Are you an "It's either all true or all false" Mormon?

[scottie]

(poll)

[cowboy]

What is "It?" Is "it" the official doctrine, or everything that the general authorities have ever said?

[Indy Coug]

"It" is whatever narrowly constructed parameters you can come up with so that when someone answers "Yes", they can spring a bevy of gotchas on them.

[LA Ute]

Objection. The question is vague and ambiguous.

[Surfah]

Agreed with all of the above posters so I refrained from voting.

[myboynoah]

I'm going all in.

[byu71]

I didn't know seperating the wheat from the chaff was as easy as taking a poll.

[myboynoah]

I didn't know seperating the wheat from the chaff was as easy as taking a poll.

It's going to be great laughing and pointing at all the "no" voters as I sit in my Celestial Glory.

[TripletDaddy]

I voted "NAM" because I thought we were supposed to be shying away from the use of "Mormon."

[SeattleUte]

I voted "NAM" because I thought we were supposed to be shying away from the use of "Mormon."

A couple of points.

1) You're a Mormon

2) As such, you believe:

a) The Book of Mormon is a history book

b) Only Mormons can be truly saved

Stop trying to water it down.

[byu71]

A couple of points.

1) You're a Mormon

2) As such, you believe:

a) The Book of Mormon is a history book

b) Only Mormons can be truly saved

Stop trying to water it down.

Point of reference for someone who actually knows. Do we believe only Mormons can be saved? I actually thought we believed all men will be saved except for a very few. Am I wrong.

[Indy Coug]

Point of reference for someone who actually knows. Do we believe only Mormons can be saved? I actually thought we believed all men will be saved except for a very few. Am I wrong.

Define "saved".

We are currently taught that one needs all of the saving ordinances in order to receive exaltation. If you can receive those outside the confines of the LDS church, then to that extent you don't need to be a Mormon to be saved.

[byu71]

Define "saved".

We are currently taught that one needs all of the saving ordinances in order to receive exaltation. If you can receive those outside the confines of the LDS church, then to that extent you don't need to be a Mormon to be saved.

Resurrected and not confined to hell. Please don't ask me then to define hell and resurrected.

In my opinion, all mankind is saved, not exalted.

[LA Ute]

Point of reference for someone who actually knows. Do we believe only Mormons can be saved? I actually thought we believed all men will be saved except for a very few. Am I wrong.

I like to put it this way: We believe those who don't accept what we consider to be the ordinanances of exaltation (baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost, Melchizedek Priesthood for men, temple endowment and celestial marriage) but who live good honorable lives will be happy in the hereafter. In other words, for example, my Evangelical Christian friends whom the Lord judges to have been good and "honorable men of the earth" will get pretty much what they profess to want and expect in the hereafter. They won't be exalted and won't fulfill their full potential, but they'll be eternally happy. In fact, I think that except for those poor sons of perdition, once everyone has paid the price for their sins, whatver level of eternal reward they get, they'll be happy. Not happiest, but happy. All things considered it's a pretty doggone generous plan. Just my view.

[byu71]

I like to put it this way: We believe those who don't accept what we consider to be the ordinanances of exaltation (baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost, Melchizedek Priesthood for men, temple endowment and celestial marriage) but who live good honorable lives will be happy in the hereafter. In other words, for example, my Evangelical Christian friends whom the Lord judges to have been good and "honorable men of the earth" will get pretty much what they profess to want and expect in the hereafter. They won't be exalted and won't fulfill their full potential, but they'll be eternally happy. In fact, I think that except for those poor sons of perdition, once everyone has paid the price for their sins, whatver level of eternal reward they get, they'll be happy. Not happiest, but happy. All things considered it's a pretty doggone generous plan. Just my view.

And why I tell the few Baptists I have let into my home and they push me on the fact that I haven't accepted Christ and believe that we are saved without works, I tell them they are full of crap.

My church teaches all men are saved through Jesus Christ. It is in fact a gift and not received because of our works. What the heck is their gripe?