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From: dbrown@watarts.UUCP (Dave Brown)
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Subject: Re: Mormons are not Christians.
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 22:47:52 EST
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   For the record, Mormon's believe everyone will make it to heaven.
Indeed, there is no hell. But, my friends, there are three sections
to the afterlife. These sections will be reached only after the second coming of 
Christ, at which time the judgement will take place. Up until that time. we 
all will have been in a type of limbo, segregated into the believers, 
i.e. Mormons, and the unbelievers, who can reach the side of the
believers through baptism of the dead. After the judgment, one's "hell",
will be in knowing that one could have been closer to God.
   The quest then for Mormon's is not to receive salvation,
but to get closer to God through works.  Herein lies my quarrel with
Mormon's being called Christian, which means a follower of Christ.
You see, Jesus said, "No one comes to the father, except through me."
To me, that precludes a graduated system of closeness to God.
Again, one can quote scripture verses all day, but, in the end,
faith is the thing I rely upon.