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They ARE scripture? I’d’ve thought they’d have some status like the Catholics (and many Protestants) give the Apostle’s Creed; you have to hold it to be true, because it is based on scripture, but it, itself, is not scripture.

I gotta say, there’s a lot even in the profession of faith of the Pearls of Great Price that is, well, shocking.

>>We believe that men will be apunished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression <<

This seems to be a denial of a misunderstanding (an accidental straw man) of the doctrine of Original Sin: Adam’s sin makes our own sins inevitable; the purpose of baptism is to release man from the demonic oppression. (Yes, in Catholic liturgy, a baptism is called a Rite of Minor Exorcism.)

>> We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. <<

Nope, the bible is quite plain that we are saved by faith. Yes, we Catholics believe that! We just believe that works are a necessary manifestation of that faith (if it ain’t growing, you’re feeding it wrong), and that sacraments are a means of receiving the grace through which faith is given.

>> We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth. <<

Wow, I did not know that Mormons were “charismatic.”

I just checked out the book of Abraham as I write this. Yipes! It is bizarre! The Chaldeans were dominated by Hamite Egyptians? Why isn’t this published in the Book of Mormon if it is also scripture?