Topic
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Christianity
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Mormonism
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| Nature of God |
| 1) |
God created the entire universe and everything in it |
| 2) |
God is the only being to have existed for eternity |
| 3) |
God is a being of integrity, does not lie, and is not the
author of confusion |
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| 1) |
God created our word
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| 2) |
God is an exalted man |
| 3) |
God change His Mind, give contradictory revelations |
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| Salvation |
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| Power of the blood of Jesus |
|
| 1) |
not good enough for all sins ("... There are certain
sins... which the atoning blood of Christ does not avail... If
then he would be saved must make sacrifice of his own life to
atone...") |
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| Bible and the LDS scriptures |
| The Bible |
| 1) |
inspired Word of God
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| 2) |
a model of clarity and brevity; it is "plain and simple"
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| 3) |
internally consistent |
| 4) |
every archaeological discovery confirms its accuracy |
| 5) |
vehicle through which God sends the Gospel |
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| Mormonism |
| 1) |
provided by a spirit of highly doubtful authenticity> |
| 2) |
contains tortured grammar and sentence structure , and
thousands of errors |
| 3) |
contains numerous obvious contradictions internally and with
the Bible |
| 4) |
no archaeological discovery has confirmed its accuracy |
| 5) |
not the vehicle through which God sends the Gospel |
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| The Church |
| 1) |
any gathering of the body of Christ |
| 2) |
no central authority required |
| 3) |
place where people come for praise and worship |
| 4) |
prophesy may come through anyone |
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| 1) |
the one "true" church |
| 2) |
the source of all authority |
| 3) |
sole vehicle through which God sends his Gospel |
| 4) |
prophesy comes through head of church |
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| Priesthood |
| 1) |
after Jesus Christ, no longer required on earth |
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| 1) |
all authority comes through the priesthood |
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