[Bainbridge]

Limited understanding. No. If one reads the plain text, it is evident that the ideas and claims made by Joseph Smith and the subsequent “Prophets” are far outside the pale of Christian Orthodoxy.
The problem arises when outsiders figure out that there are 2 versions. The inside version and the one used to talk to the “gentiles”. ( It might interest our Jewish friends to know that non- Mormons are sometimes referred to as Gentiles by LDS members!

[restornu]

Why didn’t I get that version you are talking about?

[restornu]

It might also interest the Christian world, that our Jewish friend have thought in their literature that Christian are gentiles or goyim.

So what is your point?