An overview of twelve reasons for believing that the Christianity that is based on the Bible is true whereas the religion of the LDS Church is not. You can read this article and from it jump to any of twelve articles that summarize the issues more fully (yet still briefly), or you can go directly to those articles by clicking on the titles below. Each of the twelve articles contains links to additional resources that explore the issues in much greater depth.
Why Christianity Is True but Mormonism Is Not
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Jesus’ resurrection happened; the First Vision did not.
The Bible is ancient; the Book of Mormon is modern.
Genesis is authentic; the Book of Abraham is not.
The text of the Bible is reliable; the Joseph Smith Translation is not.
The Bible is not missing any books; the Mormon scriptures are.
Biblical prophets did not take many wives in God’s name and lie about it; Joseph Smith did.
Biblical prophets did not teach racist doctrines; Mormon scriptures and prophets have.
Biblical Christianity is monotheistic; Mormon theology is polytheistic.
In the New Testament, Jesus is our only high priest; in Mormonism, every qualified adult Mormon man can be a high priest.
Jesus announced the end of temple religion; Mormonism has invented a new temple religion.
The biblical gospel is salvation by grace alone to eternal life as glorified creatures; the Mormon gospel is exaltation to godhood through grace and works.
The biblical prophets pass their own tests, but Joseph Smith does not.