What are the main points of Mormons' teaching that this group of people consider contradictory to the Bible?
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There are hordes of essays and other resources on this subject available on the internet and elsewhere. The following comparison of beliefs, specifically about Jesus, comes from an organisation called the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry:
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- Mormonism: Jesus is created (Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce McConkie, p. 192, 589).
- Bible / conventional Christianity: Jesus is not created (John 1:1-3; Col. 1:16-17).
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- Mormonism: Jesus is the brother of the devil (Mormon Doctrine by Bruce McConkie, p. 192, 589).
- Bible / conventional Christianity: Jesus is not the brother of the devil. The devil is a fallen created angel. Jesus created all things (Col. 1:16-17). Therefore, Jesus is not the brother of the devil.
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- Mormonism: Jesus is one of three gods (Mormon Doctrine by Bruce McConkie, p. 319).
- Bible/conventional Christianity: Jesus is prayed to (Acts 7:59; 1 Cor. 1:1-2 with Zech. 13:9).
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- Mormonism: Jesus did not pay for all sins (Doctrines of Salvation by Joseph F. Smith, vol. 1, p. 135).
- Bible/conventional Christianity: Jesus did pay for all sins (1 John 2:2; 1 Pet. 2:24).
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I think a simple chart answers this best, so you can look at http://contenderministries.org/mormonism/comparison.php
Here are a couple of Mormon beliefs and their reference. I believe D&C is Doctrines and Covenant, not certain what book Mormon Doctrine is, but this could give at least a small sample of teachings the run smack against what mainstream Christianity teaches.
God the Father has a wife, through whom he procreates spirit children. "Implicit in the Christian verity that all men are the spirit children of an Eternal Father is the usually unspoken truth that they are also the offspring of an Eternal Mother. An exalted and glorified Man of Holiness (Moses 6:57) could not be a Father unless a Woman of like glory, perfection, and holiness was associated with him as a Mother" (Mormon Doctrine, 1977 ed., p. 516)
Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be" (D&C 93:29)
"If there had been no atonement, temporal death would have remained forever, and there never would have remained forever, and there never would have been a resurrection. The body would have remained forever in the grave" (Mormon Doctrine, 1977 ed., p.63)
"Redemption from death, through the sufferings of Christ, is for all men, both the righteous and the wicked" (Ibid., p. 65)
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