What Do Mormons Really Believe?: What the Ads Don't Tell You [Paperback]

John Ankerberg (Author), John Weldon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

Mormons say they are Christians. True? In this frank look at Mormon teachings that are clearly incompatible with orthodox Christianity, Weldon and Ankerberg go beyond the “similarities” to reveal the chasm between the two views.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736908269
• ISBN-13: 978-0736908269
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,168,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trying to discredit the authors does not discredit valid points!, February 3, 2006

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Triune God "TriuneGod" (Temecula, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Do Mormons Really Believe?: What the Ads Don't Tell You (Paperback)

A number of people who are reviewing this book are attempting to discredit the authors. This is an attempt to get folks to avoid reading this book. I note that these people are not addressing some of the serious questions about the Mormon faith that are raised in this book. Any Christian, believing in the Jesus Christ of the Bible, who understands their own relationship with Christ, and can back their understanding of who Christ is Biblically, would have to consider some serious differences in who and what the LDS consider Christ. I do have friends who are LDS and they have backed many of the assertions of the authors that show distinct differences in a Christian ( Biblical) view of Christ and the LDS view. I know that the words may be painful for any LDS member to read, but consider the actual Mormon works cited and put the pieces together for yourself. When held against God's word (the Bible), many of them show falsehoods and inconsistancies.

God bless and guide us.

20 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Out [money] and Disappointed, August 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: What Do Mormons Really Believe?: What the Ads Don't Tell You (Paperback)

I rarely take the time to write reviews, but this book was bad enough I felt obligated to warn the reading public. These authors have gone back to early mormon sources from the mid-1800s, some fairly obscure and others really obscure (Orson Pratt, for example) and written a fairly hateful (and often inaccurate) anti-mormon tract. Some of the book may be interesting in a historical sense, but unfortunately it doesn't correlate much with what mormons really believe. If you're interested in finding out what Mormons believe, I recommend "Latter Days: An Insider's Guide to Mormonism, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" by Coke Newell--it's thorough and addresses a number of controversial topics (The Book of Mormon, polygamy, etc.).

18 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historical Evidence, March 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: What Do Mormons Really Believe?: What the Ads Don't Tell You (Paperback)

I believe that this book is very important to understand the Mormon Church. Historical background is a very important aspect in dertermining the validity of a faith.
I would also like to respond to the reader from Baton Rouge, who wrote their review on August 15, 2002. To say that the historical background of the Mormon Church no longer reflects the beliefs currently held by the Church members today is to undermine the reliablitlity of its doctrine in the first place. A Church who's own past and founding principals is no longer reliable or in line with current belief should stop and take a look at how they got to where they are today. Unlike Mormonism, Christianity (not in any way affiliated with Mormonism) is consistent today with historical background and evidence, including medical, anthropological, and non-Christian history evidence. I encourage you to thouroughly research objectively the beleifs and doctrines of the Mormon Church and contrast them to Christianity. You may be surprised.