How does the LDS Church handle verses that imply there is no one like God?
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There are quite a number of verses that seem to contrast the LDS teaching of exaltation, where man may become like God and God was once like man, in submission to a God like Him on a different world somewhere.
The most difficult ones to reconcile with this theology are in Isaiah 43, 44 and 45.
> "Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me."
> Isaiah 43:10
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> "'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me."
> Isaiah 44:6
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> "Is there any God besides Me, Or is there any other Rock? I know of
> none." Isaiah 44:8
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> "I am Yahweh, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God."
> Isaiah 45:5
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> "Surely, God is with you, and there is none else, No other God."
> Isaiah 45:14
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> "I am Yahweh, and there is none else." Isaiah 45:18
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> "Is it not I, Yahweh? And there is no other God besides Me, A
> righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me." Isaiah 45:21
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> "I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like
> Me" Isaiah 46:9
There are more on this page here , which is where I got these, so I don't know what translation they are.
How does the LDS church respond to this?
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Dec 23, 2013, 08:10 PM
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