Mocking sacred practices and reducing faith to “check your underwear” isn’t a serious argument, it’s just an attempt to insult. Latter-day Saints worship the same Jesus of the New Testament: born of Mary, crucified, resurrected, and the source of salvation.
You don’t have to agree with our interpretation of His nature, but dismissing it as a “different Jesus” or resorting to ridicule doesn’t change the reality of our discipleship. We follow Christ, and that is the definition of being Christian.
Your Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer, a created being. Jesus of the Bible is God himself, fully eternal without beginning or ending, the alpha and the omega. Don't mock the cross, and I won't mock your underwear symbols or those on your temple.
That’s a distortion of our belief. Latter-day Saints worship Jesus Christ as the divine Son of God, crucified and resurrected as our Savior. His role is utterly unique, not interchangeable with Lucifer. But if you also believe that God created all, then by your own beliefs, we are all His children, even Lucifer. So how do you define God's children as anything other than being “brothers and sisters”?
You can’t claim we twist doctrine for saying what you just said yourself. Calling that a “different Jesus” is just inconsistency dressed up as gatekeeping.
As for the “underwear” mockery, garments aren’t “magical” or worshipped. They’re a personal covenant reminder, much like a wedding ring, meant to keep us mindful of sacred commitments, including fidelity in marriage. Or are you mocking us for our fidelity, and arguing for the case of adultery? Dismissing that as superstition says more about you personally than about what we actually believe. It's honestly a lazy and very childish line of argument.
Is he God in human flesh, the fullness of Deity? Is he the Word who was in the beginning with God and was God? and became flesh and dwelt among us? Or is he the offspring of a god that was once a man? I really struggled with all that myself believing mormons to be christians. I couldn't understand it for the life of me. When I compared the Bible to mormon thought, not dissing the bible as having errors as taught in mormonism, while the BofM was touted as the most perfect book ever written, I came to an understanding of the true Christ, and how the effect of Mormonism creates a denial of Him. I believe Mormonism was created as a tool of the devil to lead people to deny the true Christ. A counterfeit of the true gospel while denying the true nature of Christ. Joe Smith was heavy into occult activities and the devil took advantage of it.
Latter-day Saints believe Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, the Word made flesh, the Savior and Redeemer of the world. We worship Him, pray in His name, and accept His atonement as the only source of salvation. Our understanding of His relationship to the Father differs from creedal Christianity, but we do not “deny” Him or view Him as anything less than the risen Lord of the New Testament.
And no, the Book of Mormon is not touted as “the most perfect book ever written.” That’s a misrepresentation critics like to repeat, but it’s not how members treat it or how it’s actually taught. Accusations about “occult” practices and “a tool of the devil” aren’t theology; they’re rhetoric. You don’t have to agree with our doctrine, but dismissing it with conspiracy theories doesn’t change the reality of our discipleship to Christ.
If you're just going to delve into anti-LDS conspiracies and rhetoric without providing any actual substance, only false accusations and gatekeeping, then I believe that we are done here.
Mocking sacred practices and reducing faith to “check your underwear” isn’t a serious argument, it’s just an attempt to insult. Latter-day Saints worship the same Jesus of the New Testament: born of Mary, crucified, resurrected, and the source of salvation.
You don’t have to agree with our interpretation of His nature, but dismissing it as a “different Jesus” or resorting to ridicule doesn’t change the reality of our discipleship. We follow Christ, and that is the definition of being Christian.
Your Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer, a created being. Jesus of the Bible is God himself, fully eternal without beginning or ending, the alpha and the omega. Don't mock the cross, and I won't mock your underwear symbols or those on your temple.
That’s a distortion of our belief. Latter-day Saints worship Jesus Christ as the divine Son of God, crucified and resurrected as our Savior. His role is utterly unique, not interchangeable with Lucifer. But if you also believe that God created all, then by your own beliefs, we are all His children, even Lucifer. So how do you define God's children as anything other than being “brothers and sisters”?
You can’t claim we twist doctrine for saying what you just said yourself. Calling that a “different Jesus” is just inconsistency dressed up as gatekeeping.
As for the “underwear” mockery, garments aren’t “magical” or worshipped. They’re a personal covenant reminder, much like a wedding ring, meant to keep us mindful of sacred commitments, including fidelity in marriage. Or are you mocking us for our fidelity, and arguing for the case of adultery? Dismissing that as superstition says more about you personally than about what we actually believe. It's honestly a lazy and very childish line of argument.
Is he God in human flesh, the fullness of Deity? Is he the Word who was in the beginning with God and was God? and became flesh and dwelt among us? Or is he the offspring of a god that was once a man? I really struggled with all that myself believing mormons to be christians. I couldn't understand it for the life of me. When I compared the Bible to mormon thought, not dissing the bible as having errors as taught in mormonism, while the BofM was touted as the most perfect book ever written, I came to an understanding of the true Christ, and how the effect of Mormonism creates a denial of Him. I believe Mormonism was created as a tool of the devil to lead people to deny the true Christ. A counterfeit of the true gospel while denying the true nature of Christ. Joe Smith was heavy into occult activities and the devil took advantage of it.
Latter-day Saints believe Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, the Word made flesh, the Savior and Redeemer of the world. We worship Him, pray in His name, and accept His atonement as the only source of salvation. Our understanding of His relationship to the Father differs from creedal Christianity, but we do not “deny” Him or view Him as anything less than the risen Lord of the New Testament.
And no, the Book of Mormon is not touted as “the most perfect book ever written.” That’s a misrepresentation critics like to repeat, but it’s not how members treat it or how it’s actually taught. Accusations about “occult” practices and “a tool of the devil” aren’t theology; they’re rhetoric. You don’t have to agree with our doctrine, but dismissing it with conspiracy theories doesn’t change the reality of our discipleship to Christ.
If you're just going to delve into anti-LDS conspiracies and rhetoric without providing any actual substance, only false accusations and gatekeeping, then I believe that we are done here.