Yes, Mormons Do Believe They Can Become Gods

The press is reporting that Mormons don't believe they will become gods. This is simply not true. When I was a devout Mormon, I believed that I would one day have an eternal family and be a god. I, also, did temple work for the dead because I believed they deserved a chance to reach Exaltation too (assuming that I would have reached godhood). The Mormon church hasn't changed there doctrines. The leaders are simply making their beliefs more palpable for the masses. The thinking seems to be a quote that has been attributed (though this has been disputed) to the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels,  "A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth." So which "truth" are we to believe the media or the official web site for the LDS church? What does this say when "reporters" can't even visit the Official web site of the LDS church?

Official LDS Site:

Excerpt from Chapter 47: Exaltation Gospel Principles, (2011), 275–80

...Blessings of Exaltation

-What are some blessings that will be given to those who are exalted?

Our Heavenly Father is perfect, and He glories in the fact that it is possible for His children to become like Him. His work and glory is “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39).

Those who receive exaltation in the celestial kingdom through faith in Jesus Christ will receive special blessings. The Lord has promised, “All things are theirs” (D&C 76:59). These are some of the blessings given to exalted people:

1.They will live eternally in the presence of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ (see D&C 76:62).

2.They will become gods (see D&C 132:20–23).

3.They will be united eternally with their righteous family members and will be able to have eternal increase.

4.They will receive a fulness of joy.

5.They will have everything that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have—all power, glory, dominion, and knowledge (see D&C 132:19–20). President Joseph Fielding Smith wrote: “The Father has promised through the Son that all that he has shall be given to those who are obedient to His commandments. They shall increase in knowledge, wisdom, and power, going from grace to grace, until the fulness of the perfect day shall burst upon them” (Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 2:36; italics in original)....


Some Sample News reports:

No, People Don't Get Own Planets in Afterlife Like in 'Book of Mormon'
Mormon church: Members not taught they'll get planet in afterlife, as told in 'Book of Mormon'
No stars for Mormon planets theory
Mormons: We Do Not Get Planet In Afterlife