I've kind-of given up on arguing this point. Mormon theology is a moving target....you can't pin 'em down because they always receive new revelation.
I guess I'll just let them be. You know the old saying....they are such good, family oriented people. And, they are my neighbors, family and friends (can't live with em...can't live without em.)
Mormonism is SO off the wall. It reminds me of the nutty things in Hinduism.
HARD to believe that some very erudite people buy into Smith's "truth":
According to the LDS, an angel named Moroni led Joseph Smith in 1827 to a divine set of golden plates buried in a hillside near his New York home. God provided the 22-year-old Smith with a pair of glasses and seer stones that allowed him to translate the "Reformed Egyptian" writings on the golden plates into the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Mormons believe these scriptures restored the church to God's original vision and left the rest of Christianity in a state of apostasy.Wha-a-a-a-at-?
I had a aunt who was a Mormon. She told me that she had prayed me into Mormon heaven. She told my grandmother the same thing and my grandmother, bless her heart, told her daughter-in-law that she didn't want to go to Mormon heaven. Harhar. Cracked me up. I still miss her.
There's a sect of Christianity in India where Jesus DIDN'T die on the cross at Calvary but traveled to India, married, had children and taught His Messianic message there to the Indians.
My ex- is CONVINCED that somewhere in India there's a sect worshipping a '56 Chevy.