Polytheism
MORMON BELIEFS
The Mormon beliefs are clearly shown and easily contradicted by both the Bible and the Book of Mormon.
There are many gods (polytheism)
"How many Gods there are, I do not know. But there never was a time when there were not Gods and worlds..."
-Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol.7, pg331, 10/8/1859
Men can become gods
"Gods exist, and we better strive to be prepared to be one with them."
-Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol.7, pg237, 9/1/1859
"The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may even be permitted to come into the presence of the Father and the Son; but they cannot reign as kings in glory, because they had blessings offered unto them, and they refused to accept them."
- Brigham Young Journal of Discourses, Vol.11, pg266, 8/19/1866
God was once a man (Adam-God Theory)
"He is our Father--the Father of our spirits, and was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted Being."
-Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol.7, pg331, 10/8/1859
"When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is Michael, the Archangel, the Ancient of Days, about whom holy men have written and spoken--He is our father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do."
-Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol 1, p50, 4/9/1852
God is made of flesh and bones
"The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit."
-Doctrine and Covenants, Sections 130:22
THE TRUTH
There is only one God, the God who created the Universe. We can't become gods.
Book of Mormon
- I Nephi 13:41 "...for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the earth."
- Mosiah 8:16 "...except he should possess the power of God, which no man can..."
- Alma 11:26-29 "And Zeezrom said unto him:... is there more than one God? And he [Amulek] answered, No"
- Alma 11:35 "...for he said there is but one God..."
Bible
- Job 10:8 "Thine hands have made me and fashioned me..."
- Isaiah 42:5 "Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein."
- Isaiah 43:10 "Before me there was no god formed, neither shall there be after me."
- Isaiah 43:11 "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour."
- Isaiah 44:6 "I am the first and I am the last; and beside me there is no God."
- Isaiah 44:8 "You are my witnesses. ; Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one"
- Isaiah 45:5-6 "I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God..."
- Isaiah 45:12 "I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded"
- Isaiah 46:9 "for I am God, and there is none else; I am God and there is none like me."
- Mark 12:32 "for there is one God; and there is none other but he."
- John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
- Hebrews 1:2 "Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds."
- Hebrews 1:10-11 "And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish: but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment."
- Colossians 1:16 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."
God is not a man, made of flesh and bone.
Book of Mormon
- Mosiah 7:27 "...that God should come down among the children of men, and take upon him flesh and blood, and go forth upon the face of the earth-"
- Joseph Smith (Lectures on Faith: 5th Lecture 5:2) "...The Father being a personage of spirit, glory, and power, possesing all perfection and fullness..."
Bible
- Genesis 1:26-27 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...So God created man in his own image."
- Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie..."
- Hosea 11:9 "...For I am God, and not man."
- John 1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us..."
- I Corinthians 15:50 "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God."