, transcendent, or eternal. Neither is he truly the creator of all things, for he is one among potentially billions of Gods, and does not even have the ability to create matter. As BYU professor David Paulson once put it, "God does not have absolute power... but rather the power to maximally utilize natural laws to bring about His purposes."