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Question: How is Isaiah 43:10 used as a proof-text by critics of the Mormon doctrines of the plurality of gods and the deification of man?
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King James Version
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Isaiah 43꞉10
Other translation(s)
Use or misuse by Church critics
This verse is used as a proof-text by critics of the LDS doctrines of the plurality of gods and the deification of man. Critics claim that this verse proves that there never has been or ever will be another being who could properly be called a god.
Commentary
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
FAIR website
Monotheism, Messiah, and Mormon's Book, Brant A. Gardner FAIR link
FairMormon Topical Guide: Deity FairMormon link
FairMormon Topical Guide: Deification FairMormon link
On-line articles
Introduction to the Divine Council, Michael S. Heiser, PhD PDF link
Divine Council Website off-site
Print works
David Penchansky, Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005), 160 pp. ISBN 978-0664228859.