How does the LDS Church handle verses that imply there is no one like God? There are quite a number of verses that seem to contrast the LDS teaching of exaltation, where man may become like God and God was once like man, in submission to a God like Him on a different world somewhere.

The most difficult ones to reconcile with this theology are in Isaiah 43, 44 and 45.


  "Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me."
  Isaiah 43:10  
  
  "'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me."
  Isaiah 44:6  
  
  "Is there any God besides Me, Or is there any other Rock? I know of
  none." Isaiah 44:8  
  
  "I am Yahweh, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God."
  Isaiah 45:5  
  
  "Surely, God is with you, and there is none else, No other God."
  Isaiah 45:14  
  
  "I am Yahweh, and there is none else." Isaiah 45:18  
  
  "Is it not I, Yahweh? And there is no other God besides Me, A
  righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me." Isaiah 45:21  
  
  "I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like
  Me" Isaiah 46:9


There are more on this page here, which is where I got these, so I don't know what translation they are.

How does the LDS church respond to this?
The ones in the Old Testament are actually quite easy to reconcile. Latter-day Saints believe Jesus Christ to be the God of the Old Testament. In other words, Moses spoke with the antemortal Christ. Our Heavenly Father created worlds by Jesus Christ. And "beside me there is no God" as read in Isaiah would be spoken by Jesus Christ, who is our only Savior.

And it is consistent that there is no other like God. No other Gods concern us. We worship God our Heavenly Father only, and subject ourselves to His will. No other god, "as there be gods many," is of concern to us.

Quite frankly, Latter-day Saints do not focus on or even discuss other gods and worlds as they are not pertinent to our salvation. There are lots of questions lately about the topic of exaltation, which is fine, but be reminded that not much is understood about it and it is not our concern in mortality. We simply do our best, keep the commandments, and follow the Savior to return home where we want to be. We "hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection to be raised unto life eternal." (Moroni 7:41) That is our concern.