Perhaps you and John would like to address the "inconsistencies"?
Psalm 82:1---King James Version
1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods
John 10:34-35---King James Version
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
For the 44,892nd time...
The "gods" in Ps. 82:1 are unrighteous HUMAN judges. They are CALLED "gods" because they have been given the AUTHORITY (but not the "nature") to decide judgments by the authority of God. Just READ THE PSALM!
Psa. 82:1 God takes His stand in His own congregation;
He judges in the midst of the rulers.
2 How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
3 Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4 Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
These so-called "gods" are evil sinners.
They "judge unjustly".
They "show partiality to the wicked".
They ignore the weak and fatherless.
They ignore the afflicted and destitute.
They ignore the weak and needy.
Psa. 82:5 They do not know nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 I said, You are gods,
And all of you are sons of the Most High.
7 Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.
These so-called "gods" are ignorant.
They "walk about in darkness".
They "will die like men".
They will "fall like any one of the princes"
This proves that they are NOT true "gods".
They will be punished for their sin and wickedness.
They think they are above punishment, but God tells them they are NOT.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth!
For it is You who possesses all the nations.
And then God, the ONE TRUE GOD, contrasts HIMSELF with these wicked sinnning rulers, who have been given God's authority and ABUSED it. HE is God, and they are not. And He will have His vengeance on THEM.
This is called an "imprecatory" Psalm.
It is intended to CONDEMN the evildoers.
And Jesus knew this.
That's why HE quoted it at the Pharisees in John 10, as a CONDEMNATION of THEIR attitudes.
Meanwhile, let us not forget what SCRIPTURE teaches, and what you constantly IGNORE:
Deut. 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Deut. 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Deut. 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Deut. 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me:
2 Sam. 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Sam. 22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
1 Kings 8:60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
1 Chr. 17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Chr. 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Isa. 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isa. 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea,there is no God; I know not any.
Is. 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Is. 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa. 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Jer. 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and thatI am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
1Cor. 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Eph. 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
And Smith published the Book of Mormon while he was a MONOTHEIST, before he developed his "plural gods" doctrine:
"And the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God. Amen.
Oliver Cowdery
David Whitmer
Martin Harris"
-- Testimony of the Three Witnesses
Alma 11:27 And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.
Alma 11:28 Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God?
Alma 11:29 And he answered, No.
Alma 11:44 Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous; and even there shall not so much as a hair of their heads be lost; but every thing shall be restored to its perfect frame, as it is now, or in the body, and shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one Eternal God, to be judged according to their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.
Alma 14:5 And the people went forth and witnessed against themtestifying that they had reviled against the law, and their lawyers and judges of the land, and also of all the people that were in the land; and also testified that there was but one God, and that he should send his Son among the people, but he should not save them; and many such things did the people testify against Alma and Amulek. Now this was done before the chief judge of the land.
Not to mention the numerous Early Church Fathers references
Oh, you accept what the ECF's taught, huh?
Well, here you go:
1Clem. 43:6 What think ye, dearly beloved? Did not Moses know beforehand that this would come to pass? Assuredly he knew it. But that disorder might not arise in Israel, he did thus, to the end that the Name of the true and only God might be glorified: to whom he the glory for ever and ever. Amen...
2Clem. 20:5 To the only God invisible, the Father of truth, who sent forth unto us the Savior and Prince of immortality, through whom also He made manifest unto us the truth and the heavenly life, to Him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Mag. 8:2 Why, the Prophets, those men so very near to God, lived in conformity with Christ Jesus. This, too, was the reason why they were persecuted, inspired as they were by His grace to bring full conviction to an unbelieving world that there is one God, who manifested Himself through Jesus Christ, His Son—who, being His Word, came forth out of the silence into the world and won the full approval of Him whose Ambassador He was.
“Chapter I.—There is but one God: the impossibility of its being otherwise. … He is the only God, the only Lord, the only Creator, the only Father, alone containing all things, and Himself commanding all things into existence.”
-- Irenaeus, Against Heresies, II.I.1.
“Therefore there is but one God, in whom complete energy and power can neither be lessened nor increased. […] Pythagoras also admits that there is but one God, saying that there is an incorporeal mind, which, being diffused and stretched through all nature, gives vital perception to all living creatures; “
-- Lactantius, Treatise on the Anger of God Addressed to Donatus, Ch. XI
“Some persons, however, find a difficulty in this faith; when they hear that the Father is God, and the Son God, and the Holy Spirit God, and yet that this Trinity is not three Gods, but one God;”
-- Augustine, On the Trinity