Do Mormons believe in more than one God?

Question

I know they believe they can become gods of their own world after death, but does that just simply mean they become god-like and not true gods, or does it mean they become real actual gods equal to the one true God?
If they do believe in becoming true gods, doesn't that kind of contradict the whole "thou shalt have no other gods before Me" thing in the Bible?
Even Genesis states that God created the universe--that a singular god created a singular universe, so wouldn't that mean there could only be one God?
I'm not trying to contradict anything here, I'm just trying to understand this for myself. Thanks, and no offense to anyone of the Mormon faith.

I have to add this as a way to emphasize it and respond to the first comment, but the Mormon religion believes that the males can become "Gods" of their own worlds after death.
Is that meant to be taken literally, or do they beleive in becoming just God-like?

Answer 1

There is only the Heavenly Father AKA God. Jesus was his son and the the holy ghost. People of the LDS faith believe in three seperate beings.

Answer 2

Mormons believe in the same Semitic war god that Jews, Christians and Muslims do.

Seriously, do people just sit around and make stuff up about Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses here?

Answer 3

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You need to read the, "God Makers." It explains that Mormons do not believe in God. They do believe that they will be gods and that Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit are three people. It sure is sad that over 12 million people can be mislead like that:) All we can do is pray that Jesus will reveal himself to the Mormons so that they can be saved! Because God loves them too even though they want to be gods themselves.

Answer 4

The Mormon's believe in God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son. I'm not sure if they believe in the Holy Spirit.

I know Donnie and Marie Osmond are of the Mormon faith.

There is but one God.

I personally believe the Mormon Faith is good and extremely dedicated.

Answer 5

Yes and no... although we do believe that we can become like our Father in Heaven, we do not believe that we will ever be equal to Him. He will always be our God. When God said we should have no other gods before Him, that means that we should not worship anything or anyone besides God. When we speak of God, we generally refer to God the Father, but we do recognize that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are also Gods, and together all three comprise the Godhead. As far as Genesis is concerned, it does not really say that everything was created by a singular God. In fact, the Hebrew uses the word "Elohim", which is plural for gods. This makes sense when one reads the words, "Let us make man in our image". Thanks for your question.

Edit: in response to your additional details, we do believe that we can become "God-like". I am not aware, however, of any scripture or teaching that we can become gods of our own planets, etc. I believe that is probably an extrapolated idea that was made up by someone, but is not taught as church doctrine.

Answer 6

Like many other Christian denominations (specifically the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic branches of Christianity), Mormons do believe in "theosis," the idea that man can progress to become more like God. Historically, this concept was had among the earliest Christians.

Mormons believe in the Bible, which teaches: "To him that overcometh will I [Christ] grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." So we believe that we can become like God through the power of Christ, but not that we will ever be greater than God. We will always worship God the Father and Christ the Son. To use traditional Christian terminology (and not terminology that only Mormons understand), it would probably be more accurate to say that Mormons believe they can become angels in the next life (although that phrasing doesn't exactly capture Mormon belief either, and is explicitly inaccurate if one uses the Mormon definition of "angel"). It is not true that Mormons believe men and women can progress to become equal to God. We will always worship God.

Mormons believe that God the Father created all things, so He created both Jesus (God the Son), Lucifer (Satan), and all mankind. Jesus and Lucifer are "brothers" in the sense that God the Father created both of them. It doesn't imply any special affinity or friendship between Jesus and Lucifer. Obviously, they are on opposite sides of the whole good/evil divide.

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Answer 7

They believe if they live worthily that they can become Gods but there are a ton of "ifs" floating around for that to happen and not many will be worthy enough. They are taught they can rule a planet as God rules this one and so on and so forth. Goes along with the "child of God" theory as one PP stated.

However, they dont believe in more than one God at this moment. God the father, his son Jesus and the holy spirit (guide if you will).

Answer 8

Children grow up to resemble their parents and engage in similar activities their parents do. If you believe you are a child of God, as Jesus taught, we have the same divine inheritance. Being children, however, we have a long ways to go before even beginning to approach the level God is on. Have a virtual gummy bear.

Answer 9

God will always be God. He will always be supernal. I may believe in eternal progression, that I will someday progress to the point that I too may become godlike, but by that same principle God is in the eternities progressing too and will continue to be my God.

Answer 10

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