Mormons don't have monotheistic view of holy trinity?

Question

Do they believe they are three separate entities, and if so, does that make them polytheists?

Answer 1

We do believe they are 3 separate beings.

No. We believe in one God. We believe Jesus is the son of God, and we believe the Holy Ghost is used by God for many reasons.

There is only one God.

Answer 2

It is not true that Mormons are polytheists. Some claim that Mormons believe in multiple gods because they believe in a Trinity comprised of three individual divine beings. Mormons believe in the Trinity but have a slightly different view than other Christians. Mormons tend to read the New Testament more literally than other Christians when considering this question.

We believe in the divinity of the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Ghost. We believe they are physically separate beings, but that they function in perfect harmony of will and purpose as one monotheistic unit, called the "Godhead," or, as Mormons often shorten it, just "God."

The difference between Mormons and other Christians is that other Christians technically believe that the three members of the Trinity are somehow simultaneously "one and three," but when they talk about the Trinity casually they typically speak of its three members as if they were separate beings. In casual speech Mormons speak the same way about the Trinity, except they actually do believe they are three separate beings (but one in purpose).

Mormons believe in three divine beings that function together as one monotheistic divinity, the Godhead.

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Answer 3

The following answers must not have done enough research into this, yes they are polytheists even beyond the trinity. I sat down with a group of Mormons for about a year every couple days and debated on things. One of the things they explained to me was Celestial Heirarchy in their belief. It had to do with how a person travels through life and the more pure you were at the end of your life the greater your gift would be, so would even be allowed to become a God and create their own universe but they said this cycle had been going on for millions of years and that nobody really knew the beginning of it. Which to me was there explaination of how God was born into a universe by another God. It was pretty nutty in them trying to explain it. It was a different view but still had it's holes.

Answer 4

They do believe they are 3 separate entities, but I'm not sure that they consider themselves polytheists.

Answer 5

The Hebrew call for God, Elohim, is plural. interior the 1st financial disaster of Genesis it reads "And God suggested, enable us to make guy in our image," this would recommend polytheism yet we don't have self assurance that the father and the Son have different portfolios, i.e. we don't have self assurance the father is a god of hearth and that Jesus is a god of earth. they are the two an identical style of God. We worship the father and his son Jesus Christ or maybe would desire to we become like Christ (and how are you able to be like Christ and not be a god?) we can nevertheless worship the father and his son Jesus Christ. Henotheism as defined by ability of the wikipedia article on the area would be a honest description of our theology.

Answer 6

Our first and foremost article of faith in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is “We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.”

We believe these three divine persons, constituting a single Godhead, are united in purpose, in manner, in testimony, in mission. We believe Them to be filled with the same godly sense of mercy and love, justice and grace, patience, forgiveness, and redemption. I think it is accurate to say we believe They are one in every significant and eternal aspect imaginable except believing Them to be three persons combined in one substance.

We do not consider ourselves to be polytheist, although we recognize Jesus as a God as well as the Father however, because we believe that the Father, Elohim, is the Only True God and that Jesus Christ is whom He has Sent as His representative. In effect, it is more a matter of deference than title. We give them both the title of God - but the deference to the one God goes to the Father, as Christ and scripture has indicated.

Answer 7

Nope