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To: Colofornian; tortdog; colorcountry
We teach that we should worship no other gods then the God of Abraham. Sounds montheistic to me. Have you ever heard the LDS worship or pray to any other gods?

Without question, Mormons are polytheistic

You may want to check out this cartoon presenting Mormon Beliefs. Then, you may want to bear in mind the following:

  1. As explained with annotations HERE, the Mormon Church teaches God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are three separate deities.

  2. The Mormon Church also teaches our God (whom they call "Heavenly Father") is actually a third generation being who ascended into godhood. He necessarily descended from "Heavenly Parents" who were themselves gods.

  3. The Mormon Church further teaches of the existence of a "Heavenly Mother" who is married to God and is the mother of both Jesus and Lucifer.

  4. Mormons themselves ascribe to become gods through good works. In the words of their famous couplet:

    As man now is, God once was. As God now is, man may become.

  5. Finally, the Mormon Church teaches Mormonism is polytheistic. You can see several dozen annotations of this doctrine HERE.

In light of the above, it is silly to argue Mormonism is monotheistic in any form or fashion.
174 posted on 02/13/2008 11:31:17 PM PST by Zakeet (Be thankful we don't get all the government we pay for)
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To: Zakeet

Just my two cents. The understanding of Christ among Mormons is unorthodox but would possibly allow Mormons to a sort of acceptance as an outlandish and heterodox non-trinitarian Christianity. It’s the Mormon “understanding” of God himself, the core of the faith, that sets them apart from not only Christianity but from even Judaism and the entire word of God from the beginning of time. God to the Mormon, as you know, was once a man, is now one among many gods, is still in a man’s body, lives near a planet around the star Kolob, can only be at one place at one time since he is material . . . etc. The Mormon knows nothing of the creator God that has existed always . . . the eternal God. So the Mormon offers no relationship with God at all but with a creation, whatever that creation is, whether real or imaginary.


202 posted on 02/14/2008 5:34:12 AM PST by Greg F (I feel a thrill going up my leg when Laura Ingraham speaks. Am I as weird as Chris Matthews?)
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