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I don't see where the misconception about the 'little g' comes from. Everything i've read and studied points to us being full blown Gods with all the baggage attached.

Gordon C. Thomasson, “Becoming Saviors on Mount Zion: The Place of Suffering in the Gospel of Unselfishness,” New Era, Apr 1973, 11

On February 16, 1849, Brigham Young stated to the Twelve, “As God was, so are we now; as he is now, so shall we be.” (Manuscript History.) One of the greatest blessings of the restored gospel is the knowledge that we can become perfect, even as our Father in heaven is perfect. We know that through living certain principles we can approach perfection
LDS.org - New Era Article - Becoming Saviors on Mount Zion: The Place of Suffering in the Gospel of Unselfishness

… What is [man]? He had his being in the eternal worlds; he existed before he came here. He is not only the son of man, but he is the son of God also. He is a God in embryo, and possesses within him a spark of that eternal flame which was struck from the blaze of God’s eternal fire in the eternal world, and is placed here upon the earth that he may possess true intelligence, true light, true knowledge,—that he may know himself—that he may know God—that he may know something about what he was before he came here—that he may know something about what he is destined to enjoy in the eternal worlds.
LDS.org - New Era Article - Becoming Saviors on Mount Zion: The Place of Suffering in the Gospel of Unselfishness

He did not originate from a chaotic mass of matter, moving or inert, but came forth possessing, in an embryonic state, all the faculties and powers of a God. And when he shall be perfected, and have progressed to maturity, he will be like his Father—a God, being indeed His offspring. As the horse, the ox, the sheep, and every living creature, including man, propagates its own species and perpetuates its own kind, so does God perpetuate his.
LDS.org - New Era Article - Becoming Saviors on Mount Zion: The Place of Suffering in the Gospel of Unselfishness