I say again many churches come up with their conditional added requirements that many for example believe are needed like purgatory. That certainly says Christ atonement was not sufficent and man must be additionaly {purged} cleansed of sin. No I do not believe in purgatory.
Then there are the Baptism legailist. Ever been hounded by a well meaning zealot who said you are not saved because your preacher said I Baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit instead of saying I Baptize you in the name of Jesus Christ? I had one from which I could not excape. Was he right to continue his trying to convert me? No! But nothing and I do mean nothing short of his preachers way was The Way.
I do believe this though. To those Christ calls His own the gates of hell can not prevail. I see just as serious Theological issues or differences in some other Christian churches. Most of it stems from mis-read scriptures or taking something very literal that was not intended to be.
Most if not 90% of the LDS post on this thread are cut and pasted from some website that hate LDS. I invite all to search their own denomination and see how many websites out there attack it. There are some even devoted to attacking specific Christian Churches and preachers. I'll give you an example. Look up John Hagee. That should stir up a lot of hate site hits. GOD will set all churches on the right and true in His own time.
I feel sorry for persons searching for Christ and reading some of the threads in here. They would look and see that this church says this and the others are wrong and vice versa. What would their reponse be?
It all comes down too these few verses
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. 18“There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him. But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God. 19Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness. They stay away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be punished. 21But those who do what is right come to the light gladly, so everyone can see that they are doing what God wants.”
And this
38John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he isn’t one of our group.” 39“Don’t stop him!” Jesus said. “No one who performs miracles in my name will soon be able to speak evil of me. 40Anyone who is not against us is for us. 41If anyone gives you even a cup of water because you belong to the Messiah, I assure you, that person will be rewarded. 42“But if anyone causes one of these little ones who trusts in me to lose faith, it would be better for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around the neck.
As for me? I will leave a Baptist a Baptist, a Catholic a Catholic, and anyone professing Jesus Christ as Lord and savior alone as far as trying toconvert them to another church.
1st Peter ch4 v 7The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers. 8Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.