Mormons?

[madscot]

Book of Abraham? There are links all over the internet to it. One caveat, though. It's a hoax. The papyrus from which Joseph Smith claimed to have translated is pagan, and is an Egyptian funeral scroll.

 

[madscot]

Actually, the RLDS(meaning both the C of C and the Restorationist branches) never had any special temple ritual or 'five points of fellowship.' The main differences are:

1) They deny that Brigham Young ever had the authority to lead the church. Instead, they believe that Joseph Smith III is the rightful heir to Joseph Smith, Jr.

2) They disavow polygamy, blood atonement, celestial marriages, baptism for the dead, the plurality of gods and the Adam-God doctrine. They claim that none of these were introduced by Joseph Smith, Jr.

3) The C of C has deemphasized the Book of Mormon as well as the divinity of Christ. It's also adopted a more pluralistic theology. The Restorationist branches that have splintered off of the C of C have have adopted a more traditional theolgy. Because of the deemphasis of the Bible and the divinity of Christ in the C of C, I'd say(IMHO) that the more traditional Restorationist splinters have a more Christian outlook, in spite of their reemphasis of The Book of Mormon.