[AnthonyB]

japacific,

My guess as a non-LDS, is that the fullness of the gospel includes the belief that God has ordained prophets/apostles to have a role of continually revealing His truth. So the questions is does the BoM reveal the need for continued revelation? (Although it could be argued the NT does. The apostles only outreached to Jews, Samartians and Jewish proselytes until Peter received the vision to accept gentiles into the church. It was this vision and the receiving of the Holy Spirit that led to a change in church behaviour in Acts not the OT or the sayings of Jesus.)

As for the God was a man thing. I think the idea of our exaltation is more clearly defined in LDS thinking. The ideas about God having undergone exaltation as well is more of a backward inference (from the process LDS hope to acheive exaltation through) and not as well supported/defined.

Although since from what I understand it is only God the Father who may have undergone the entire exaltation steps that LDS believe we should be following since neither the Son nor the Holy Spirit were exalted beings (ie having followed the LDS path to exaltation) when they as part of the Godhead created our world etc. If both the Son and Spirit were eternal God without following the exaltation process LDS believe in, I don't quite see the need to insist the Father must of as well.

Sometimes there appears quite a disconnect between the carefully nuanced statements of LDS leaders and the "folk" beliefs of many LDS.