Terryl Givens discusses the “Becoming Like God” Gospel Topic essay on lds.org, and how some Mormons are confused about what becoming like God actually means.
References to a divine council of gods are found in several ancient Near Eastern cultures, including Mesopotamia, Greece, Egypt and Canaan. There are also numerous references to the divine counsel in the Hebrew Bible. The concept was pervasive. Does this mean that members of the LDS Church believe in polytheism or that the ancient Israelites did?