My apologies if I have misunderstood. But by “second person of the Godhead”, that usually implies 2 persons in 1 Divine Being. You seem to have no problem with the 2 persons, is the one God/Being that is the point of contention?
On the polytheism charge, perhaps my word choice was inexact..sorry about that. Could you explain whether there are multiple gods in Mormonism and whether or not they merit the same adoration that we reserve for God the Father? I’m sketchy on how all this shakes out.
My apologies if I was unclear. We Mormons generally use the term "Godhead" rather than "Trinity" to refer collectively to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. We avoid Trinity because the latter connotes the traditional Trinitarian doctrine of three Persons in one Being.
We regard the members of the Godhead as three separate Beings who are nevertheless perfectly united in love and purpose. Thus, the Book of Mormon refers to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as one God (2 Nephi 31:21). .
On the polytheism charge, perhaps my word choice was inexact..sorry about that. Could you explain whether there are multiple gods in Mormonism and whether or not they merit the same adoration that we reserve for God the Father? I’m sketchy on how all this shakes out.
I think the idea that Mormons are polytheists comes from two doctrines that are sometimes misunderstood. The first is the one I already mentioned, namely that we believe that the Godhead consists of three separate Beings.
The second is our belief that through the Atonement of Christ, men and women may be exalted, receiving all things from the Father and becoming like him. As the Doctrine and Covenants expresses it, such persons become "gods, even the sons of God." (D&C 76:58)
Some have supposed that we worship these exalted men or that we expect someday to become equal to God the Father. The same section of the Doctrine and Covenants says otherwise:
59 Wherefore, all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs and they are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
60 And they shall overcome all things.
61 Wherefore, let no man glory in man, but rather let him glory in God, who shall subdue all enemies under his feet.