by Sandy » Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:38 pm
As you might expect, there is a plethora of books out there which distinguish the core doctrines of Mormonism from the core doctrines of mainstream Christianity, written by authors from both sides. There are almost as many Mormon authors who refer to the "Standard Works of the Church," the three extra-Biblical writings considered by the Mormon church as superior to Biblical revelation, and the revelations of the sitting Prophet, whose words are also considered superior to Biblical revelation, in refuting Christianity as there are Christian writers refuting Mormonism.
Jeffress wants to avoid calling Mormonism a "sociological cult" because they frequently wind up on the same side politically, and he obviously doesn't want to endanger that alliance. But the fact of the matter is that Mormons use any association that makes them look mainstream, knowing that even among conservative evangelicals, there are not that many people who know much about Mormonism except the moral, family image they carefully craft by spending millions of dollars on advertising. If Romney is elected President, the Mormon church will go into overdrive to capitalize on this endorsement of legitimacy to win converts, which they do largely by recruiting among Christian churches. Their first prophet Joseph Smith, declared, by revelation of God, that the "professors" of all of the various Christian denominations and churches were "corrupt," and that Smith was to avoid joining any of them. That prophecy still stands as core Mormon doctrine.
Jeffress shows his true colors by his statement that, if Romney wins the GOP nomination, he will support him over President Obama, because of the latter's support for homosexual marriage and abortion. That certainly undermines the veracity of his support for Perry, and exposes him as being politically motivated, rather than spiritually motivated, since Romney's record on those two issues is right in line with Obama's. So it can't be about those two issues, then, can it?