Mormonism 101: Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints
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Thin Theological Comparison; Mild Bigotry at work
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Disclaimer - I was born Roman Catholic and converted to become a member of the Episcopal Church. Having said that, I found this book to be awfully thin in its theological comparisons of mainstream Christianity and the LDS Church. At the end of each chapter, it provides "dialouges" for confronting Mormons on various aspects of their faith, but from a hostile point of view.
I bought this book hoping to learn more about the LDS church, but instead I fear that I helped support a biased, and most likely bigoted, organization called the "Mormon Research Ministry." The authors of this book run the MRM and upon investigating their website you can see they are nothing but a shill for fundamentalist Evangelical Christians who are ardently anti-Mormon. The banner on the site proclaims "Challenging Mormon Principles Since 1979". While the LDS church may embrace beliefs not common to other denominations, I would suggest that some of the theological differences between Catholics and Baptists are as vast, and quite varied. It is unfair to lump all Christian denominations (Methodists, Episcopalians, Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Adventists, etc.) as "mainstream" when there are vast theological differences among them, all the while excluding the LDS church. It is an intellectually dishonest technique to suggest that there is any one definition of mainstream Christianity without at least allowing for a definition of how the authors view "mainstream."
I have no horse in this race. I am not inclined to believe that any one man's faith is more correct than the other, but from an intellectual standpoint this book is flawed. I know many Evangelicals, and quite a few Latter-Day Saints. All are good people. Unfortunately, the authors chose to paint Mormons as mindless sheep instead of thoroughly explaining from a historical context the background of the LDS church, then proceeding with a critical, yet evenly balanced, look at the theology of the church while juxtaposing other Christian theologies. |
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