A man who is not a Latter-day Saint wrote this after closely observing and studying Latter-day Saint belief and practice:
“I came to realize just how deeply Christ-centered Mormonism is.
Mormonism is more than Christianity, of course—most obviously, by adding the Book of Mormon to the Bible as a “third testament”—and for many Christians, that makes it much less than Christianity as well.
Nevertheless, the fact that Mormonism adds to the traditional Christian story does not necessarily mean that it detracts from Christianity to the point of denying it altogether.
After all, what gives Christianity its identity is its commitment to the divinity of Jesus Christ. And on that ground Mormons are more Christian than the many Christians who, under the spell of skeptical historians and demythologizing theologians, do not take seriously the astounding claim that Jesus is the Son of God.”
Source: Stephen H. Webb, Mormon Christianity, Oxford University Press
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