“Is following Jesus therefore interpreted by you to include all the doctrine of the mormon church...”
It means doing all I can to follow Him according to what I believe He has asked me to do. It means the same thing for you. The difference is that we believe we have been asked to do different things. You believe it’s the Ten Commandments. We add to those the Word of Wisdom, Law of Tithing, and Law of Chastity.
I fail to see how Christians see that as threatening. If you go out and murder someone, breaking the commandment that “Thou shalt not kill,” are you going to get to heaven just because you professed your faith in Jesus? Do you not, as a Christian, have to refrain from adultery if you are to keep the faith? Theft? Lying? Isn’t obeying these laws “works?”
How can Christians “deplore” statements that end up making us into better people? Wouldn’t you prefer a neighbor who doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke, and is generous with his means?
I think it is unnecessary to explain to you my statement meant that Jesus did not command us to wear special undergarments, refrain from drinking wine, coffee, or tea, perform rituals in an exclusive temple, etc. etc. What you say he has asked you to do is not what he has asked me to do, and my objection is to your implying that.
If you go out and murder someone, breaking the commandment that “Thou shalt not kill,” are you going to get to heaven just because you professed your faith in Jesus? Do you not, as a Christian, have to refrain from adultery if you are to keep the faith? Theft? Lying? Isn’t obeying these laws “works?”
That's a pretty good stretch there...obedience to the commandments doesn't qualify in my definition of "works". That's where you run into the idea of having to "work" to obtain salvation when it was a gift made to us by Jesus on the cross.
Color, would you agree to this?
As to my neighbors, I prefer them to live their own lives in their own way and allow me the same freedom.