From American Idol to Mormon Missionary

At a concert in Salt Lake City last week, pop star David Archuleta of American Idol fame made an unexpected and emotional announcement. After a couple of years of skirting questions about it, he revealed that he will indeed serve a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, though he hasn't made public where he will be sent.

Mr. Archuleta will join more than 52,000 Mormon missionaries serving in 340 missions, or geographic areas, world-wide. Eighty percent of them are young men who begin serving at age 19. The remainder are mostly young women age 21 and older, along with a small number of retired couples. It is estimated that roughly a third of eligible young Mormon men elect to serve missions.

For Mr. Archuleta, age 21, life is about to change considerably. He'll trade a life of stardom for the rigor of waking up at 6:30 every morning, studying scripture for a couple of hours, then working 10-hour days teaching interested people in their homes and taking on other community-service projects before falling into bed exhausted. He'll also join the ranks of other prominent Mormons who have served missions, including Mitt Romney (France) and Jon Huntsman (Taiwan), Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings (Spain), and actors Aaron Eckhart (Switzerland) and Jon Heder (Japan).

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Cynthia

Another example of trying to spread their cult around the world.
- http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
  
  Luckily, no other religion is trying to spread their beliefs around the world.
TOM

YOU CAN'T KNOCK THEIR FAMILY VALUES
Dntmkmecmoverther

This 'mission work' is a requirement of their faith. Did you know that? None of these young people have a choice in this if they intend to climb to the 'heaven' which Mormonism claims. This is cult behavior; and we are about to nominate a person addicted to this cult. Wake up America!
- Cary
  
  No, again you spout misinformation. All eligible young men in the church are encouraged to serve full time missions. However, it is purely voluntary and your status in the church is not affected if you choose not to go. Will you lose valuable experience and blessings if you choose not to serve; yes. Does the choice not to serve preclude you from "getting into heaven". No. You anti Mormon people really need to get away from the anti- Mormon literature and websites and just ask the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints directly what it believes. What a waste of time to spout inaccurate drivel. If the Church is not true, and a cult as you maintain, it will fail and God's judgement will fall upon it all by itself. If it's true, then you are spreading lies about the truth. Is that really where you want to be?
  - msjallen
    
    And you REALLY think the LDS is going to tell the truth about their cult?
    The LDS are told by their leaders to believe things such as this and they DO NOT QUESTION IT. If the bible says something different it MUST be a translation error and cannot be trusted.
    The worse is: The fact that LDS believe Lucifer and Jesus are brothers is just the tip of the iceberg.
    - Cary
      
      Again, half truths and falsehoods. The LDS church encourages its members to search the scriptures and find out for ourselves. We accept nothing without question. Church policy and teaching is in print for everyone to see. I suggest you cite your sources instead of just making untrue and half true statements based upon biased and twisted third and fourth party hearsay.
      - http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
        
        Ms Allen, do you really think ANY religion is going to tell the truth about itself? You can make the same statement about Christians, Protestants, Catholics, Hindu's; Muslims or any other religious group in the world.
Galen

Cary, you are absolutely correct in your assessment. One thing I have noticed concerning the persecutors of the Church of Jesus Christ, is the obsession with Underwear. ????? Another thing I have noticed, They make reference to "the Mormon Cult". What about the Baptist Cult? It is one you know. What about the Catholic Cult. It is one you know. Look it up in the Dictionary. I do not wish to accuse religious people. I have good friends who are Baptists and Catholic. I wish them well. But a cult is merely "A religious System". it is impossible to be in any religion without being a part of a cult. Anyone who disagrees with this is going against the First Amendment to the Constitution. FREEDOM OF RELIGION! That includes freedom to choose what kind of underwear to use. After all, the Pope wears a dress.
- Cary
  
  Well said! There are tennants in every religion which sound funny on the surface. Things taken out of context, without the background behind it, are likely to not make sense. This is true for just about anything. People who attack The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as well as other religions such as Jehova's Witnesses, Catholics, etc. often use this technique of cherry picking certain doctrines without any background or context and use them as proof that they are cults. It is disingenuous and wrong.
  - bighoss
    
    Any religious organization that teaches that a human male can "progress" to become a God over his own world, with hordes of wives by which he produces legions of children is a CULT for that reason alone, if nothing else. And there is no way that this bizarre belief can be explained away by contextualizing it.
    
    Add to that the Mormon teaching that God, in a tangible, physical body, actually had physical sexual intercourse with Mary to beget Jesus and you have another Mormon cultic doctrine that won't go away, irrespective of any alleged contextual rationalization. C U L T!!!
    - Cary
      
      Again, a bunch of untrue or half true drivel. You know nothing about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and it is obvious to anyone who has really studied it.
      - bighoss
        
        It is astonishing that you claim to be a Mormon, yet are so astonishingly ignorant of Mormon doctrine. Try these documented statements from Mormon authorities:
        
        From Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie:
        
        "These name-titles all signify that our Lord is the only Son of the Father in the flesh. Each of the words is to be understood literally. Only means only; Begotten means begotten; and Son means son. Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers" (Mormon Doctrine, 1966, pp. 546-47).
        
        "And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son of this Holy Being; he was born in the same personal, real, and literal sense that any son is born to a mortal father. There is nothing figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and natural course of events, … Christ is the Son of Man, meaning that his Father (the Eternal God!) is a Holy Man" (p. 742).
        
        Marion G. Romney, a member of the First Presidency, made this vivid statement: "God is a perfected, saved soul enjoying eternal life. He is both immortal and exalted to the highest glory. He is enjoying that blessed condition which men may attain to by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel" (Salt Lake Tribune, October 6, 1974, p. 1).
        
        Spencer W. Kimball, currently president of the church, still maintains that "in each of us is the potentiality to become a God" (Salt Lake Tribune, October 7, 1974). Speaking to "priesthood holders," President Kimball made these comments: "Brethren 225,000 of you are here tonight. I suppose 225,000 of you may become gods. There seems to be plenty of space out there in the universe. And the Lord has proved that he knows how to do it. I think he could make, or probably have us help make, worlds for all of us, for every one of us 225,000" (Ensign, November 1975, p. 80).
        
        Marion G. Romney, a member of the First Presidency (later the President of the Mormon Church) made this statement: "God is a perfected, saved soul enjoying eternal life. He is both immortal and exalted to the highest glory. He is enjoying that blessed condition which men may attain to by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel" (Salt Lake Tribune, October 6, 1974, p. 1).
        
        Do THESE men know anything about the Mormon Cult? Their testimony agrees 100 percent with what I claimed earlier and disagrees 100 percent with you characterization of what I said as "untrue or half true drivel."
        
        Spencer W. Kimball, currently president of the church, still maintains that "in each of us is the potentiality to become a God" (Salt Lake Tribune, October 7, 1974). Speaking to "priesthood holders," President Kimball made these comments: "Brethren 225,000 of you are here tonight. I suppose 225,000 of you may become gods. There seems to be plenty of space out there in the universe. And the Lord has proved that he knows how to do it. I think he could make, or probably have us help make, worlds for all of us, for every one of us 225,000" (Ensign, November 1975, p. 80).
      - CARY
        
        Again, you put your spin on this doctrine. We believe that Jesus Christ was the litteral Son of god and that Jesus inherited immortality through being the litteral son of God. He inherited the ability to die from his mortal mother, Mary. Therefore, he was able to take up his body again after suffering pain and death to atone for our sins. He was born into this world like every other mortal person has been born, after nine months gestation in Mary's womb. You are interpreting the statements that you quoted above to mean more than what they are actually saying. The exact process by which Mary became pregnant with the son of God is a mystery other than that the holy ghost overshadowed her and she conceived. Nowhere is it written in LDS church doctrine that God had physical intercourse with Mary as so many of you anti- Mormons continue to claim. All we know about the process is contained in the Bible and that is all we need to know. As far as people having the opportunity to become "Gods", that is a doctrine that requires more study and depth to understand. I'll just say this: we believe that God is the literal father of our spirits. Children have the ability to grow up and become like their parents. Without the background, study, prayer, and faith to understand that doctrine, you can twist this into something which appears to be blasphemous. I get that. However, I must say that you can't build a roof on a house without first building a foundation, walls, etc. You can't understand this kind of knowledge without first understanding all the doctrine that leads up to it. That is why people looking to criticise the LDS church keep bringing up the same tired old objections. They pick out a principle without having the foundation to understand it, and twist it into something it is not or jump to a conclusion that shuts down their interest. Try talking to an LDS missionary or neighbor sometime and allow them the time to build the foundation. Then you might understand it and believe, or not. Everyone has to make their own decision. We teach that you should study the scriptures, take a look at what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints teaches about them, and then ask God to reveal the truth to you. That's all we ask. If you want to remain in your present faith, that's great. We believe all religions have good things in them and at least a portion of truth. We offer the world what we believe is the most truth available on the earth today. We do not say that you are going to hell if you don't accept what we have to offer. Oh by the way, Spencer W. Kimball died several years ago. The current president of the church is Thomas S. Monson. Again, your information is not coming from the LDS church. You are getting it from sources who have their own agenda, and that agenda does not include trying to present the truth or the whole truth. One last thing. I am not an official spokeman for the LDS church nor do I claim to know everything there is to know about it. I could be wrong in what I have just written. But I have given you my best understanding of what my church teaches after 50 years of study. You have not shown me anything I haven't seen many times before. There are still things I don't fully understand. But I do know that I have received an assurance through the Spirit that the things I do understand are true. My faith in that assurance covers all the other things that I don't. All I'm saying is, go to the source of the doctrine, in context. Anything less is wrong.
      - CARY
        
        Almost forgot, Marion G. Romney was a member of the First Presidency, but was never president of the church. Again, it is obvious that you are not citing original sources, but are using anti-Mormon propaganda instead. How would you like for me to say that your religion was a cult by siting quotes from someone who already has an agenda to misrepresent your church? Yet we get this all the time. I have to ask the question, why do these people who make this anti- Mormon propaganda take so much time and effort to misrepresent the LDS church? The LDS church just puts our teachings out there for all to see. We never attack another faith like we get all the time. It sounds to me like there are some very insecure people out there about their own beliefs. Just a thought.
      - bighoss
        
        Pretty weak, Cary. I cited MORMON sources, which is what YOU demanded. NO amount of spin will rationalize what the revered Mormon "apostle," Bruce McConkie said about the conception and birth of Jesus. Let me repeat it for you, so you can reconsider:
        
        "And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son of this Holy Being; he was born in the same personal, real, and literal sense that any son is born to a mortal father. There is nothing figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and natural course of events…"
        
        What is it about "born in the same personal, real, and literal sense that any son is born to a mortal father. There is nothing figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and natural course of events" that you don't understand? [N]othing figurative" means that, according to the heretical McConkie, Jesus was conceived through LITERAL sexual intercourse. Get real, Cary. This IS a Mormon doctrine.
        
        And when Spencer Kimbell said THIS:
        
        "God is a perfected, saved soul enjoying eternal life. He is both immortal and exalted to the highest glory. He is enjoying that blessed condition which men may attain to by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel."
        
        He said something so definitive (though wrong) as a Mormon doctrine that no amount of spin will reduce to anything less than the absurdity it is! The notion that a man can attain to the same "blessed condition" that God enjoys is a cultic distortion of divinity that is nothing less than blasphemous. It is a doctrine of Satan, shared by the Mormon Cult!
      - CARY
        
        I said cite Mormon scripture and cannonized doctrine, not opinion. You can choose to interpret Bruce R. McConkie however you want. When church leaders give their opinion, it is subject to review. What McConkie wrote in his book is not scripture. There is no place in LDS scripture that you will find God having physical intercourse with Mary, nor do I believe McConkie meant his words to be interpreted that way. But your mind is allready made up, so there is no way you are going to go to the source of LDS doctrine. That is your loss and detracts from your credibility. As far as the doctrine of God's children becoming like their father, the doctrine you quoted is correct as far as you have cited it. However, until you get the entire background, you are still misunderstanding what it is trying to say, neither have you asked for the Spirit to help you understand. For example, you probably think that this doctrine implies that we can become equal with God. Not so, but since you are not honestly searching for truth, but just want to tear down what you don't understand and don't want to understand, you will continue to get all riled up against the LDS faith which hurts only yourself. I say again, if The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is not true, it will fall of its own weight and be exposed as a fraud. People have been trying to "expose" the Church for 150 years but it still keeps growing because the honest in heart recognize truth when they hear it. Your attempts to malign the church are a great waste of time whether it's true or not. i suggest you concentrate on reading scfipture instead of anti-Mormon propaganda.
      - bighoss
        
        So, by your reckoning, all these absurd doctrines that have been so extensively and unequivocally confirmed by elite, respected, and prominent Mormon leaders must be "anti-Mormon propaganda"?!
        
        Try this one, from no less a Mormon honcho that Brigham Young, who fetched up the notion that Adam and God are one and the same. Try 'splainin' this one away, Cary.:
        
        On April 9, 1852, Brigham Young publicly preached the Adam-God doctrine. In this sermon he declared:
        
        Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is Michael, the Archangel, the Ancient of Days! about whom holy men have written and spoken—He is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christians or non-professing, must hear it, and will know it sooner or later … the earth was organized by three distinct characters, namely, Eloheim, Yahovah, and Michael, these three forming a quorum, as in all heavenly bodies, and in organizing element, perfectly represented in the Deity, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, pp. 50-51).
        
        This sermon was reprinted in The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star on November 26, 1853 (vol.15, pp. 769-70). The fact that the Mormon people understood Brigham Young to mean just what he said concerning Adam being God is verified by other articles which appeared in the church's own Millennial Star. On December 10, 1853, an article entitled, "Adam, the Father and God of the Human Family" appeared in the Millennial Star. In this article the following statements are found:
        
        "The above sentiment appeared in Star No.48, a little to the surprise of some of its readers: and while the sentiment may have appeared blasphemous to the Ignorant; it has no doubt
        
        A photograph of the Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, page 50. Brigham Young declares that Adam is "our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do."
        given rise to some serious reflections with the more candid and comprehensive mind … Adam is really God! And why not?" (Millennial Star, vol.15, p. 801).
        
        On page 825 of the same volume the following appeared: "It has been said that Adam is the God and Father of the human family, and persons are perhaps in fear and great trouble of mind, lest they have to acknowledge him as such in some future day. For our part we would much rather acknowledge Adam to be our Father, than hunt for another, and take up with the devil."
        
        In volume 17, page 195, of the Millennial Star this statement was made: "…every Knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that he is the God of the whole earth. Then will the words of the Prophet Brigham, when speaking of Adam, be fully realized—'He is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do.' "
        
        Elder James A. Little confessed: "I believe in the principle of obedience; and if I am told that Adam is our Father and our God, I just believe it" (Millennial Star, vol. 16, p. 530).
        
        Brigham Young's Adam-God doctrine met with opposition both within and without the church. In October 1857 he stated: "Some have grumbled because I believe our God to be so near to us as Father Adam. There are many who know that doctrine to be true" (Journal of Discourses, vol. 5, p. 331).
      - CARY
        
        While it is true that we have a different view of Adam than most religions who believe that Adam was a vile sinner who got us all cast out of Paradise, we do not believe that he is God as you have stated here. We honor Adam as the head of the mortal human family, which is what Brigam Young meant by his writings. That you continue to quote from anti- Mormon propaganda instead of original sources is problematic because you get neither the context nor are these quotes often cited correctly. I suppose I could go back into the writings of church leaders in the past of your religion and find things hard to understand or which sound very bad. However, I am not going to play that game nor do i have a desire to insult your faith as you have tried to do to mine. Here is a quote from LDS SCRIPTURE which answers your charge that we believe that Adam is God. The 1st Article of faith as contained in cannonized LDS scripture states the following: "We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost." Notice that Adam is not in there. That is the official belief of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I did not quote from a diary or some newspaper article because they are not scripture and may contain mistakes. I will leave you with that thought since life is too short to spend answering charges from someone with no real interest in learning the truth. For anyone else who reads these posts, I would encourage you to learn the truth from the source, official scripture and representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, rather than from sources whose only agenda is to twist and misinterpret what the LDS church really believes.
      - Pia
        
        I agree with Cary that you need to go to the source. I learned first hand that the source is not in the argumetns of men, but in sincerely studing the word of God and then asking in prayer, in the name of Christ if it be true. THAT is the source,and it is the same source as APostle Paul referred to when he proclaimed that he knew what he knew by "the revelation of Jesus Christ:, and not, as he previoulsy believed from rabbinical teachings. The Spirit will bear that witness to the humble seeker, as millions can testify, but not to anyone who is simply curious or simply seeks to win an argument. Finally, I am thankful for the Fall of Adam, because without it, we would never have known the Redemption through Christ which bears witness of God's love.
      - http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
        
        You are thankful for the fall of Adam? An event, which if it really happened, has destined billions of people to hell for eternal torment, merely because it allows a few to receive redemption.
        
        I have read some twisted beliefs on here before, but this one stands in the front of complete lunacy.
      - bighoss
        
        Yes, it is indeed Mormon doctrine that the fall of Adam was a blessing from God. Ane that is only one of many twisted beliefs of the Mormon Cult.
      - Vladimir
        
        "Adam fell that men might be, men are that they might have joy."
      - bighoss
        
        See here, Cary, you Mormons claim that your so-called "prophet," the head of your cult, receives his guidance in matters spiritual directly from God. When a Mormon-controlled source reports the words of the "prophet" (whom you also officially call a "seer" and a "revelator"), it is not unreasonable to interpret such statements as Mormon doctrine.
        
        What has happened over the years of existence of the Mormon Cult is that certain "prophets" have said some pretty dumb stuff that current Mormon leadership would like to go away, seeing it is so wildly unorthodox and fanciful. They can not deny that these things have been said (and said by a former "Prophet, Seer and Revelator"), since they appear undisputed in the written record from Mormon-controlled sources (e.g. Millennial Star and Journal of Discourses), so they sometimes construct twisted rationalizations to try to "explain" away certain wild, blasphemous, irrational nutterances of the "prophets" and "apostles".
        
        Here is one more example, Cary, this one from a "Prophet, Seer and Revelator," Joseph Fielding Smith, a descendant of the original big Kahuna of Mormonism. This "prophet" uttered these blasphemies:
        
        <<<Some people are troubled over the statements of the Prophet Joseph Smith…. The matter that seems such a mystery is the statement that our Father in heaven at one time passed through a life and death and is an exalted man. This is one of the mysteries…. The Prophet taught that our Father had a Father and so on. Is not this a reasonable thought, especially when we remember that the promises are made to us that we may become like him? (Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, pp. 10, 12).>>>
        
        From a Mormon "apostle," LeGrand Richards," a highly-respected Mormon "scholar" and "theologian":
        
        In a letter to Morris L. Reynolds on July 14, 1966, Richards stated: "There is a statement often repeated in the Church, and while it is not in one of the Standard Church Works, it is accepted as Church doctrine, and this is: "As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become."
        
        Richards is the author of a widely-circulated book on Mormonism entitled "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder."
        
        That is what you and other Mormon sheep are stuck with, Cary. Your apostles and "prophets" indeed proclaimed this kind of stuff as doctrine and–especially as to the issue of men progressing to become gods–it remains Mormon doctrine. Mormon missionaries have advanced and attempted to defend that very doctrine to me and my family in our own home.
      - http://bit.ly/tacnDN Despeville
        
        Arminian Christmas i.e. yours Hoss… I am not a Lutheran but they got this one right: http://youtu.be/kSaDqAS-Ti4
      - CARY
        
        And I stand behind it too. Someday you will also find out. until then, I wish you the best of luck.
      - http://bit.ly/tacnDN Despeville
        
        I do not need your "luck" for there is NO such a thing and it is a pagan concept.
        "Free wilism" is a man made up idol and a result of pelagian heresy whose concept is lost on most while the effect are very much present.
        
        Semi-Pelagianism is a weaker form of Pelagianism a heresy derived from from Pelagius who lived in the 5th century A.D. and was a teacher in Rome. Semi-Pelagianism (advocated by Cassian at Marseilles, 5th Century) did not deny original sin and its effects upon the human soul and will. But, it taught that God and man cooperate to achieve man's salvation. This cooperation is not by human effort as in keeping the law, but rather in the ability of a person to make a free will choice. The semi-Pelagian teaches that man can make the first move toward God by seeking God out of his own free will and that man can cooperate with God's grace even to the keeping of his faith through human effort. This would mean that God responds to the initial effort of person and that God's grace is not absolutely necessary to maintain faith.
        
        The problem is that this is no longer grace. Grace is the completely unmerited and freely given favor of God upon the sinner. But, if man is the one who first seeks God, then God is responding to the good effort of seeking him. This would mean that God is offering a proper response to the initial effort of man. This is not grace, but what is due the person who chooses to believe in God apart from God's initial effort.
        
        Semi-Pelagianism says the sinner has the ability to initiate belief in God.
        Semi-Pelagianism says God's grace is a response to man's initial effort.
        Semi-Pelagianism denies predestination.
        Semi-Pelagianism was condemned at the Council of Orange in 529.
        
        Source: http://carm.org/semi-pelagianism
      - Vladimir
        
        Hey, if God ordains it, who are you to dispute it?
      - http://bit.ly/tacnDN Despeville
        
        "Nowhere is it written in LDS church doctrine that God had physical intercourse with Mary as so many of you anti- Mormons continue to claim."
        
        LIAR…
        
        "The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood – was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers,"
        (Journal of Discourses, vol. 8, p. 115).
        
        The rest of your polytheistic pagan rumblings are lies as well.
      - Vladimir
        
        I have to laugh. You are so hung up on sexual intercourse. I suppose you believe that it is evil, disgusting, messy, embarrassing, abnormal and irreligous. Guess who ordained it as the method to bring children into the world.
Winston

The "works" mentality of the Mormon cult does benefits neither the "missionary" of false ideology or the person receiving the false and deceptive message of Mormonism.
msjallen

Satan always projects himself as something good otherwise humans would reject him. He was the highest angel and most radiant of all yet he wanted to overpower Almighty God. Since his Fall he has come up with some of the most awesome things to keep our eyes off of Jesus Christ. He has counterfeited the Christian way of life with the Gospel – Gal 1:6-8, Ministers – II Cor 11:13-15, Doctrine – II Tim 4:1, Communion Table – I Cor 10:19-21, System of Righteousness – Mt 19:16-28, Spirituality – Gal 3:1-3, Power – II Thess 2:8-10, Gods – II Thess 2:3-4 and the Mormons are used by him as well. Yes, they have good establishment principles but that is where it stops. They will turn on you.
- http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
  
  Let's see. So, Satan has the Jews, the Mormons, the Catholics, the Muslims, the Hindu's, the Pagans and the Witches, as well as the Christians who believe incorrectly. He is one busy guy.
  - msjallen
    
    Don't worry, Jeff, Satan has plenty of help from his host of demons. BTW, he doesn't bother with those who could care less about God. They are already going the wrong direction.
    - http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
      
      I am not worried at all.
susan

there is one important factor here….mormonism has "another Jesus" and another "gospel"…2 corin. 11:3-4…the real gospel is 1cor. 15:1-4…john 8:24…john 1:1…mormonism has another gospel…even if an angel from heaven preaches another gospel, let him be….Galatians 1:6-8…we are all sinners and need a sinless savior to pay the price for our sins ..for God so loved the world…john 3:16…
- Vladimir
  
  You are so right. Mormonism has another Jesus. It is the Jesus that walked the earth and atoned for all our sins. It is not the Jesus described as a Trinity, an idea canonized about 300 years after his death and used by most Christian churches today.
Vladimir

One good thing you can say about Mormons is that their church has come out against socialism. How many churches have done that????