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* They do not believe in the concept of "original sin" but instead that all people will be held accountable only for their ''own'' sins and transgressions.
 
* They do not believe in the concept of "original sin" but instead that all people will be held accountable only for their ''own'' sins and transgressions.
 
* They believe that works (e.g. faith in Christ, repentance, baptism by water, receipt of the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and living a Christlike life) are required to ''qualify'' oneself for salvation but that salvation is only ultimately attained through the grace of God and the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (as opposed to the belief in salvation through works, i.e. somehow acquiring ones own salvation independent of God or Jesus Christ, a belief ''not'' held by the LDS church).
 
* They believe that works (e.g. faith in Christ, repentance, baptism by water, receipt of the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, and living a Christlike life) are required to ''qualify'' oneself for salvation but that salvation is only ultimately attained through the grace of God and the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (as opposed to the belief in salvation through works, i.e. somehow acquiring ones own salvation independent of God or Jesus Christ, a belief ''not'' held by the LDS church).
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* They believe that God was once a mortal man and that all individuals who have ever lived on Earth or who will yet live, including [[Jesus]] and [[Lucifer]], are the spirit children of God the Father.
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* They believe that God was once a mortal man and that all individuals who have ever lived on Earth or who will yet live, including [[Jesus]] and [[Lucifer]], are the spirit children of God the Father and His goddess wife.
 
* They beleive that both Jesus and [[Lucifer]] offered up a plan of salvation for mankind, (Jesus saying that he would sacrifice Himself for people, [[Lucifer]] saying that he would force people to follow God) but the Father ultimately chose Jesus' plan.
 
* They beleive that both Jesus and [[Lucifer]] offered up a plan of salvation for mankind, (Jesus saying that he would sacrifice Himself for people, [[Lucifer]] saying that he would force people to follow God) but the Father ultimately chose Jesus' plan.
 
* They believe that all people have the ultimate potential, through the grace of God, of not only returning to His presence (salvation) but becoming like Him (exaltation; see Romans 8:16-17).
 
* They believe that all people have the ultimate potential, through the grace of God, of not only returning to His presence (salvation) but becoming like Him (exaltation; see Romans 8:16-17).
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