Martin Gardner on Theosis

As man now is, God once was; as God now is, man may be.

You have the words of eternal life in your possession. What next? Take your own philosophy; if I am organized and capacitated to receive this glory and this exaltation, I must be the friend of Him who has brought me forth and instituted this exaltation for me; I must not be His enemy at any time. Again, you say, ‘we are organized to become Gods, even sons of God; to act independently.

Our God is a natural man . . . where did he get his knowledge from? From his father, just as we get our knowledge from our earthly parents.