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Originally Posted by changed
we are trapped within the confines of time - not so with God though...
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This is one way to reason that God has always existed (outside of time) and we and matter have not (within time).
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And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM[/I]
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I do not know how the LDS church interprets this verse, but non-LDS (at least the RCC... or maybe just me, who knows) interpret it to mean that God is existence itself. He has always existed, no one created Him. We, however, are creations, and so there was a time we did not exist.
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Originally Posted by changed
if I let my mind wander, time reveals the different sides of our personality - but perhaps the core of who we are is eternal/timeless? To those who become Gods, Gods who are unchanging - there must be some part of us that exists outside of time?
the existence of time is a subject of much debate within some communities...
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This is one question most non-LDS have with LDS teaching on exaltation: how can God, or the people who become gods, be "unchanging?" The fact that you are going from spirit, to human, to god is change in the non-LDS mindset. In the non-LDS realm God is always divine, He did not progress to divinity. (To me you are having the same problem: you can't be unchanging really unless some part of you exists outside of time... with non-LDS this problem does not arise.)