Jake,

We may agree to disagree. I’d like to offer you a free copy of The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, for until you read the word of God, a second witness of the words of the Bible which we love and revere and live by as well, you will never know that the Lord hasn’t stopped speaking to His children, nor appearing to them, nor is He finished His work prior to His Second Coming. I witness to you, humbly but without any hesitation or apology, that God speaks to ‘all’ of His children; those in the Old World are as a father’s children in one room of mortality. Those in the New World are His children in ‘another room’, so-to-speak. He loves us all. He Himself prophesied in John that He had other sheep whom He’d visit! He kept His word as He always does and the Book of Mormon beautifully records His visit to those in ancient America. It contains so many affirmations of His love and of the fullness of His gospel. We have a second witness of Christ in this book, as He planned it, in a day where-in it is sorely needed. We are not here to contend but if you are an honest seeker, we’d be happy to send you a free copy of the Book of Mormon.God bless you in your spiritual journey.

Yes, Mormons believe all of this, but that God the Father and Jesus Christ are separate beings. We do not believe that God the Father is a spirit who took on a body to come to earth as Jesus Christ.

We agree with this scripture, but differentiate salvation (being saved into a kingdom of heaven) and exaltation to God’s intimate presence, which takes repentance and keeping Christ’s commandments.

We don’t reject any of the Bible, but love it, revere it, and study it. It is what is missing from the Bible that is the greatest challenge in understanding it. Much, for example, that testified of Christ, is missing from the Old Testament.

Mormons do believe Romans 3:10, 23, which state essentially that all of us are sinners. The only sinless person who ever lived on this earth. That is why we have God’s plan of salvation, which centers on the atonement of Christ. The atonement was wrought for the very reason that we are all sinners. We cannot be saved without it. We cannot be saved without God’s grace.

Note the following from the Book of Mormon, with the prophet Alma speaking: “And since man had fallen he could not merit anything of himself; but the sufferings and death of Christ atone for their sins, through faith and repentance…” — Alma 22:14