The best article ever written on Mormonism. A pre-eminent Lutheran scholar who converted to Catholicism and founded the renowned journal “ First Things” Its a long read but a read well worth every minute. This is not a read for lazy FReeper readers.
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2000/03/is-mormonism-christian
Thankyou Steelfish, I will attempt to read this article once I get a chance; however, the best article on the LDS Church is the Book of Mormon. A true miracle! How an uneducated 20 year old in upstate NY who could scarcly write his name dictated to scribes a 500 page book in one draft without a single revision is unparalleled in the history of the world.
Furthermore, as Mesoamerican archeology is blossoming it is becoming ever so much more parallel with the narrative of the Book of Mormon.
Jesus Christ did indeed visit the American Continent and they were the “other Sheep which are not of this fold” which Jesus Christ spoke of. Scholars have searched in vain for a fulfillment of this prophecy of Jesus Christ while most Christian ignore it as a “mystery”.