The "difference in doctrines" is enormous, from the get go. Yes, if you confess that Christ died for your salvation, is essential. But to state that God was once a human being with flesh and bones, is heresy, you must know that. When Christ is on the cross, crucified between two criminals, he states in the Gospel, that truly these men that die with him will join him in Paradise. Not some special place exalted for special people, but in Paradise with HIM, because they recognized who he was. One baptism is what Christians believe in, but the Mormon church requires another baptism, as a member of The Church of the Latter Day Saints, they disregard the baptism that other Christians have, when it is clear that one is baptized once, to become Christs own.If you are a member of another sect, I would see that as defining oneself as a Lutheran, or Baptist, or Evangelical, or Catholic, or Methodist. Because all of those religious denominations follow the same Gospel, some have add ons, like the Roman Catholics, which, in maturity into Christ, we grow to see as not essential. A woman who chooses to never marry, for whatever reason, who remains childless and celibate, but devotes herself to Christ, is not less than a woman who has 12 children, yet Mormons believe that she is. What of the woman who has lived a life of sin, and repents, and chooses this lifestyle? She has saved her soul, and is loved by Christ as much as the mama with a brood. A man who has lived a debauched life, mis led by Satan, yet when old, accepts Jesus as his savior and one with God, is loved no less than the devout and pious man. Jesus has said himself, the first will become last, and the last will become first. Regardless, those poor people who lost their lives today, because of Satan, the deceiver, who turned a mans heart dark with evil, will see their savior in Paradise, may they have peace and glory with him. Everything I know about Mormonism, and I had a step sister who converted, is that it preaches false doctrine, but lets its members believe that they are better than other Christians, and that there will be more spirit children born from a married couple. Jesus, when asked if a man marries and widows 3 times, who would be his wife in heaven, says this that there is no marraige in heaven, that those roles and relationships are earthly, and we will be free of them, our relationship with God, and all other Christians, will be our future in the Lord God. We will be like Angels. Matthew 22 30. That is not to put down earthly marraige, but it disputes the Mormon teaching of procreation to populate other realms of existence. To me, so much of that religion, that was set down by Joseph Smith, was justification for his behavior, and the behavior of others in that sect, to have multiple wives, some of them handed over and traded as children. There are fundamentalist Mormon sects going on today who get away with that practice, and they believe they are the one true Faith.
That's a lot of text to throw out at once to just repeat the point that you see Latter-day Saint doctrine as “false” or “heretical.” From our perspective, those differences are real, but they don’t erase our discipleship of Christ. Our entire faith is centered on Him: His divinity, atonement, resurrection, and role as Savior and Redeemer.
On baptism and ordinances, we believe they matter because Christ himself taught and commanded them. They aren’t about being “better than” other Christians, but about keeping covenants with God and drawing closer to Him. And while plural marriage was practiced in the 19th century, it wasn’t instituted for the sake of bigamy, it was tied to literal survival, as early Saints were repeatedly driven from their homes and lands until they had to flee so far west that no one could easily follow. They had to be more reliant on each other to survive. The mainstream LDS Church ended that practice more than 130 years ago, and what you describe with child marriages belongs to fundamentalist sects that the Church has long condemned.
You may not accept our theology, but burying the conversation under a wall of accusations doesn’t change the fact that Latter-day Saints worship and follow Jesus Christ. That is why we call ourselves Christian, regardless of your opinions on the matter.
The "difference in doctrines" is enormous, from the get go. Yes, if you confess that Christ died for your salvation, is essential. But to state that God was once a human being with flesh and bones, is heresy, you must know that. When Christ is on the cross, crucified between two criminals, he states in the Gospel, that truly these men that die with him will join him in Paradise. Not some special place exalted for special people, but in Paradise with HIM, because they recognized who he was. One baptism is what Christians believe in, but the Mormon church requires another baptism, as a member of The Church of the Latter Day Saints, they disregard the baptism that other Christians have, when it is clear that one is baptized once, to become Christs own.If you are a member of another sect, I would see that as defining oneself as a Lutheran, or Baptist, or Evangelical, or Catholic, or Methodist. Because all of those religious denominations follow the same Gospel, some have add ons, like the Roman Catholics, which, in maturity into Christ, we grow to see as not essential. A woman who chooses to never marry, for whatever reason, who remains childless and celibate, but devotes herself to Christ, is not less than a woman who has 12 children, yet Mormons believe that she is. What of the woman who has lived a life of sin, and repents, and chooses this lifestyle? She has saved her soul, and is loved by Christ as much as the mama with a brood. A man who has lived a debauched life, mis led by Satan, yet when old, accepts Jesus as his savior and one with God, is loved no less than the devout and pious man. Jesus has said himself, the first will become last, and the last will become first. Regardless, those poor people who lost their lives today, because of Satan, the deceiver, who turned a mans heart dark with evil, will see their savior in Paradise, may they have peace and glory with him. Everything I know about Mormonism, and I had a step sister who converted, is that it preaches false doctrine, but lets its members believe that they are better than other Christians, and that there will be more spirit children born from a married couple. Jesus, when asked if a man marries and widows 3 times, who would be his wife in heaven, says this that there is no marraige in heaven, that those roles and relationships are earthly, and we will be free of them, our relationship with God, and all other Christians, will be our future in the Lord God. We will be like Angels. Matthew 22 30. That is not to put down earthly marraige, but it disputes the Mormon teaching of procreation to populate other realms of existence. To me, so much of that religion, that was set down by Joseph Smith, was justification for his behavior, and the behavior of others in that sect, to have multiple wives, some of them handed over and traded as children. There are fundamentalist Mormon sects going on today who get away with that practice, and they believe they are the one true Faith.
That's a lot of text to throw out at once to just repeat the point that you see Latter-day Saint doctrine as “false” or “heretical.” From our perspective, those differences are real, but they don’t erase our discipleship of Christ. Our entire faith is centered on Him: His divinity, atonement, resurrection, and role as Savior and Redeemer.
On baptism and ordinances, we believe they matter because Christ himself taught and commanded them. They aren’t about being “better than” other Christians, but about keeping covenants with God and drawing closer to Him. And while plural marriage was practiced in the 19th century, it wasn’t instituted for the sake of bigamy, it was tied to literal survival, as early Saints were repeatedly driven from their homes and lands until they had to flee so far west that no one could easily follow. They had to be more reliant on each other to survive. The mainstream LDS Church ended that practice more than 130 years ago, and what you describe with child marriages belongs to fundamentalist sects that the Church has long condemned.
You may not accept our theology, but burying the conversation under a wall of accusations doesn’t change the fact that Latter-day Saints worship and follow Jesus Christ. That is why we call ourselves Christian, regardless of your opinions on the matter.