I used to be a supporter of Saints alive, AKA "Ex mormons for Jesus, back in the 80's. I confess that I don't get into this stuff much any more. However, I do use the knowledge I gained from that study and things like your post. I mostly now just focus on the message of Jesus and if mormonism comes up I am armed to explain why, though it has the appearance of Christianity, it denies the foundation upon which it rests.
You are the one that denys the foundation upon which it rests. The foundation is not the bible. The foundation is living apostles and prophets that receive revelation from the cornerstone of the foundation which is Jesus Christ. If you are unfamiliar with this foundation then read this scripture:
Ephesians 2:19-21King James Version (KJV)
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
You will notice that Jesus is the foundation along with living apostles and prophets. This is the foundation of the Church that Jesus set up before he ascended. What foundation does your church rest on????????????
And by the way, we do not deny the bible, we just say it is not the foundation fo the Church of the first century or ever. The bible did not come into existence until the 4th century. How could it be the foundation of the church in the first 3 centuries.
If you saying that Jesus is the foundation, you are correct, but only partially. Jesus is the one that set up the church and the foundation thereof. He is the one that set apostles and prophets in the foundation along with himself. He did that because he knew he would be in heaven and he needed help here on earth to grow his church and admnisister his church, and the ones that he chose to start with were the foundation of his church.
So the foundation is not Jesus himself or the bible, but by his own words, the church is built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. Again, what is the foundation of your church??????