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One of the talking points of those who wish to cheapen the doctrines and revelations of the Latter-days, is to point and scoff and ridicule & mockingly state that members of our faith believe they will receive their own planet.

I will explain why this is. Fools mock.
#DezNat
We believe that Celestially/spiritually, we are literal Children of God - passing through a test of incarnation through lower states (a fall).

In mortality:
Chicks become chickens
Calves become cows
Seeds become the parent plant
Children become men
-Like after likeness-
Family.
Here is a doctrine that we believe that makes the contemporary "Christians" indignant and blinds their understanding of God's covenant promises to become "joint-heirs" with Christ in ALL.
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"As man is now, God once was -
As God is now, man may become"

- Lorenzo Snow
Is that statement doctrine though? Yes.

Read this.
churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1…
Joseph Smith's First Vision gives us corroborating evidence that - God the Father is a glorified MAN.

Joseph also taught that God was once as we are now, passing through a mortal probation to earn His exhaltation.
Please refer to the Gospel Topics essay on "Becoming like God"

churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/g…
We are organized in families.
Animals are organized in families.
Plants are organized in families.
Planets are organized in families.

The goal of Eternity is the perpetuation of ETERNAL FAMILIES.

Do you see why we place so much emphasis on the family? It's the pattern.
The logic is concrete. Yet, our doctrine of who we are as literal Children of God is not the same as accepted doctrines of mainstream Christianity - so they see our position on this as blasphemous and potentially polytheistic.

It is not. It is fully supported by the Scriptures.
So now let me establish what God's purpose is as an Exhalted Being as stated to Moses on a mount of Transfiguration,

"For behold, this is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."

Moses 1:39
At a MACRO level, how does God perform this mission?

Through the organization [Creation] of planets, and by seeding them with spirit children who he incarnates to an exaltation or degree of glory.

Do we know that there are other inhabited worlds [planets]? Yes. Countless.
We believe ALL life will be exalted to a righteous degree of glory. Animals will rise in the resurrection. Plants. PLANETS.

They are ALL integral parts of God's total work to bring to pass immortality and eternal life of Men.
So if our destiny is to be as our Father in Heaven.

This means it is also our Goal and divine will to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

Our Temple covenants and rites are ASCENSION rites. They are EXALTING rituals.

We are to participate in the same work
Logic and reason and scriptural evidence will point to this conclusion:

Those who receive the highest degree of Celestial glory, the continuation of celestial progeny will Celestially participate in the organization and seeding of planets after the Divine Pattern.
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