Countercult ministries/Watchman Fellowship/Section 2


A FAIR Analysis of:
Watchman Fellowship

Index of Claims in "Hinckley Claims LDS Worship Different Christ"

Claim
The authors use Gordon B. Hinckley's statement to "prove" that Latter-day Saints believe in "another Christ." President Hinckley stated that Latter-day Saints

do not believe in the traditional Christ. No, I don't. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak. For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times.

Author's source(s)

  • LDS Church News, June 20, 1998. off-site

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Claim
  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Eternally God."
  • The "Mormon Christ" was "not always God" and "became a God."

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  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Only God."
  • The "Mormon Christ" is "One of Many Gods."

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  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Creator of All Things."
  • The "Mormon Christ" "Was Created; Spirit Brother of Lucifer."

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  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Begotten Miraculously, of the Holy Spirit"
  • The "Mormon Christ" is "Begotten Sexually, by God the Father"

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  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Not Married."
  • The "Mormon Christ" is "Married with Children."

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  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Atoned for Sin by Death on the Cross"
  • The "Mormon Christ" is "Atoned by Sweating Blood in Gethsemane."

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  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Justifies the Ungodly."
  • The "Mormon Christ" "Requires Godliness before Justification."

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  • The "Traditional Christian Christ" is "Offers Full Salvation Unconditionally."
  • The "Mormon Christ" "Offers Full Salvation Only on Conditions."

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