Originally Posted by
James Banta
Yes I have a list of the Gods of mormonism.. It was given by the same person that gave the church the BofM, the BofA, the BofMoses, and most of the D&C.. It's Joseph Smith and I know you have seen the address before, especially the part that talks about plural Gods.. These then are the Gods of mormonism:
I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and that the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three cons***ute three distinct personages and three Gods. If this is in accordance with the New Testament, lo and behold! we have three Gods anyhow, and they are plural: and who can contradict it! (History of the Church, Vol. 6, p. 473)
It would seem that lately the whole of the LDS chirch would contradict it.. There seems to b a number of them tat deny the divinity of the Holy Spirit, and Jesus and claim that only the Father is the one true God..
According to Smith the Gods of mormonism are the father, the son, and the holy spirit.. Three seperate beings, three seperate gods..
According to Dictionary.com, Cambridge Dictionary:
Polytheism is the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. No worship is required. That that definition I can say that, YES, mormonism teaches and hold polytheistic doctrine.. Those of the church tat believe those doctrines are indeed polytheistic.. Merriam-Webster adds this: belief in or worship of more than one god.. Even they add an "or" and not and "and". With all this data it is safe (if using the English language) to say that mere belief in more than one God make a person or the religion that teaches such a doctrine POLYTHEISTIC..
Do you wish to deny any of this and a teaching of Joseph Smith? Do you wish to deny that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are divine? If Smith is teaching truth them by that teahing he is a polythiest, any that trust his doctrine as being ture are as well... IHS jim