Good article. At the risk of over-using the word “all”, this is precisely why the Mormon “gospel” is not the gospel at all. There is no self-help for those dead in their trespasses and sins. Were it not for the Rescuer, Who blows life into these dead souls, we would perish as Lazarus. But, He said “Rise”, and we found life from the dead. Many groups, Catholic, Mormon, and many modern Evangelical groups, are stuck in age-old synergism.
Yes, 'Boy you hit it right on the head. More than perhaps any religion, Mormonism is the "all-self" religion. I mean, this BYU prof tries to paint a different portrait when he said:
From the article:“When we do finally pass the veil, it will not be as individuals who have done our part,” Wilcox said. “But literally holding hands with Jesus.”
Well, what would the person they named Wilcox' university say to that? "I am the only person that can possibly save myself." -- Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 390 (1941)
Another later lds "prophet": "I am living for my own salvation now and hereafter..." Joseph F. Smith Life of JFS p. 454
How pathetically sad self-saviordom is.