1. If objective beauty exists, then God exists. 2. Many things are objectively beautiful. 3. Therefore God exists. 1. If objective beauty exists, then God exists. If beauty is only subjective (as in beauty is in the eye of the beholder ), then beauty does not really exist. For one person might say that something is beautiful and another might think the same thing is ugly. For there would be no standard for what is beautiful. But many things are objectively beautiful, because the beauty is in the object . Think of the mountains or the ocean. A popular question for people to begin or continue conversations is “ Would you rather be at the ocean or at the mountains ?” Why is this a popular question? Because both are understood as being objectively beautiful! When asked such a question, no one says, “ Why would you ask such a question ?” They just answer it because they assume the objectively beautiful nature of the mountains and/or ocean automatically. This just goes to show that
Mormonism is described by many as being polytheistic , meaning that Mormons worship many gods. They are often placed in the same category as Hindus or the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. The problem with this is that Mormons do not worship many gods, but they only acknowledge many gods. This is called Monolatry . Monolatry is the belief that many gods exist, but only one of the gods is worshiped. Only one god captures the attention of its subjects. Mormons call this god, “Heavenly Father” (“ M ” for M ormon and M onolaters). Mormons believe that when you die, if you were good enough in this life, you will ultimately reach the highest of heavens, and you would become a god of your own world. This is called the doctrine of exaltation . I encourage you to click the links within the text below to read more on this. Monolatry in Mormonism ultimately proves the existence of a transcendent, all powerful God, as seen in the Mormonism Impossible series ( Part One , Part Two and Part