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− | *Latter-day Saints believe that there is no salvation without accepting Jesus Christ as our | + | *Latter-day Saints believe that there is no salvation without accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Redeemer. Salvation is obtained by receiving Jesus and his atoning sacrifice. The statement presented in the book is nonsense. All save the sons of perdition are saved. All will be resurrected. |
*A fullness of salvation requires accepting the words of ALL the prophets--including those who wrote the Bible, and including Joseph Smith. | *A fullness of salvation requires accepting the words of ALL the prophets--including those who wrote the Bible, and including Joseph Smith. | ||
*If one believes that you have to accept the Bible witness to be saved, then how can one fault Latter-day Saints for believing that another prophet's witness must also be accepted? LDS doctrine saves infidels and non-Christians in a resurrection of glory, and provides for their evangelization after death. | *If one believes that you have to accept the Bible witness to be saved, then how can one fault Latter-day Saints for believing that another prophet's witness must also be accepted? LDS doctrine saves infidels and non-Christians in a resurrection of glory, and provides for their evangelization after death. |
Critics claim that Latter-day Saints believe in a "different" Jesus that "mainstream" Christians.
It would be enlightening for any Latter-day Saint to read this description of the "Mormon Jesus" in the left column and see just how much of this is recognizable as church doctrine. The list is taken from page One Nation Under Gods, p. 378 (PB). This claim is repeated in the author's later work Becoming Gods—The "Mormon Jesus" versus the "Traditional Jesus".
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A literal son (spirit-child) of a god (Elohim) and his wife. |
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The elder brother of all spirits born in the pre-existence to Heavenly Father. |
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A polygamous Jewish male. |
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One of three gods overseeing this planet. |
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Atoned only for Adam's transgression by sweating blood in Gethsemane. |
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The literal spirit brother of Lucifer. |
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Jesus' sacrificial death is not able to cleanse some people of all their sins. |
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There is no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith as a prophet of God. |
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Critics wish to cast Latter-day Saints out as true followers of Jesus Christ by attempting to control the definition of who it is that we actually worship. The fact is, we worship the Jesus Christ of the Bible.
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