Mormonism and Christ

LDS theology is an interesting example of a kind of special pleading which I call for want of a better phrase hijacked pleading. The Mormon's public view of Jesus Christ is on their web site.

http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg

In it, we find the following:

Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son of God the Father in the flesh. He was the Creator, He is our Savior, and He will be our Judge. Under the direction of our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ created the earth. Through His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and by giving His life on the cross—that is, by performing the Atonement—Jesus Christ saves us from our sins as we follow Him. Through His Resurrection, Jesus Christ saves us from physical death. Because He overcame death, we will all be given the gift of resurrection.

The words the LDS site use are the same terms that you would hear from any Baptist pulpit. But, as a matter of Mormon doctrine, the words the Baptist understand have almost no correlation to the same words the Mormon understands. "Son of God", "atonement", "resurrection" , "incarnation", and "God the Father" are words that LDS theologians have radically redefined, as we see here.

http://www.probe.org/cults-and-world-religions/cults-and-world-religions/the-mormon-doctrine-of-jesus.html

I'm using the LDS only as an example of how all groups be they secular or sectarian define and re-define what we assume to be commonly understood words in such a way to advance dogma to the point where any kind of a cogent conversation is next to impossible on matters of conviction.