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Response to a comment made to the Foundation for Christian Studies,
from another website.

Folks:

Thank you so much for visiting the Foundation for Christian Studies. We
appreciate your feedback and communication, although you both seem to take
great exception at our approach.

We at the foundation are Christians, like the 2 billion around the world
today from 38,000 different Christian denominations.

I'm sorry you feel we are being deceptive and working a bait and switch
scheme. Would you feel the same if we were Catholics, Methodists, or
Evangelicals?

We are in no way deceptive in the least. We clearly state the Christian
Orthodoxy which we follow in the about section of the website:
http://www.studychristianity.com/christian_orthodoxy.html - which is that of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We are foundation and in no way affiliated with any Church. If you read my
own personal testimony as the founder, you can learn more about my own
background as a Christian and the clearly stated fact that I align myself in
believe and affiliation with the Christian denomination of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
http://www.studychristianity.com/founderstestimony.html

There is no deception here - myself and the board of advisors are simply
teaching the world about the Christianity that we have come to embrace. We
are not an apologetic website, nor a defender of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. As our foundation statement reads we are "a
non-profit organization dedicated to the study, teaching, and practice of
Christianity in a way that inspires all people, regardless of theological
differences, to come together in support of essential Christian values and
compassionate service to God's children across the globe."

If you would like to discuss a particular doctrine you feel is out of step
with your own interpretation of Christianity we would be happy to do so. If
you would like to understand our definition of a Christian you can do so on
the website at: http://www.studychristianity.com/christian_defined.html .
Perhaps we can start with what the definition of a Christian is and why you
believe myself and the rest of the foundation, even Mormons as a group of
people, are not Christians. I would be very interested in how you have
arrived at that conclusion.

I truly hope you will visit us again and join in the dialogue taking place.

May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and your loved ones with his spirit and
redeeming love.

Sincerely,

Eric Shuster
Founder and Executive Director
The Foundation for Christian Studies
www.studychristianity.org
eshuster@studychristianity.org

If you would like to discuss a particular doctrine you feel is out of step
with your own interpretation of Christianity we would be happy to do so. If
you would like to understand our definition of a Christian you can do so on
the website at: http://www.studychristianity.com/christian_defined.html

Welcome to Mormonism 101

We'll begin in a minute.

In the mean time, you may enjoy the art that is on our walls.

You may think some of our doctrine a bit shifty; but if you study it real close in one area, it will be quite steady.

Please ignore any shifting you THINK you observe elsewhere, for if you look at THAT area; it, too, will become fixed.

That is about as textbook a definition of deceptive practices as one can get.

The folks have learned well from their LDS trainers.

The doctrine is less important than the marketing.

Something made very apparent here as well due to the many different errors we see the LDS posters make about their own doctrine and scripture and the spinning and such done to ignore/deny those very same errors...