How many Gods DO we believe in?
Today in Seminary, my teacher mentioned something about how he had a friend that didn't believe there was more than one God (it was more specific than that, but that's the gist) and he concluded the story with the statement that there IS more than one God. This confused me. I have been Mormon my entire life and I've grown up on the belief that there was ONE true God, our Father in Heaven. My teacher said that we consider the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost ALL as Gods. A girl in my Seminary
You are correct in the distinction of the three beings. But there is some history you are missing.
In the Garden of Eden, He who was called "God" and "the LORD God" was indeed the Father. But He warned Adam that in the day that he should eat of the fruit that he would die. This was true on two levels.
1) Within that one Godly day (1000 years) Adam did die a physical death.
2) At that time of transgression, Adam (and all mankind) lost the ability to socialize (for lack of a better