What Mormons Believe

Since few Christians understand Mormonism, I'll take this opportunity to educate us all about Mormon beliefs.

Mormon beliefs are formulated from five main sources:

1. The Book of Mormon
2. The Doctrine and Covenants
3. The Pearl of Great Price
4. The King James Bible (the average Mormon doesn't trust the Bible, but only Joseph Smith's "inspired" translation of it.)
5. Living Mormon apostles and prophets, especially the Mormon church president

As a Christian, my beliefs are based solely on the inerrant Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12)

In Mormon theology, Jesus is not God incarnate, the eternal Creator, who was begotten by the Holy Spirit. Mormons deny the Trinity and believe that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods.

Instead of teaching that Jesus is our immortal God who became man, the LDS church teaches Jesus is a mortal man who became a god and showed that all men can do the same.

This is not the Jesus of the Bible!

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

Galatians 1:6-9

This is exactly what Joseph Smith did. He said that an "angel" clothed in light that gave him "another testament".

(Reference: World Religions in a Nutshell by Ray Comfort)

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