I am having another conversation about how much I can or even want to follow Jesus. The traditional view that he is fully God and fully man detracts from the ability and desire to do so. If I am not also fully god and fully man then I can’t really be a disciple. He can go where I cannot. The idea that Jesus is part of a father god alienates him to me. In Mormonism Jesus is often portrayed as an older brother. He is an exalted being but we can be exalted in the same way. He is a brother god leading the way to godhood and godhead for the rest of us.
I don’t have any biological brothers, so a brother god seems less idolatrous to me than a father god. Any father god has to be compared to my actual father. He is the most amazing man I have ever known. But I reject his god because I find myself looking at him instead of the god he worships. A brother god doesn’t have idolatrous impediments. I don’t see any particular man in between Jesus as a brother the way I do with Jesus as part of a father god.
Latter Day Sinner 