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From: russ@dadla-a.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: What are Mormons
Message-ID: <343@dadla-a.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 12:09:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 21 12:09:42 1983
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Mormons believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and it is only
through the atonement of Christ that we are able to be saved. There
are some people that claim we are not Christians, but it is not because
we don't believe in Christ. Some of the reasons I have heard is because

1. We don't believe in the Trinity (a combination of the gospel with Greek
   philosophy).

2. We believe in living Apostles and Prophets today.

3. We acknowledge additional scriptures like the Book of Mormon.

The Book of Mormon has as its purpose to be a second witness for Christ.
In listening to the discussions on net.religion I would say that we need
such an additional witness. The Book of Mormon provides a refreshing
perspective in support of Christ and I think provides one of the best
witnesses for Christ today. The reason is because the Book of Mormon could
only be produced by one of two ways:

1. A forgery developed by Joseph Smith and others,

   or

2. A book of divine origin

If some on net.religion would be interested, I would be glad to present the
mounting internal and external evidences which shows that it could not
have come from Joseph Smith or his culture. There is no single aspect
which is conclusive proof by itself, but the wide variety of support is
very substantial.

	Russell Anderson
	Tektronix