I am tempted to write a long post on the differences between theosis, apotheosis, and Apocolocyntosis, but it shall have to wait until morning.
Suffice it to say, there is no Biblical, nor historical viewpoint among Christian supporting the idea that we (as creations of God) shall ever become Gods ourselves.
In fact, the entire idea is a very gross blasphemy. But considering Joseph Smith’s delusions of grandeur...what can we expect?
That's what happens when you can have women at a whim...Smith even nabbed 11-12 wives of already-married women! He began collecting them like a hobby in serious earnest in those last few years of his life...1842...1843...the remaining months of his life in 1844...Why only a "god" could have this kind of power...hence it wasn't til he almost died that he took off preaching his multiple god theory @ the King Follett funeral...
And ya gotta realize that the verses highlighting Mormons becoming gods -- D&C 132:20-21... was written in a broader context for two OTHER purposes...both dealing with "polypartnering":
(a) Convince Joseph's first wife Emma that it 'twas God's idea -- not Joseph's -- that Joseph pick up this multiple-wife "sideline activity"...D&C 132:34-35 is just a sort of preamble to what the real targeted purpose ... Joseph wrote D&C 132 initially just for his first wife!!!
We see this quite plainly in D&C 132:52-53: And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God. 53 For I am the Lord thy God, and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things;
Ah...see where the "polygamy" justification fits in nicely with the Mormon doctrine of "Then they shall be gods?" See, Joseph says, "He'...ll be made ruler over many things" -- and obviously big-shot divine rulers need a lot of wives!!!
Oh, and purpose (b) tied to polypartnering? Why, that's covered in the next D&C verse -- D&C 132:54: And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
Do all you Lds & non-Lds lurkers get this picture now? Can you imagine what strife was going on in the Smith household at the time? Emma finally had some "bounceback" during one of those Smith arguments. She came up with a "what's-good-for-the-gander-is-good-for-the-goose" argument! She threatened to find her an extra husband or two or three.
Why just imagine that. Emma Smith pondering bedding down with other hubbies. If for no other reason than spite.
Well, a "prophet" can't have his wife sleep around e'en though he's adding another bedroom every month for a new wife! (That's what averaged the last two years of his life).
So, there ya have it. The origins of Mormons-R-goods was rooted in (a) polygamy; and (b) anti-Emma polygamy; and Smith took a funeral sermon of all places, to further expound upon future godhood.