re: #329 ProLifeLiberal

As long as they just say “Christians”, without adding “exactly like you”, it’s not dishonest, just an opinion. And the Mormonism of the older times is different from the modern Mormonism, so war, polygamy, racism - all this is no longer matters for evaluation. Interestingly, LDS has been moving closer to the traditional Christianity at least in image - IIRC Gordon B. Hinckley in interviews insisted that they’re not emphasizing certain teachings (like the infinite chain of gods etc.). The wild theological speculations (many of which the Church now insists are not binding) really flourished only in the beginning (JS, BY, Orson Pratt…).