I'm not much of a typer so if you want more details you should check out http://www.mormon.org to learn more about the church and our beliefs. Jesus chose Judas as His apostle. One of the apostles needed to betray Him. Obviously putting Judas in that position would not be fair in terms of later damning him. Christ even (purposely) skipped sealing his calling and election. We don't the eternal outcome for Judas. As pointed out, referring to the rest of us, between him and God. To continue your line of reply, we are literally God's children with the "potential" to be like Him. It is exhilarating and inspiring to consider that potential, and to then reflect it in the ways we conduct our lives. that is, trying our imperfect best to follow Christ, who lived and extolled for us a selfless life of service and love for mankind. The point is, whether or not one accepts the very hard to imagine (for anyone, any latter-day saint, absolutely anyone who has ever contemplated there nothingness compared to God) personal possibility that they could become gods, in this life this makes no difference except to be more motivated to live righteously and serve God harder. There are no megalomaniacs in The Church fed by the notion of superiority over others because of this tenet. EVERYONE has an equal shot at becoming like Our Heavenly Father. This is not limited to Mormons. It is the divine potential of all human beings, tempered by