CoJCoLDS (Mormon) belief is very sci-fi. A progenitor being, first intelligence reaching 'Godhood,' uses the material universe it has come to mastery over to c

CoJCoLDS (Mormon) belief is very sci-fi. A progenitor being, first intelligence reaching 'Godhood,' uses the material universe it has come to mastery over to clothe intelligences (those being outside of time and our usual matter) with material bodies and imbue those passing a filter function with more power like unto itself, while those not passing the filter get life without the power. The cosmology is very succinct and was presented by Joseph Smith at a funeral, the sermon has been come to be known as the King Follet Discourse[0]. Smith also preached against the idea of 'ex-nihilo'- creation from nothing. Instead he posited that the universe is material and God is not outside of it: "Now, the word create does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize; the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence, we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos-chaotic matter, which is element. Element had an existence from the time [God] had. The pure principles of element are principles which can never be destroyed; they may be organized and reorganized, but not destroyed. They had no beginning and can have no end"[1] Mormonism is the rare religion where there isn't anything incompatible with religiosity and science. Other than the whole no physical proof/requiring faith thing, of course- but the theology itself fits fine within a scientific cosmology. [0]: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/the-king-follett-sermon?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1971/04/the... [1] https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Matter