While I agree with what has been said here, it is important for us, as Christians who are trying to reach the lost, to recognize the difference between:
1. LDS theology from the texts (the Standard Works)
2. LDS theology as it is taught in wards on Sundays and in Family Home Evening
& 3. The theology of a member within 'social Mormonism', so to speak. Meaning, the beliefs of an individual that may differ from the texts (Doctrines and Covenants, Journal of Discourses, etc), because God has revealed them to be so to that individual.
My LDS friends do not walk around being consciously motivated to do the will of God by thinking of specific rewards they may receive after they die (planets, wives, etc.). Some of them have told me about how they think about those things, and they appear not dissimilar to how a protestant might think about some specific rewards received in Heaven - acknowledging that God has revealed them to exist, but also accepting the ideas with a large amount of mystery toward them.
I'm not trying to defend any teachings within the LDS church at all. I am merely attempting to represent the ideology of individuals within the LDS community.
