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Contents
- 1 Response to claims made in "Chapter 5: Confronting the Mormon Jesus"
- 1.1 Claim The author claims that the "most important single error" of Mormonism is to have "reduced Jesus from his deserved status as the infinite and eternal Son of God, meaning the Second Person of the Trinity, to that of just another preexistent, finite and procreated child of the heavenly Father."
- 1.2 Claim The author claims that "LDS theology teaches that Jesus was no different essentially than any other human child of God."
- 1.3 Claim The author states that Mormons teach that "Jesus was conceived, not by the Holy Spirit, but by a special physical visitation of God the heavenly father to earth."
- 1.4 Claim The author claims that Mormons do not worship the "Real Jesus."
Response to claims made in "Chapter 5: Confronting the Mormon Jesus"
| Chapter 4: Polytheism Reborn | A FAIR Analysis of: Mormonism Unmasked A work by author: R. Philip Roberts
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Chapter 6: This is Good News? |
Claim
The author claims that the "most important single error" of Mormonism is to have "reduced Jesus from his deserved status as the infinite and eternal Son of God, meaning the Second Person of the Trinity, to that of just another preexistent, finite and procreated child of the heavenly Father."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
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Claim
The author claims that "LDS theology teaches that Jesus was no different essentially than any other human child of God."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
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Claim
The author states that Mormons teach that "Jesus was conceived, not by the Holy Spirit, but by a special physical visitation of God the heavenly father to earth."
Response
Conception
Summary: It is claimed that Latter-day Saints reject the "Evangelical belief" that "Christ was born of the virgin Mary, who, when the Holy Ghost came upon her, miraculously conceived the promised messiah."
Claim
The author claims that Mormons do not worship the "Real Jesus."
Response
The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus
Summary: It is claimed that Latter-day Saints believe in a "different" Jesus that "mainstream" Christians.