[tantiboh]

“The primary objection we more orthodox Christians have to Mormonism is that it is process-based. It is about what you do to appease God. Instead, we follow the Bible when it says that we can do nothing to achieve our own salvation but that it is given by God Himself.”

This is, indeed, a difference between our faiths, though not quite in the way you frame it.

Many Evangelicals believe that we are saved by faith alone.

The LDS Church teaches that you must engage in faith AND repentance. “Faith without Works is dead, being alone.” In other words, if you say you follow Jesus, you’d better act like it.

Since religion should be designed to make people into better people, this point of view makes perfect sense to me.

[George W. Bush]

This is, indeed, a difference between our faiths, though not quite in the way you frame it. Many Evangelicals believe that we are saved by faith alone. The LDS Church teaches that you must engage in faith AND repentance. “Faith without Works is dead, being alone.” In other words, if you say you follow Jesus, you’d better act like it.

You folks would be a little closer to the Roman Catholics, I think. Or at least it would please Baptist debaters to force you into that corner. LOL.

This really is Smoky Backroom stuff.

[greyfoxx39]

The LDS Church teaches that you must engage in faith AND repentance. “Faith without Works is dead, being alone.” In other words, if you say you follow Jesus, you’d better act like it.

Tant, that is a very broad interpretation of the passage. Is following Jesus therefore interpreted by you to include all the doctrine of the mormon church, including the three degrees of glory, the "man will become God" theory, the requirement to obey the WOW, the garment thing etc.

I am not a thelogian here, but from a logical point of view, statements that "following Jesus" means all that are part of what Christians deplore.