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Mormonism and the nature of God/Multiplicity of Gods
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Mormonism and the multiplicity of gods
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Mormonism and the concept of infinite regress of gods
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- Question:Is it true that Mormon doctrine teaches a "genealogy of gods," in which God the Father had/has a god, and this god had a god, and so forth?
- Gospel Topics, "Becoming Like God"
Mormons, polytheism and the Nicene Creed
Summary: Some non-LDS Christian claim that Latter-day Saints are polytheists because we don't believe the Nicene Creed. Others say Mormons are polytheists because they believe humans can become gods. Is this an accurate characterization of LDS belief?
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- Question: Are Mormons polytheists because they don't accept the Nicene Creed?
- Question: Are Christians monotheists?
- Question: What scriptures explain the Mormon view of Jesus' divine Sonship?
- Question: How is Mormon belief compatible with Isaiah's statement that beside the Lord "there is no God?"
- LDS trinitarian views are not polytheistic
- Mormons are not Arians
- Joseph Smith's theology is not pagan—his theology is vast as the multiverse, and eliminates Neo-Platonism and Augustine
- Common misrepresentation: Joseph Smith does not teach polytheism or "supplanting God" with his doctrine of human divination
- Gospel Topics on LDS.org, "Becoming Like God"