Jesus Christ/Accusations that Latter-day Saints aren't Christians

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Criticism

Critics claim that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not "Christian."

Response

At its base, this claim is an excellent example of the No true Scotsman fallacy.

The claimed bases for the charge that the LDS are not Christians include:

• LDS do not accept creedal Trinitarianism as set out by the Nicene Creed. This means that they conceive of Jesus and Satan as being spiritual ' siblings' in terms of their origin.
• Because of different understandings about God, some Christian critics accuse the LDS of worshipping a different Jesus
• LDS have doctrines which differ from traditional Christianity
  • premortal existence
  • vicarious work for the dead
  • eternal marriage and families
  • three degrees of glory
• LDS use additional scripture with the Bible
• LDS do not accept creatio ex nihilo
• LDS heed the teachings of Joseph Smith and other modern prophets
• LDS reject such doctrines as predestination to salvation or damnation

Conclusion

A summary of the argument against the criticism.

Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

• Logical fallacies
  • Ad hominem
  • Appeal to authority
  • Appeal to belief
  • Appeal to the majority
  • Appeal to tradition
  • Argument from repetition
  • Argument ad numerum
  • Bandwagon fallacy
  • Begging the question
  • False analogy
  • False premise
  • Ideology over reality
  • No true Scotsman
  • Poisoning the well
  • Straw man

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