Which Christ? The Christ who is Lucifer's "spirit brother" and was born of natural intercourse involving a divinized man who worked his way to godhood?
No, you're right, we don't. In fact, we don't believe in that "Christ" at all.
But we're perfectly within our rights to recognize the simple fact that Mormons are unable to baptize in the name of a Trinity in which they in fact do not believe.
In Fact they need to stop the organized cover-up of child rape before they start with criticizing Mormons.
You need to do a little more reading. Start with this.
Please,
You need to check your mail!!!!!!!!!
Yes, indeed, Campion. From the article: "The baptism of the Catholic Church and that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," the theologian said, "differ essentially as regards faith in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in whose name baptism is conferred and, at the same time, in regard to Christ, who instituted it." Father Ladaria pointed out that even non-Catholics can administer baptism validly, as the minister of the sacrament is, in fact, Christ himself. But the baptizer must do so in the name of the Trinity…
What this Roman Catholic leader is highlighting is Jesus Christ’s clear teaching in Matthew 28:19: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the NAME of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…
Since Romans 6 says we are baptized into an identity -- a NAME--a PERSON (Jesus Christ) -- and NOT into a church body, we are to first realize that we are baptized into a single Name. [Yet Mormon doctrine knows of no solo, single god apart from other gods en masse]
Now, what’s interesting is that Joseph Smith, who borrowed very heavily from the KJV early on in the Mormon church’s history, initially copied this in at least his early “revelations” (if not fully in practice): Look at these passages:
Doctrine & Covenants 68:8 (November, 1831): ”Go ye into all the world, preach the gospel to every creature, acting in the authority which I have given you, baptizing them in the NAME of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
3 Nephi 11: 27, Book of Mormon: ”And after this manner SHALL ye baptize in MY NAME; for behold, verily I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one.”
Now, Mormons, if they were to take these canonized Mormon "revelations" seriously, realize they can't skirt around this issue. Their "jesus" already said in 3 Nephi 11:27 that this single-NAME baptism matter was a "shall" issue -- not a ho-hum take-it-or-leave-it matter.
AND both that verse and D&C 68:8, make it clear that NO baptisms, Christian or otherwise, even Mormon or otherwise, are to occur in the plural names of the gods! (Not legit, authorized baptisms, that is).
So Mormons are stuck. They have ZERO authority to baptize in plural names, per both the D&C & BoM. Only in the single 3-in-1 Name of God revealed in 3 Nephi 11:27!!!
It may seem that the one place Mormon leaders do obeisance to the Trinity is in baptism! Yet all the rest of their theology is anti-Trinity!!!
They are two-faced.
(For those of you who are ex-Mormons, how often have you seen a Mormon baptism in the plural NAMES of divine ones?)