Theosis is misrepresented

The Eastern Orthodox belief that we are meant to become like God which is called Theosis is not at all like the Mormon doctrine of progressive deification. Theosis does not mean that we become gods or Gods, but that we restore the condition of our soul to the image and likeness of God that we had at creation, before The Fall. Orthodox Christians understand that Christ, who was fully man and fully God, came in the flesh to show us that we could restore that pure, original image through humility, prayer, fasting, communion with God through the Mysteries, repentence, "metanoia" or changing our minds to turn away from sin, and by seeing every person as Christ and treating each person accordingly. Christ set the goal of our lives in Him as achieving theosis while we are in the flesh, not after our death in the flesh. Those who have achieved theosis are recognized by those who come into contact with them: they are called "not of this world" or "agios," and are honored as those who are the victors, the ones who have finished the race, as St. Paul admonished us. Accordingly, the book of life is closed at our death in the flesh, and at judgment Christ will judge us according to what we did in our life time.

The Eastern Orthodox do not believe that we actually become a God, we are not co-creators with the Father, we do not populate additional planets with our progeny.

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