Because it was a Catholic source you claim they are lying about the Mormon belief in becoming a God, yet all Christian churches agree on this simple Mormon theology, even your church does if it is a Christian church, even Billy Graham does although he temporarily removed the writings on the cult.
This is from the Church of Latter Day Saints themselves (official church site)::
“The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man. … he was once a man like us … God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth. …” 6
“If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and … God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father, you may suppose that He had a Father also. … And where was there ever a father without first being a son? … If Jesus had a Father, can we not believe that He had a Father also? …
“He [Jesus] laid down His life, and took it up, the same as His Father had done before.” 7
Long before our God began his creations, he dwelt on a mortal world like ours, one of the creations that his Father had created for him and his brethren. He, with many of his brethren, was obedient to the principles of the eternal gospel. One among these, it is presumed, was a savior for them, and through him they obtained a resurrection and an exaltation on an eternal, celestial world. 8 Then they gained the power and godhood of their Father and were made heirs of all that he had, continuing his works and creating worlds of their own for their own posterity—the same as their Father had done before, and his Father, and his Father, and on and on. With these things in mind, W. W. Phelps, in a hymn, asks the question:
“If you could hie to Kolob
In the twinkling of an eye,
And then continue onward
With that same speed to fly,
D’ye think that you could ever,
Through all eternity,
Find out the generation
Where Gods began to be?” 9
Nothing is more basic in the restored gospel than these truths that, because of recent events of space travel, are so timely. The great hope of the gospel for us is that we may come to a oneness with our Lord and our Father and partake of this same work and glory and godhood. Being joint-heirs of all that the Father has, we may then look forward to using those powers to organize still other worlds from the unorganized matter that exists throughout boundless space. Creating other worlds, peopling them with our own eternal posterity, providing a savior for them, and making known to them the saving principles of the eternal gospel, that they may have the same experiences we are now having and be exalted with us in their turn—this is eternal life. 10 No wonder this possibility continues to fascinate and inspire Saints of all ages.”
http://www.lds.org/new-era/1971/04/people-on-other-worlds?lang=eng
I don’t really want to get into an argument. I wrote what I originally wrote so that those who read this thread would not take the word of a poster for what the Roman Catholic church teaches about Mormonism. I hoped to include the thought that one should, perhaps, consider what Mormonism teaches.
I wanted to stress checking sources. By doing so, I’ve found that many doctrines espoused by “Mormons” are contradictory, and are so because the doctrine developed over time.
I don’t choose to believe what many other Christian churches believe; and because of my education, I wonder how some of them can truly consider themselves Christian; but they do.
And finally, nowhere did I claim that anyone was “lying about the Mormon belief. . . .” Please be precise and read with care. I take a lot of time to make sure that what I write is what I really mean, so I’d appreciate an effort to read what is written. I work at NOT being emotional in my writing when discussing ideas or pointing out what I perceive to be inaccuracies of either substance or style.
Run-on sentences are particularly difficult to follow and are, therefore, open to misinterpretation. (I refer to the first “sentence” of your post.) This is Free Republic: a site where readers read and writers write!