The Godhead

Two things have happened to me in the last two days that make me real curious about other people’s belief in the Godhead and where that belief comes from.  The scriptures?  I think not. 

Sunday, our family was talking about the angst many people have in the country against Mitt Romney and his religious affiliation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I really don’t get it.  My son-in-law who has been on a mission in Florida said “They are pretty passionate about their belief that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are all one God, and don’t mess with that belief.  Anything contrary to it is evil in their minds.”  Are you kidding me?  Pure logic tells me that’s crazy!  I remember hearing my cousin as a young girl repeat the Nicene Creed.  I just read it on the Internet and even it is a contradiction of itself.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_versions_of_the_Nicene_Creed_in_current_use

First they say “Just one God” and then they say Jesus Christ returns to that one God and sits on his right side.  Is this not confusing doctrine?

Does this one God talk to himself?  Genesis 1:26  “God said, Let us make man in our image; . . .”  Does that not imply there were at least two people present?  Then in Genesis 3:22 it says “. . . man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; . . .”  Does this not imply there are two people talking about Adam and Eve?  When Jesus Christ is baptized, we hear the voice of the Father saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;. . .”  (Matthew 3:17)  My mind operates on logic, and I really don’t get it. 

I believe in a Heavenly Father – my Father of my Spirit.  I know He loves me and I am His daughter.  I love Him!  I believe in Jesus Christ, His Son, my Redeemer, Savior, elder brother, friend and advocate with the Father.  I know He died for my sins and was resurrected the third day.  I know he visited the Nephites on the American Continent after his resurrection and did teach them the gospel in its pure form.  I know the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit, which is how he can reside in me.  He is real.  I have felt his presence and influence in my life too many times to number. 

How can this knowledge be offensive to anyone?  I find it liberating at least and comforting beyond expression.