Of course, for this to be completely true -- beyond the socio-political/economical components -- you've got to...
(a) completely ignore the Bible;
(b) completely ignore Jesus;
(c) completely ignore the apostle Paul...
...none of which I would advise...
...would you, SoFlo?
Jesus talked to the Pharisees about being in bondage to sin (John 8); the apostle Paul covered this same thing at length in Romans 6.
Jesus and Paul also described this bondage with the severity of equivalence to being "dead"...Jesus saying in Luke 9 to let the (spiritually) dead bury the (physical) dead...and referenced the Pharisees in Matthew 23 as resembling sepulcres on the inside...and the apostle Paul added:
2 As for you, you were DEAD in your transgressions and sins,.. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were DEAD in transgressions. (Ephesians 2:1,4-5)
Mormons are the leading legalists of our day -- of the equivolency of the Pharisees of Jesus' time...
I’m not sure where you get Mormonism completely ignoring Jesus, Colofornian. Nothing could be further from the truth there.
Jesus Christ is the reason for Mormonism, and without Him there would be nothing to our faith.
Best wishes,
Normandy