{"id":999,"date":"2013-01-11T16:56:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T22:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrm.org\/?p=999"},"modified":"2025-06-03T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:11:53","slug":"doctrines-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrm.org\/doctrines-index","title":{"rendered":"Doctrines\/Theology Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/evangelicalbeliefs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Want to know what we at MRM believe?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Are Mormons Christian?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrm.org\/10-mormonism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 Reasons why Mormonism is not the same as Christianity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/mormons-christian\/\">Are Mormons Christian? 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Mormon and the Three Degrees of Glory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrm.org\/stand-on-abortion\">Why the LDS Church needs to take a tougher stand on the issue of abortion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrm.org\/revelations-policies-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revelations, policies, doctrine, and decrees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrm.org\/doctrine-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LDS Citations on Doctrine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/pinning-down-mormon-doctrine\">Pinning down Mormon doctrine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrm.org\/official-mormon-doctrine\">Understanding Just What is &#8220;Official&#8221; in Mormon Doctrine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/official-doctrine\">Mormonism, Officiality and Plausible Deniability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mrm.org\/10-lds-hymns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 LDS Hymns that Should be Deleted in the 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