LDS From bad to good to better to equal with God

Phoebe Ann said:

God himself, finding he was in the midst of spirits and glory, because he was more intelligent, saw proper to institute laws whereby the rest could have a privilege to advance like himself.
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 354

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And Paul was looking forward to making his calling and election made sure:

(New Testament | 2 Peter 1:4 - 10)

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:


(New Testament | Philippians 3:13 - 15)

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

Phoebe Ann said:

Mormon teachings contradict the Bible.

People who read their Bibles with the aid of the Holy Spirit know the differences.

Mormonism:
Jesus' atonement provided immortality for all people. Exaltation (godhood) is available only to Mormons through obedience to LDS teachings: faith, baptism, endowments, celestial marriage, and tithing. "Wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God-Wherefore, all things are theirs" (D&C, 76:58-59).

Telestial Kingdom is for the wicked and ungodly (not hell); "These are they who are liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers . . . who suffer the wrath of God on earth"(D&C 76:103-104). (See also D&C 76:57-119; 131:1-4.)

Yet the Book of Mormon says:

Mosiah 5
8 And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives.

9 And it shall come to pass that whosoever doeth this shall be found at the right hand of God, for he shall know the name by which he is called; for he shall be called by the name of Christ.

10 And now it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall not take upon him the name of Christ must be called by some other name; therefore, he findeth himself on the left hand of God.

"What are some blessings of having the name of Jesus Christ written in our hearts?

"What can cause the name to be 'blotted out' of your heart or someone’s heart?"
Unit 11: Day 4, Mosiah 5–6

Mosiah 5:8
"We see that we take upon us the name of Christ when we are baptized in his name, when we belong to his Church and profess our belief in him, and do the work of his kingdom....

"There are other meanings as well, deeper meanings that the more mature members of the Church should understand and ponder as he or she partakes of the sacrament.

"It is significant that when we partake of the sacrament we do not witness that that we take upon us the name of Jesus Christ. We witness that we are willing to do so. The fact that we only witness to our willingness suggests that something else must happen before we actually take that sacred name upon us in the most important sense."
Book of Mormon Student Manual Religion 121 and 122, c. 1989, 1996

Mormonism reminds me of a hampster wheel.

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You said: "Jesus' atonement provided immortality for all people."

True:
(New Testament | 1 Corinthians 15:21 - 26)

21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

You said: " Telestial Kingdom is for the wicked and ungodly (not hell)"

Do you not understand that the Telestial kingdom is NOT for spirits? Hell is the spirit prison. After everyone is resurrected they will go to either the Telestial kingdom, or the Terrestrial kingdom, or the Celestial kingdom, or outer darkness:

(New Testament | Revelation 20:12 - 15)

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

The teachings of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints do NOT conflict with the Bible.