Mormonism and the nature of God/Polytheism

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Question

Some of my non-LDS Christian friends have told me that because Mormons don't believe the Nicene Creed, we are polytheists. Is this an accurate characterization of LDS belief?

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Further reading

William O. Nelson, “Is the LDS View of God Consistent with the Bible?” Ensign, July 1987, ---.

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• Lectures on Faith teaches the Father is "a personage of spirit"