Mormonism Unmasked

Lovely and early!

Roberts discourse on Mormonism provides enough well documented truth to adequately denigrate the Church of Latter Day Saints' history, practices, beliefs, dogma and writings. However, lacking objectivity, he allows himself to bubble over with negative comparisons between LDS and enlightened Evangelical Protestantism (read "Baptist") theological enterprise. In his enthusiasm he does not seem to recognize the many similarities that exist between the Mormon and Baptist religions historically. For example, he lists "denominations" in a chart in chapter 6, page 79 citing six Christian religious groups, including Baptist, he claims existed "Circa AD 90." Only one of the churches on that list actually did exist at the time, Catholic. He makes large the fact the the Mormon Church did not exist until 19th century, ignoring the fact that his own church, in fact, began as a separatist movement from the Church of England in the 17th century. Yes there is a great deal of truth and scandal documented in the pages of "Mormonism Unmasked," but it is all sadly dampened by the obvious bias of the author.

This book contains too many mistakes to be taken seriously, and its target audience is not Latter-day Saints, but those who know nothing about "Mormonism."One of the criticisms levelled against the Church pertains to the practice of baptism on behalf of the dead, with the popular "pronoun" argument being used. Moreover, in Greek, this would indicate that Paul was writing, positively, pertaining to baptism on behalf of the dead.Notwithstanding the English translations use of the pronoun "they," the Greek does not use such. Indeed, the Greek of 1 Corinthians 15:29, the verse in question, uses a present passive participle. Participles do not contain pronouns.Furthermore, *tòn nekron* (the dead) is in the Genitive case, indicating that the preposition *huper* is in the genitive. This, too, is significant, as *huper* followed by a accusative means "under," with some tying the practice for baptism for the dead, again, with Paganism, with Pagans sprinking water on themselves on top of ancestors' graves. However, the use of the genitive case simply means *huper* carries the meaning of "on behalf of." In short, the Greek text is further conducive to the Mormon practice being that of ancient Christianity, contra the authors of this text.

If you have any Mormons in your life and care for their eternal well-being, this is a great introduction to the topic of the differences between Mormonism and orthodox Christianity. I would recommend for further study checking out Dr. James White's is the Mormon my brother and letters to a Mormon missionary.

This book contrasts the differences between Christianity and Mormonism . The book provides strategies to witness to Mormons and how to convert them while still being respectfull. Concise, but informative, the book gives outlined view of Christianity and compares what Bible says and how the book of Mormon contradicts the Bible.

I read this book to get a better view of what my Mormon neighbors are trying to accomplish by pressuring people to join their church. The book had detailed information about the LDS Church beliefs, the public relations of the church & the pressure to increase numbers. The history of the LDS movement was interesting.

Addresses all the points about Mormonism. Backs up disagreements with scripture. Well written and easy to understand.

Dr. Roberts offers a solid assessment and historical background to Mormonism. This book is a great place to start.