Why have we been given bodies?

[maiku]

According to the responses I've read so far, am I to understand that man without a body is a god?

I've seen maureen and madeline post this.

BTW, happy new year

[madeleine1]

Originally Posted by maiku

According to the responses I've read so far, am I to understand that man without a body is a god?

I've seen maureen and madeline post this.

BTW, happy new year

No, I didn't post that and it is not belief or doctrine. What you just wrote is a categorical error. God is God, man is not, no matter what pieces you break us into.

We are made in the image and likeness of God. We are not God.

[Maureen]

Originally Posted by maiku

According to the responses I've read so far, am I to understand that man without a body is a god?

I've seen maureen and madeline post this.

BTW, happy new year

Originally Posted by maiku
This is all great but why didn't he just create us with a spirit w/o a body, like He is?

We could still be human spirits, He didn't have to give us a body to show He loves us.

Originally Posted by anatess

Maiku, what you're trying to ask here is - Why didn't God just create another God?

He didn't. He created Man. Man - by virtue of his manly substance - has a body. Creating another God is not what God thought as the best way to share His love just like creating a spiritual chicken, or a spiritual tree, or a spiritual air, is not what God thought as the best way to share His love.

Remember: God and Man in Christianity outside of LDS are two very different substances.

Actually maiku, it was anatess and myself who made this comparison.

Happy New Year to you too!

M.