I thought it might be useful to do a follow-up to my piece on "Are Mormons Christians" after I got quite a bit of feedback from Christians who do not consider Mormons part of the "group," despite the fact that Mormons quite obviously believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and as the Redeemer of mankind, the only possible author of the Atonement of all sins, and the first fruits of the resurrection.
But, these Christians say, Mormons believe in a lot of other stuff that other Christians believe in. So they can't be Christians. And their ideas make other Christians uncomfortable. In case you didn't know, the technical term for this kind of a group is "heretics." Now, if you ask me if Mormons are heretics of Christianity, I would say immediately "yes." There is no doubt that our ideas about Christ, about heaven, about God the Father, about the eternities, about heaven and the resurrection are all heretical to traditional Christianity. And that doesn't even begin to address things like Mormon temple rituals or The Book of Mormon.
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