by Alatea on November 12th, 2005

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Do Mormons believe all other religions are based on false doctrine?

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by RosieGHM Jetpacker on December 15th, 2007
Isn't that what all religions believe? Isn't that the reason why there is so much religious strife? Each religion thinks it is "the one true way"..well, what does that mean to you? That all the others are not "the one true way". Mormonism is not unique..all religions feel they know the truth, they are the best, they are the only ones, god talks only to them, and on and on and on and on! :(
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- So true, Rosie..so true :-(
  
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  by Jade on December 15th, 2007
- More's the pity, Jade...this used to be a country in which all religions were given equal respect..and now presidential elections are "serviced" by religious extremists..oh, how sad are our founding fathers at this ungodly turn of events! :(
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on December 15th, 2007
- Actually, Rosie, “they are the best, they are the only ones, god talks only to them” is the exact antithesis of so-called “Mormonism.” We believe that God loves *all* of His children—every single one of us on the planet—and that He will (and does) speak to each and every one of us. Of course, that doesn’t mean we’re all listening. ;-)
  
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  by the Otter on January 9th, 2008
- Thank you very much for that information, tO. That is very helpful to me. I hope I didn't offend you, but I have listened to so many "righteous" people talking about their own beliefs as if anyone who disagrees will go to he** or something. I appreciate your setting us straight! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on January 9th, 2008
- No problem. We actually do believe a lot of people will go to Hell, but the term “Hell” has a *much* different connotation for Latter-day Saints than it does for most people. We believe the Spirit World—where all of us go, when we die—is divided into two sections known as “Paradise” and “Prison” (the latter of which is also known as “Hell”). In short, Hell is not whether Satan and his devils reside; rather it is the place where those that did not accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ in this life will have the opportunity to accept it the world to come. This means that *everybody* will have a chance to hear the Savior’s Gospel and choose whether to accept or reject it, even if they don’t have that chance in mortality.
  
  Now, of course, this is *not* a “second chance” theory. The Bible is quite clear that if you reject the Savior in mortality, that was your decision and you’re stuck with it. But just as no one will be saved in ignorance (see D.&C. 131:6), neither will anyone be damned in ignorance.
  
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  by the Otter on January 9th, 2008
- Rosie, your answer is, word for word, what I was going to say. Well, at least the first sentence. The rest is a very close paraphrase, though. Thanks for saving me the time.
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on December 7th, 2008
- Hi, TM. "Great minds....etcetera". Thank you for your comment and Happy Sunday to you! :) You're welcome, m'dear! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on December 7th, 2008
- >Isn't that what all religions believe?<
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  No, B'Hai's don't.
  http://www.bahai.org/
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 27th, 2009
- Thank you for that link, Mister_IT. I just came back from reading the information provided. That is quite beautiful. I didn't know that and thanks to you I do now. Happy Saturday m'dear! :)
  
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  by RosieGHM Jetpacker on February 28th, 2009
- Yeah the B'hai's are an interesting group/ It's funny that they have such an open take on the beliefs of other groups, yet are some of the most despised people in the middle east. B'hai faith is one of the few religions alive for which adherence can get you killed under sharia law. Strange how tolerance is not tolerated well.
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  I guess I'd have to say that not all religions believe that all OTHER religions are *based* on false doctrine, but they do all believe (even the B'hais) that all other religions have at least gotten things wrong along the way. Perhaps they began with truth, but they corrupted it somehow, or maybe they only got a little piece. I'm sure that there are exceptions of this in the form of politically correct PR statements, but the bottom line is that if a religion hasn't monopolized truth and laid exclusive claim to the rights of your salvation, then there is no reason to subscribe to its worldview, and if no one joins it, it just won't last, and we'll never know it existed as anything more than a social club. So...all extant religions do, to some degree, teach that the doctrine of other religions (and not only religions but belief systems) is false.
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  by TheicidalManiac on February 28th, 2009
- Rosie and T-Maniac. Yes, the H'hai's are indeed a fascinating group. We have quite a few of them out here in L.A. and I've had some interesting conversations with them.
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  And yes, T-Maniac I agree that it's intolerance and dogmatic exclusivity that makes religion particularly ugly - and in some cases, particularly brutal.
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  Religion sucks.
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 28th, 2009
- Mr IT...you make a point of saying that "religion sucks" at nearly every opportunity, but qualifying that statement by asserting your love for your god. Yet I wonder; what sources inform your understanding of your god, if not religious organizations and the texts they chose to canonize? Don't you actually owe a debt of gratitude to religion?
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  (This is the kind of question that could really piss some people off. I don't THINK you will be one of those people. I don't mean this [merely] as a smart-assed comment. Rather it is today's attempt at a penetrating interview question. I'm not trying to make fun, just digging deeper.)
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on February 28th, 2009
- I owe SOME respect to religion - yes, that's a true statement T-Maniac. Perhaps a better way to say it would be "Religiously Dogmatic Intolerance Sucks!"
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  Does that work better for you?
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  I find that dogma tends to drive the type of intolerant mindset that you describe in your post. And that's what I really hate - even from those in my own people group. It drives me CRAZY!
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 28th, 2009
- "Does that work better for you?"
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  Of course. I feel the same way about that. I guess what I was really trying to get at, though, is this: why reject all the periphery of religious tradition and dogma, but cling to the core tenet, that is the existence of a supernatural being or creator. It seems to me that the kind of god that most people believe in is a product of whatever religions they have been exposed to, and that there is little to support the idea of a personal god outside of religious training. Am I wrong?
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on March 1st, 2009
- T-Maniac you and I are free to believe whatever we wish. The existence of God can neither be empirically proved or disproved despite what either Theists or Atheists may assert.
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  AND, yes I believe that people tend to mold God in their own image - Joseph Campbell got that one right. I have seen both observed this dynamic and practiced it myself. So I'm not throwing any stones at that glass house. Culture and childhood training are indeed important factors.
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  In the end we must all walk our own paths and make our own choices - no matter how "right" or "wrong" others see it.
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  As you can imagine this stance tends to make me a target of both Theists and Atheists. Like you said about the B'Hai's, tolerance of differences tends to draw ire of humans of all ilks for some reason.
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  I could deconstruct it psychologically but I won't.
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on March 1st, 2009
- "The existence of God can neither be empirically proved or disproved..."
  I'd like to clarify that, if I could. It is true that the mere existence of A god cannot be disproved, in the same way that the existence of a teacup orbiting jupiter, or the flying spaghetti monster, or an invisible, immaterial box resting in your lap cannot be disproved. Existence is not something that can be disproved. That is a limitation of logic and of beings with limited resources.
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  On the other hand, existence is PRECISELY the kind of thing that CAN be proved, based on scientific naturalism. God cannot be proven because the hypothesized being is inconsistent with our knowledge of reality. That DOES NOT mean that some god or gods do(es) not exist, but it DOES mean that we have no why to posit the existence thereof. In other words, we don't have plausibility, and until we do, all there is is conjecture.
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on March 2nd, 2009
- "Culture and childhood training are indeed important factors." I would actually go one further. I would say that they are not only IMPORTANT factors in explaining religious belief, but that they are SUFFICIENT factors to explain religious belief.
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  Certainly I am not trying to fire mean-spirited criticisms at you, and I hope I don't come off that way, but I DO want to get at the base of your belief, for curiosity's sake. If you don't want to delve into it, I do recognize that that is perfectly acceptable.
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on March 2nd, 2009
- >If you don't want to delve into it, I do recognize that that is perfectly acceptable<
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  Well maybe some day but not today. However, I do find much to agree with in your posts.
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on March 2nd, 2009
- Likewise
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on March 3rd, 2009
- all religions of christendom claim to be the true religion. however, as Jesus Christ said that by their works they would prove to be false. the main offender of all these religions is the catholic church, the rest are offshoots of this apostate religion. instead of adhering to what the bible teaches they all are guilty of adopting false doctrines, and pagan rooted demonic customs and practices. this is not to say that God does not have an earthly orgaization that represents his name and strictly abides by his standards and is obeying his statutes. that religion does exist but most will not accept it, it would mean too much personal sacrifice to them, and it would mean having to make drastic changes in their lives, which most are unwilling to accept. the moment they become aware of what religion this is they will immediately begin to look for faults in its members, so as to justify the reason for them not accepting the truth and taking a stand for the truth and God's official agent here on earth.
  
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  by autumn leaves on December 6th, 2009
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by taskboy on October 27th, 2008
Short answer: Yes. Despite the truths other religions have they don't have the stuff needed to return to live w/ God. Mormons do.

In recounting his First Vision Joseph Smith said:

"My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should join.

I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”

This is the competitive advantage that Mormons claim. There was an apostasy from truth. Churches have some truth but only the LDS Church has what you need to live with God after this life. Only Mormons have the divine authority and all the true doctrines to get you to the Celestial Kingdom.

Some may soft sell this idea to you but that's essentially it. Or at least that's what I was taught on my LDS mission.
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- This is a really hard question to answer, isn’t it? You want to give the context necessary to understand the doctrine, but it would take volumes to break it all down in a logical fashion. Regardless, I think you did an admirable job, in such a short space. Thanks!
  
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  by the Otter on October 28th, 2008
- Taskboy
  That's exactly what you were taught and so has every other religion.
  our religion is right and your religion is wrong. Religions been at each others throats for centuries and still are fighting. It's a pretty simple observation people have a belief system and by God they are right come hell or high water. But when you take your belies and compare them to archeological findings, surviving historical records, etc. There is concrete evidence for the most part what has or hasn't taken place. You can see evidence you can't see beliefs. There is no way you can say a belief is true when physical evidence says no. There is common sense and logic involved no matter how much you deny it.
  
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  by Dave2222 on February 8th, 2009
- Physical evidence does say no but they have convinced their members it's all anti Mormon propaganda and appears they don't look at the evidence, found this article from an ex Mormon interesting
  
  http://www.lds-mormon.com/benson2.shtml
  
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  by Dave2222 on April 14th, 2009
- Dave, I find this charge to be *extremely* ironic. Even many so-called “anti-Mormons” agree that Steve Benson had (and has) an axe to grind against the Church and take his statements with a large grain of salt.
  
  More pertinent, though, are your own charges. We’ve been going around in circles like this for some nine months now: you claim there’s no physical evidence; we show you copious amounts of physical evidence; you go to another thread and claim there’s no physical evidence; repeat ad infinitum.
  
  What’s most interesting is that I’m not aware of the Church ever saying anything about probably 99% of the “evidence” that’s out there, whether for or against. How can the Church be “convinc[ing its] members it's all anti Mormon propaganda” when it doesn’t even bother to comment on it?
  
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  by the Otter on April 14th, 2009
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by Anonymous on April 11th, 2007
I always love how a mormon is quick to defend their beliefs and say they arent false, but they have to add that out BIBLE the one wrote thousands of years ago and says in Revelations that who ever adds to or changes it should be destroyed, is incorrect....Ya know your Joseph Smith could of been high on something when he saw all those Angels....and I think it is just funny that after 1800 years God decided to use him to be prophet, why wouldnt he use someone who hadnt had so many run ins with the law and the Masons.....I will pray for every mormon out there.....I know you all surely have not studied mormonism or you would see something wrong with it!
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- Now, this is hardly a fair statement at all. We should ALL know that the Bible was not written all at once. And if you do a bit of research you will find that chronologically the book of Revelations was not the Last book written in our modern day bible. The bible is not in chronological order. And if we turn back to Deut. 4: 2
  Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
  Now, this is not very similar wording to that of John in the Book of Revelations. Yet this is the OLD testament. Does that mean that the rest of the bible is not God Word?
  
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  by 21Keyes on April 27th, 2007
- Anon...although I doubt you are here anymore, I have to let you know that it seems unlikely that Joseph Smith was high, or hallucinating. I think that the evidence is pretty clear that he knew what he was doing. He and his father were "treasure locators," scamming farmers with divination schemes long before the foundation of the LDS faith. If you look at his conduct since the foundation, I think it is pretty obvious that he was acting with intent.
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on December 7th, 2008
- We hold a different view on Joseph Smith--I testify to you that he was prophet called by the Lord. You can interpret the Bible any way you'd like--likewise, we have our own interpretation.
  
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  by TenLostTribes on March 9th, 2010
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by 4freedom on May 11th, 2006
The problem with religious doctrine in general, is that it takes the DIRECT relationship between you and Jesus partially or wholly out of the picture and replaces it with mans believed truth. Jesus IS the Way, the TRUTH and the Life. If you have no personal relationship with Jesus, you have only man to lean on. Leaders are men and women, including the LDS prophet, and can be and are wrong at times. If you listen to only leaders, you have no relationship with Jesus, and therefore have no relationship with God himself. If your only knowledge of your human father was through your neighbors, do you believe that you would know him, and more importantly would he know you? Men like to prove they are right! THE ANSWER HERE IS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING FOR THE CORRECT CHURCH, YOU SHOULD AND MUST HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS IN ORDER TO GET INTO HEAVEN. Church should only be where we gather to worship Him. Talk to Jesus everyday and see if He doesn't speak back to you in a personal way. Don't rely on hearsay evidence spoken by man to make himself seem right.
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- Nothing in this answer appears to have anything to do with the question.
  
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  by Anonymous on May 11th, 2006
- Doesn't address or answer the question. This answer is the sort of hearsay that last sentence advises to reject.
  
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  by Jabba The Hutt on May 14th, 2006
- What 4freedom is saying, that all you need is Jesus (period!). That may not answer the question but that is a good answer to anyone that answers it. In other words it sums everything up for everyone no matter what religion you are.
  
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  by Weird Science on June 9th, 2007
- 4...there is NO SUPPORT FOR THE JESUS HYPOTHESIS outside of organized religion. If you take away religion, you take away any reason to believe in Jesus.
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on December 7th, 2008
- that is not true, even Jesus didn't believe in religion.
  
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  by Weird Science on December 8th, 2008
- LOL...If we are to believe the gospels of the New Testament, then Jesus was a practicing Jew. But that is beside the point. There is no support for the existence of Jesus outside of the writings of his followers.
  However all of the ATTRIBUTES of Jesus, and the things that he DID, and the things that HAPPENED to him (including crucifixion and resurrection) can all be found in the myths of religions that pre-date Christianity, so really you have religion to thank for the CONCEPT.
  
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  by TheicidalManiac on December 11th, 2008
- Most religions are Cults by definition, I don't think Jesus believed in Cults.
  
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  by Weird Science on December 14th, 2008
- really. So what do you call a small handful of people who follow a guy that claims to be God?
  
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by Anonymous on May 22nd, 2007
Back to the original question. Yes, Mormons believe that all other religions are based on false doctrine. As part of their temple endowment ceremony, a drama is performed (or played as a film) during which a clergyman representing a Christian minister accompanies the Devil in trying to deceive Adam and Eve. The "false" minister recites a take-off of the 3rd century Nicean creed, in a mocking and sarcastic tone, which Mormon Adam then denounces as pure crap, preferring to embrace the whole strange Mormon concept instead. In earlier times the congregation was encouraged to boo and hiss at this "false minister".

In the Doctrines And Covenants there are constant references to "the great and abominable church"- possibly meaning Catholicism, but after that little endowment pantomime it could just as well mean any conventional religion.

Charming.

I am a staunch lapsed Catholic, and I admit that while our profession of faith does mention "one holy Catholic and apostolic church", one must remember that the word "catholic" actually means "universal". I would never subscribe to a faith who is so specifically condemning and rude about others.

Hi, all you LDS out there. Sorry for blabbing about part of your "secret" endowment ceremony, but the Bible condemns secrecy, and Jesus stated loudly during his arrest that He never preached anything in secret. If you want people to be less suspicious of you, be more up front about your actual doctrines. Do not hide your light under the bushel of cultishness. What have you got to be ashamed of?

Quite a bit, it would seem.
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- To all, I don't know of a more false doctrine then the LDS scriptures. Manmade for sure! LDS don't even believe in the same God. If LDS believe God was once an exalted man. Then who created him? And then who created the exalted man that created him? There is only one God, in the beginning that created all things. There are so many differences in LDS scripture than true Christianity you cannot even compare the LDS with any Christian religion. LDS is a cult!
  
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  by Weird Science on December 8th, 2007
- I am not knocking anyone's faith and everyone has a right to their own beliefs. I cannot comment on LDS because I don't know much about them. I do know that the very last sentence of the KJV Bible states that if any man shall add to or take away from this book, so shall his name be removed from the book of Life (or something to that effect). It is my opinion that if there was "another testament" of Jesus and his teachings needed, it would be found somewhere between the Book of Genesis and the Book of Revelations. Just my humble opinion..no need for anyone to get their knickers in a twist.
  
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  by Jade on December 15th, 2007
- Jade, with all due respect, there’s several holes in the theory that the Book of Mormon is negated by the counsel in Revelation 22:18 (which is not the last sentence of the Bible, but close enough).
  1) Much of the Book of Mormon was written before John’s writings.
  2) All three of John’s epistles were written after his Book of Revelation, so he obviously felt comfortable writing more after giving this counsel.
  3) The Bible itself wasn’t compiled until at least 50 years after John’s writings and wasn’t finalized until about 300 years later.
  4) Even if the Bible *had* predated John, the word “Bible” is just an Anglicized version of the Greek word for “books”; Rev. 22:18 only speaks of “this book.”
  5) Perhaps most importantly, the exact same counsel is found in Deuteronomy 4:2, which by this interpretation would negate most of the Book of Deuteronomy, the entire remainder of the Old Testament, and the entire New Testament (including the words of Christ and the very passage you cite).
  HTH!
  
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by unknown on June 9th, 2007
Pretty much all religions believe that to be true.
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- Again, B'Hai's don't.
  http://www.bahai.org/
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 27th, 2009
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by Weird Science on June 9th, 2007
http://www.irr.org/mit/boc/

check it out, there are many more changes then just this, the LDS History had been changed as well.
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- And this answers the question how?
  
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by Weird Science on June 9th, 2007
The LDS Church and their scriptures have been changed so drastically over the 175 years; it's not even the same religion. Book of Commandments in 1833, revised to Doctrine and Covenants, Book of Mormon published in 1830, 35 truthfully I don't know how many times but over 4000 changes. Stuff was deleted because most of JS's prophesies didn't come true. His first vision wasn't even recorded until, not sure maybe 1840 or so, and there are about 7 different versions of it. First he claims to see an angle, then two, then someone; I believe it was Brigham Young changed it to heavenly father and Jesus. I can go on, if you want all the information just Google it, some sites have original scanned documents to prove it the IRR, religious research website's pretty good they have the money to buy a $75,000 Book of Commandments.
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- Incorrect, and not at all relevant to the question anyway.
  
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  by Anonymous on June 9th, 2007
- What is incorrect? The Book of Mormon has been changed, and the Book of Commandment is now the changed D & C, deny it like the LDS church does, it's just punctuation and it does relate how it be a true religion if you change your doctrine? What it wasn't right the first time? Come on man, I just want someone for the LDS Church to own up to all the changes and stop making excuses!!
  
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  by Weird Science on June 9th, 2007
- Sure there are changes, but you’re right, the “4,000” figure includes over 1,500 changes in capitalization and punctuation. Since there was no punctuation or capitalization whatsoever in the original translation, I hardly think these changes even warrant discussion.
  The number also includes the removal of about 2,400 words that were important in Hebrew but unnatural in English. (Mark Twain, for example, once said that “If they took out all the ‘and it came to pass’es, it would be the Pamphlet of Mormon.”) ;-) This is just an ease-of-reading issue and also doesn’t warrant discussion.
  This leaves us with about 100 changes, most of which were simply misprints in the first edition. If you want to deal with the last dozen or two, fine, but please don’t keep spouting of the “4,000 changes” figure; it just makes you look ignorant. If you really want to learn about the changes in the Book of Mormon, here you go:
  http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Conferences/2002_Changes_in_the_Book_of_Mormon.html
  HTH!
  
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  by the Otter on January 9th, 2008
- No you look ignorant because there is no evidence to support the book of Mormon!! The most correct book doesn't need changes! But that's ok you can have your cult you are all being decieved and you all have been warned.
  
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  by Weird Science on January 10th, 2008
- AS I have asked before and not gottan an answer. How could the most correct book have so many errors? It would seem to IMHO that if joey translated word for word, than each and every word woulkd be correct to the dotting of an eye. period
  
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  by Joseph Smith was a fraud and Eisegete on November 17th, 2008
- they can always say that they have a living prophet and can change the book or something a long those lines. That is a blanket answer, and so is, as long as the bible is translated correctly, heck anyone could make anything up if you go by that.
  
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  by Weird Science on November 17th, 2008
- lola, nobody ever said the Book of Mormon was *perfect*; just *most correct* (which statement, when read in context, was obviously primarily concerned with the doctrines therein). Thus, we believe the Title Page of the Book of Mormon, written by Moroni before interring the plates in ca. A.D. 421, which reads in part: “And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men.”
  
  Personally, I think that if footnotes had been invented during Joseph Smith Jr’s lifetime, he would have just annotated the few dozen places that constitute the only substantial changes made from the original manuscript till today. Unfortunately, they weren’t, so he made his notes inline and they have continued to be published as such.
  
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  by the Otter on November 17th, 2008
- http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4614882
  
  Just thought you might like to answer this question otter
  
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  by Joseph Smith was a fraud and Eisegete on November 17th, 2008
- Done: http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4619050
  
  Thanks for the heads up!
  
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by Troy64 on April 15th, 2007
no they dont we believe that the other religions have truths that some are construed or have missing parts but we certainly dont believe that they are based on false doctrine
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- Since doctrine simply means "teaching" how can this answer be correct? It's illogical.
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 27th, 2009
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by Gene H on January 4th, 2009
Not until they've had their morning coffee! How could other religions have true doctrines? No magic undies.
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- >How could other religions have true doctrines? No magic undies<
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  Yep, not even the Masons have Temple Garments! Good point.
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 27th, 2009
- Gene, they are not magic. :) They are simply a physical reminder of covenants made in the Temple. ;)
  
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  by Arithon on October 26th, 2009
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  LOL. Arithon, you would never know it from the Folk Lore that surrounds the Temple Garments!
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  From WikiPedia:
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  "The following are examples of tales and popular concepts from Mormon folklore . . . that wearing temple garments affords physical protection, and that some wearers have survived car wrecks, floods, and other calamities unscathed thanks to the protective power of the garments.[Hank Stuever, "Unmentionable No Longer: What Do Mormons Wear? A Polite Smile, if Asked About 'the Garment'", Washington Post, 2002-02-26, p. C1]"
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_folklore#Tales_and_popular_beliefs
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 26th, 2009
- All this underwear talk is getting me hot!
  
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  by Gene H on October 26th, 2009
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  ROFLOL! Oh behave!
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  Then THIS will surely push you right over the edge baby!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcN_LbP3QbA
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- lol That's the guy from Project Runway! I cringe everytime I hear those stories you mentioned Mister IT. Its a misrepresentation of what the garment really is. What's funny is we are the one's who tell the stories! (LDS people that is) :)
  
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  by Arithon on October 26th, 2009
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  >What's funny is we are the one's who tell the stories! (LDS people that is)<
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  Yes, I know. I have been told these by my brother:
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  "An iron worker was scalded in an industrial accident and had third degree burns all over his body - EXCEPT where he was protected by his garments!"
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  "A man was hit by a car and had broken bones EXCEPT where they were covered by his garments."
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  Now, I wonder if anyone bothered to realize that if those stories were true both men would most likely be DEAD!
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  But as you've seen it's annoying critical thinking like THAT that gets me in trouble.
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by jazzbat on November 16th, 2008
Isn't religion great?!
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by Vampyre Bat on December 15th, 2007
Not entirely. Joseph Smith taught and the missionaries teach today, that all faiths have some portion of truth but only in the Mormon faith is that truth completely revealed and understood to it's highest degree possible by Heavenly Father's children.
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- Vampyre Ba, good answer, but you might want to go back through it an correct some rather glaring typos.
  
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  by Glenn Blaylock on November 17th, 2008
- wow Glenn those are bad...I must have been blind or on auto pilot that day. lol.
  
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- fixed.
  
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by philosopher-saint on January 4th, 2009
Do you about your religion?
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- beat me to it! :-)
  
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  by Anon E. Maus on January 4th, 2009
- I'll tell you: my right index finger (for typing) has become lethally fast!
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by jazzbat on November 16th, 2008
Isn't it wonderful how religion helps bring people together? Not...
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by Weird Science on November 12th, 2008
Mormons believe that the bible was not translated correctly, in other words you can't trust the bible....so I would say that Mormons believe that all Christians only have part of the truth.
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- TOTC, thanks for a respectful answer. How’s it going? You still in Iraq? Either way, seriously… thanks again for that! :-)
  
  Anyway, I just wanted to point out that the first part of your answer is a tiny bit misleading. I would think that the Latter-day Saint belief that “the Bible… be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly” (Eighth Article of Faith) would be pretty standard among Christians, wouldn’t it? I mean, there’s literally thousands of different versions of the Bible out there, and some of them directly contradict each other. Doesn’t that necessarily require *any* Christian to believe in the translation that s/he believes to be accurate?
  
  Not trying to start a fight here, just wondering what your thoughts are on this. Thanks! :-)
  
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  by the Otter on November 12th, 2008
- Yes finally out of Iraq, and after 9 years I am getting out of the Army. It was good for me but I have reached most of my goals, time to move on.
  
  Yes, I believe you are correct, I believe it that way anyway, that is to say that the more I research religion the more it looks like man has thrown in their 2 cents. We can only look at the bible as a factual historical document, and then put our faith in the rest. That is when it talks about a mountain or a city and the city can be found, physical evidence of certain races of people. These are facts, anything other then that could be debated.
  
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- Good to hear you made it out alive—and in one piece, I hope? Either way, welcome home, soldier. I admire you to no end for what you’ve done, and you have my most sincere gratitude for protecting my family, these last nine years. :'-)
  
  As for the rest of your response. I know this is somewhat of a rarity, but I agree with you 100%. ’Nuff said. :-)
  
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  by the Otter on November 13th, 2008
- thank you Otter, it is always great to hear the appreciation of others. That means more to me then any award that the Army could give me. We have had great support from home (meaning the US and all the citizens). I have to say the hardest thing about deployment is not being with family! Bottom line, fortunately my marriage is very strong and continues to grow I have a wonderful wife!!! Others (male and female Soldiers) have not been so lucky.
  
  for the response, it is unfortunate that we (the human race) have been detoured by many fabricated books. We tend to miss the real message and get caught up in this argent fight of who's right and who's wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I like to stick with proven facts for the most part, then there is no question. (well most of the time) lol.
  
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by TenLostTribes on March 9th, 2010
I wouldn't say that all churches besides ours are "based on false doctrine"--that would be extreme to say. We believe that most if not all religions do have origins in truth. However, we do believe that man's philosophies and incorrect doctrines are mixed into some beliefs. For example, Christians--whatever denomination--do believe in Jesus Christ being our Redeemer, we don't consider accepting him the Savior as false doctrine.
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by edndori on April 14th, 2009
Yes.
The one key doctrine all other religions teach that is false is that they have authority from God to act in his name.
Beside this, any other doctrinal question is insignificant.
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by dimpledlo on April 13th, 2009
no i dont believe that i am a Pentecostal christian and i was talking to some Mormons a while back and they believe ALMOST i said ALMOST the same as we do. that is what little i spoke with them. so if they do im sorry for mis judging im just giving them the benefit of da doubt dats all
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- Friend I too am a Pentecostal as well as a Mormon Studies Scholar. A couple of things here:
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  1) You didn't read the question right - it's addressed TO Mormons not Christians.
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  2) Despite what you FELT talking to those Mormons you were in reality speaking two different languages. Mormons use the same words but change the meaning of the words.
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  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
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- 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
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  14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
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  15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
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  I encourage you to educate yourself about Mormonism before you make the type of statements that you made here. You might want to start here with my White Paper entitled: 'Mormons: Pentecostals Gone Bad!' http://www.concernedchristians.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=42&func=view&id=76819&catid=10
  
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- like i said i talked to them very little i also apolagized if i was wrong in my own answer
  
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  by dimpledlo on April 13th, 2009
- No worries man - like I said they are warm, wonderful people and if you go on feelings it's easy to be deceived by them.
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  And check out my White Paper -- I think that the light will go on a bit after you read it.
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  To cut right to the chase, their founder Joseph Smith is demonstrable a false Prophet using both secular and Biblical criteria. And without Joseph Smith there IS no LDS Movement!
  
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  by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on April 13th, 2009
- Ok kewl im just making sure you know me as a Pentecostal Christian and not trying to flip flop and all that stuff about false Christians. I dont plan on converting and probably never will.
  
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  by dimpledlo on April 13th, 2009
- I wasn't worried. However, I think that it's important that all Christians have a good understanding of LDS Theology and History since it's inevitable that they WILL encounter it either directly or indirectly at some point - as you discovered.
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by edndori on February 7th, 2009
It would be closer to the truth to say that we believe all of them have false doctrines in their foundations.
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by whew4 on January 25th, 2009
Actually, to be more correct, we believe all other Churches are based on true doctrines, which are simply misinterpreted, which then makes their beliefs false. Most all of their beliefs come from the Bible, but because they do not understand them correctly, much false doctrine gets taught. But not everything they teach is false, but they do not know which is which. From the days of Adam, through the New Testament, God has always spoken through a living Prophet, when He communicates with mankind on the earth. He has never spoken to individuals, as most Churches claim today. When the Apostles were removed from the Church, there has not been any communication from God until He and His Son visited Joseph Smith in 1820. And 10 years later(April 6,1830) He restored the true Church back to the earth. Just look around you, it is clear that God cannot be speaking to every Church! God is a God of order, not of confusion...whew4
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by edndori on January 4th, 2009
No, they were based on sound doctrine.
But the Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) has the constant attention of those authorized by God to teach in his name and weed out error and false doctrine before it can take root and grow strong.
Other religions do not have that advantage.
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by Anonymous on August 3rd, 2008
Don't know that answer. But a Jew would say that all Christianity is not just based on false doctrine but is completely false doctrine and Jesus was a heretic and ultimate fake as he is claimed to be a "begotten son of god" who has no equals, no gods under him and because he is immortal does not need a son to take over for him.
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by 4841253 on July 21st, 2008
Absolutly not!!!!

We believe that their is good and some truth in all church's.
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by Weird Science on December 15th, 2007
New change in the Book of Mormon.....wow, I am shocked lol.
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by Anonymous on December 7th, 2007
Religion of any kind is nothing more than men trying to understand God.
You seek but you do not find,for you look outwardly to the flesh instead of inward to the spirit.
Love God, Love your neighbor, do not become separated by the frailties and falsehoods of your organized religions but seek the truth of the spirit which lives within each of you who have accepted our Lord Jesus.
For the deceit of mens traditions only serve to lead you astray from the true path.
Their is no word or truth in the words of men only in the word of The Christ himself.
For my brother John has said that in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word became flesh. This same Jesus is the true path, The narrow path and the only path to salvation.
Be not decieved my brothers as we approach the coming days for it is in this day of religious confusion that the Lord shall make known his Truth.Seek the truth in the Christ and leave behind the religion of man and move forward into a greater revelation of God's understanding.
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by leeks5229 on April 13th, 2009
I would agree. They have the wrong peceptions about other faiths.
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by Munik_S on March 13th, 2011
I'm a Mormon and i don't believe all the other religions are based on a false doctrine , i know many people from different religions and i believe there is a lot of good religions on earth ,a different doctrine doesn't mean a false doctrine , it is just a doctrine interpreted in a different way , i don't believe all the other religions are false , there is good religions and bad religions , Mormons religion is a good religion , but it doesn't mean it's the right religion to everybody , of course no all the Mormons have the same mind ,, as all the others religions , into the Mormon church there is those people who is blinded in their own religion and wanna see only what is into their world..
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by iwnit on April 15th, 2009
I found this about their position about other Christian religion:

"Modern Mormonism, Christian ecumenism, and interfaith activities:

Presently, Latter Day Saints typically believe that most traditional Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant adherents have much truth, and strong faith in Christ, which is essential for their salvation. They also believe that most of these people will have the opportunity to accept the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ prior to the "final judgment," and that all that truly have faith in Christ will be "saved" or possibly even exalted.

Mormons--as contrasted with mainstream Christians--believe that differences between the doctrine of the Trinity and some Latter Day Saint conceptions of the Godhead are relatively minor and can be supported by biblical scripture, ante-Nicean tradition, similar beliefs in some protestant churches and modern revelation.

However it remains true that none of the LDS churches accept the baptisms of mainstream Christian denominations as valid, though most Christian denominations do accept each other's baptisms. And Mormon missionaries include mainstream Christians indiscriminately in their proselytization efforts, seeking to convince them that some of their core beliefs are false and persuade them that acceptance of Mormon beliefs is necessary.

- Ecumenical and interfaith efforts by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
Brigham Young, the leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the majority of Mormons after Smith's death, also sounded a conciliatory tone, saying,

"Some who call themselves Christians are very tenacious with regard to the Universalians, yet the latter possess many excellent ideas and good truths. Have the Catholics? Yes, a great many very excellent truths. Have the Protestants? Yes, from first to last. Has the infidel? Yes, he has a good deal of truth; and truth is all over the earth." (Discourses of Brigham Young, pg 10).
In effect this showed that Brigham Young considered that other religions possessed some knowledge of truth. He obviously considered truths found within the main Christian churches to be comparable to the truths found with 'the infidel' (presumably other, non-Christian religions) in this regard. The overriding principal that Young sought to teach is that truth is found everywhere and the LDS recognized this fact.

In the last several decades, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been making a sustained effort to demonstrate the prominence of Jesus Christ in the church. These efforts have included adding the subtitle "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" to The Book of Mormon and recently re-branding of the church's official logo to place more emphasis on the phrase "The Church of Jesus Christ."

- Ecumenical and interfaith efforts by the Community of Christ:
More so than The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Community of Christ has made dramatic efforts to reconcile its doctrines with mainstream Christianity, and to appear more orthodox to other Christians."
Source and further information:
http://aboutsociology.com/sociology/User:74s181/Sandbox/Mormonism_and_Christianity_(later_history%29
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by Braedon on September 17th, 2009
The answer to your question isn't black-and-white. We believe that God has given truth and wisdom to many religions (see Alma 29:8) through inspired people, though not prophets. To name a few examples, we have Martin Luther, John Calvin, Muhammad, Buddha, and Confucius. While we have doctrinal disagreements with these people, we acknowledge their contributions and appreciate the Christian martyrs who made the Holy Bible available to us.

We do believe on the other hand that some churches have been misled by false doctrine. One major example the Nicean Creed, which was not written by prophets of God but nevertheless has heavily influenced how some churches see the nature of God.

We as a church don't believe that other religions are based on false doctrine. The LDS Church adds on to people's knowledge and beliefs that they already have.

You can talk to an LDS representative on mormon.org and ask them questions.
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by ariabell on October 24th, 2009
Yes they do. I was a Mormon and they believe that all other religions are falsely advertised. most Mormons think that they are all humble when in fact they are the most corrupt people in the world! and i have read the book of Mormon and actually Mormonism is based off of a fraud. Joseph Smith the founder of the religion was actually a con artist and he created this religion as a fraud to get others money....So Mormon doctrine is based off of lies. Mormons believe that the "holy spirit" talks too them and that the spirit has manifested unto them that this religion is the true religion and all others are false.
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by Algernon on October 24th, 2009
No, Mormons do NOT believe that all other religions are based on false doctrine. They believe that elements of the truth can be found in a number of faiths. The do believe that the most truth is to be found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormons do not condemn others to hell for not believing as they do, which sets them apart from some denominations. But they do believe that the greatest and highest blessings in eternity require accepting what they believe to be the restored church and living faithfully for the duration of their lives. All mankind, of whatever belief, will be rewarded according to their willingness to accept Christ and come unto Him, whether it be in this life or the next, prior to the final judgment.
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by Joseph Smith was a fraud and Eisegete on October 13th, 2009
Yes, this is in no way an acceptance of Mormonism though.

This is a mind control cult, no different than Heavens Gate or Jehovah's Witnesses.
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by Richard the Anonymous on April 15th, 2009
No!! They are based on true doctrine! You have to ask yourself where all these 'other' religions and beliefs came from. Well following the 'story' that is accepted by the LDS Church God created the earth, placed Adam and Eve on the earth, gave them commandments or what we call 'religion' and every other man or woman, belief, doctrine, etc must stem from that. That's not to say 'beliefs' have changed just that their origins or 'base' remain founded on a 'true' doctrine.
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