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Is the LDS Church polytheist?

April 26, 2017church culture LDS polytheist Religion Society spirituality

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Is the LDS Church polytheist?

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According to Jeff Lindsay, a popular LDS online apologist: We worship God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ – not glorious angels or Abraham or Moses or John the Baptist, no matter how great they may be in the kingdom of heaven as sons of God who have become “like Christ” (1 John 3:2). The only reasonable definition of polytheism requires that plural gods be worshiped – but the beings that Christ calls “gods” are not who we worship at all. In terms of worship, we are properly called monotheists.[1] Lets talk definition there really is not a single word that adequately captures LDS thought on the nature of God. Pertinent key technical terminology includes the following: * Monotheism (belief that there is only one God) * Tritheism (understanding the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as distinct Gods) * Polytheism (worship of, or belief in, more than one God) * Henotheism (worship of one God without denying the existence of other Gods; also called Monolatry) * Trinitarianism (belief that G