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Why Mormonism is NOT Christian

     salt lake mormon temple 2Yesterday I received an e-mail from a Mormon asking me why I teach that Mormons are not Christians.  Here’s a copy of his note:

“I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am not here to bash but curious about your website and why ex members leave the LDS faith. One thing that I did read that is false on your website that I would recommend changing is section titled “Mormon Neighbors Witnessing”. It stats that we are not Christians. This is absolutely false. Our Church is the called “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints”. We believe in God the Eternal Father and in his Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost. We do believe in Prophets, Joseph Smith was a prophet and so was Adam, Noah and Abraham just to name a few from the Bible. The most important aspect is we are Christians and we believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior and yours.

He is the Savior and redeemer of the whole world. We are known as Mormons because of the Book of Mormon. We believe the Bible is the word of God. Do you really believe that we are not Christians and that we don’t believe in Jesus Christ?”  Ryan

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Christians and the body of Christ

The Mormon Church has gone out of its way in the past two decades to ensure the message gets out they want to be known as a Christian church.  The top-notch commercials on television and the appearance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on various stations are nothing short of brilliant in the advertising venue.

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False Prophecies of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon

As I’ve mentioned before there have been countless false prophecies uttered by Joseph Smith.  The Book of Mormon seems to be from none other than the fanciful imagination of Smith.  The characters stories, location, et al, are all non-existent.  That is according to the late Hugh Nibley, LDS Church historian.

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North Korea and Mormonism – 2006

     Last week Kirk and I took a rare opportunity to sit and watch television one night last week.  About the only thing that remotely appealed to us was a documentary that Diane Sawyer did on North Korea so that’s where we parked the channel.  We haphazardly listened while talking about the day’s events that we’d forgotten to share with each other when we both turned to the television at the same time and said; “Hey she’s talking about a cult”!

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Signs of a Cult

 A cult is a group that deviates doctrinally from a parent or host religion.  Cults would include Mormonism, JW’s, Christian Scientists, et al.  A cult doesn’t necessarily have to comply with each example to be a cult.

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