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All I need is Joseph Smith and other Mormons being "baptized" for me, gets me into heaven? ... we just needed to wait for Joseph Smith, who did it all?

(Well, I am not saying that...and not every grassroots Mormon says that...)

Yet it is quite interesting that in the Mormon Hymnal -- in a song called "Praise to the Man" (which is, btw, a DIRECT worship song sung unto Joseph Smith...NOT Jesus)...you can find these interesting lyrical lines:

lst verse:
Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah!
Jesus anointed that Prophet and Seer.
Blessed to open the last dispensation,
Kings shall extol him, and nations revere.
(Chorus]
Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven!
2nd verse:
Plead unto heav'n while the earth lauds his fame.
3rd verse:
Great is his glory and endless his priesthood.
Ever and ever the keys he will hold.
4th verse:
Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven;
Earth must atone for the blood of that man.
Wake up the world for the conflict of justice.
Millions shall know "Brother Joseph" again.?

You catch all that? Not "Millions shall know Jesus Christ...but Millions shall know 'Brother Joseph'" ...that's the REAL Mormon "gospel."

that's not what I learned in Sunday School.

So I would surmise, "No, you didn't learn the above Joseph Smith worship song in Sunday School!"

So.....you're saying that Mormons don't look to Jesus Christ, Son of God, sent to earth "at the right time, to become sin for all mankind," to pay God's wrath for sin, to become the Sacrifical Lamb, to "give His life as a ransom for sinners?"

Well, look closely at the lyrics in the 4th verse of the Mormon fave hymn, "Praise to the Man." Do you see how they totally turn around the notion of atonement:
Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven;
Earth must atone for the blood of that man.

So, it's the emphasis in this hymn isn't on Jesus' atoning blood; nope...it's the "earth" which must "atone" for Joseph Smith's blood!!!