Do Mormons believe in many gods, believing each planet has its own god and that the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are three gods?

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Great! All the ‘higher-ups’ in the LDS church share their excuses. Explanations being much too difficult to find! Extremely difficult…
 
‘Brother Joseph’ was hired to help a man find hidden valuables on his land. The man’s grown children had Joseph charged with disorderly conduct, and he did spend some time in jail. Of course, the church’s official story is that Joseph was there doing legitimate digging, or farm work, and actually, he was the one who talked the man out of his ‘superstitions’.
 
I believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.

I do not believe in many gods, keeping in mind to not have other gods (the commandment---- I understand that a individual can interpret the scriptures “their own way”, if you will ---- contrary to myself, through faith, study, pondering and prayer — confirmation to my honest seeking through the Holy Ghost.

Kind regards to all on the forums.
 
I might have the person wrong, but I believe it was Brigham Young that said there has never been a time there were not gods, that certainly implies plural. Not to mention, Mormonism does not deny the existence of multiple gods. You can go on the LDS websites and lookup “plurality of the gods”.
 
There were about 10 versions of the first vision. Some of them contradict others in details, such as how old Joe was, why he went into the woods, who he saw, what he was told, etc.

So how did they decide which made up story was the official one?
 
Yes, exactly.

The other thing they neglect to tell you is that Smith Jr wasn’t the only one having visions in the forest. They were quite frequent.
 
adamhovey1988 said:
I might have the person wrong, but I believe it was Brigham Young that said there has never been a time there were not gods, that certainly implies plural. Not to mention, Mormonism does not deny the existence of multiple gods. You can go on the LDS websites and lookup “plurality of the gods”.
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LDS teaching on multiple Gods is one of those questions that’ll get you in trouble. Like I said further up on the thread, you can ask questions all you want to, they just have to be the right kind of questions.
 
I’ve never seen that video before, but I’m not surprised. “We never provide meat when milk will do.” Well, Millet, that’s why people are leaving the church left and right.
 
@RuthAnne- I think that’s indictive of why people are leaving the church. They want answers, not “milk”. The Mormon church honestly can’t give them answers, because they have none. So people leave. That simple.
 
My nephew told me about a Mormon friend of his. He accepted a mission call and then went to the Mesa Arizona Temple which I guess is what you do when you get your mission assignment. He was so shocked at the ceremony that he refused to go on his mission.

You know what’s even funnier that that? His mission was to the part of New York where Joseph lived and had his vision. I wonder how many people in that area are foolish enough to be hoodwinked about their own history.
 
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I wonder how many people in that area are foolish enough to be hoodwinked about their own history.
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None are. The people of Sharon, Vermont are mortified that their town is only known to people as the birthplace of Smith Jr. I only know this because I had a friend in the church from Vermont. I assume it’s probably the same for the people of Palmyra.
 
This part:

“These numbers provided by the church include everyone listed on the membership rolls, including those who no longer participate in the faith.”

Only 40 percent of those reported are active Mormons. So they really are shrinking in influence.
 
One God in accordance with the commandments in the scriptures. Relative to multiple Gods — myself no.
 
So in your hymn, Praise to the Man, what does “Mingling with Gods” mean?
 
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