Does the Book of Mormon contradict the Bible?

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Answer: God.

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'You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that and shudder.' Jas 2:19 NIV

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Now, would you like an intelligent answer?

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Surely Mormon teachers can do better than 'God'.

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All anyone has to do is to accept the offer.

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Come on, that smacks of a patronising attitude, a means tested hand-out. People have dignity, and don't need charity, thank you. We will get what we want and deserve without any help.

Do you have an up to date Bible? I don't get all these funny words.

You can't force morons to answer.

The rest of the world gazes in awe, speechless, at the folly of the USA. But possibly the most eye-wiping characteristic of Americans is their ability to stoutly resist the doctrine of justification by faith, while doing so in such a manner as to demonstrate that they have not the smallest hope of being justified by personal works.

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God very clearly states that a man's salvation is contingent on something that that man does.

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What does man do to get God's salvation?

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This primary salvation isn't contingent on a mans work I take it?

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It is so contingent. Mormons say:'We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.'The gospel is that there are now no laws and ordinances.Edited by ochaye, : No reason given.

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The Mother of All Mortal Sins you mean

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Aha!What's the difference between a Mormon, a Calvinist and a Catholic? I can't think of one.No wonder you came back, blue jay!

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The Calvinist not at all.

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They do. They just say they don't.Good at talking, Calvinists. Reams of it!

What people don't cotton onto about Calvinists is that they are not necessarily Christians. Even if their (horrible) theology is correct, it proves nothing about them. Their works are Puritan- formal dressing, sabbath-keeping, water baptism and the like. A toned-down, literally a reformed Catholicism. They are unconverted, and fear taking a decision for Christ above everything.

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The same could be said of people from all denominations.

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There are very few people who would say that X, and Y, are not evangelical Christians (substitute names of any two well-known Calvinist preachers for X and Y). Try it, and see what happens.

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in the main they seem alright

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Wow. You've been lucky. They do nothing but lie, evade and get personal when they are cornered, in my experience. Just like Catholics and you know who.

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Why, why, you... unreformed Roman Catholic you..

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There you are, you see. We've both heard that before.

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Jesus seems to be clearly stating that obedience to the commandments plays a role in one's salvation.

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Played.

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My point was that ..there are non-Christians in all demoninations

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We know what your point was. The fact that you have completely ignored the 'solution' to it tends to indicate that you understand that solution, but don't much like it. If that is incorrect, deal with what I wrote in reply.

But you haven't admitted that Matthew 19:16-17 is an anachronism.Edited by ochaye, : No reason given.

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How come works were appropriate before the Atonement, but not after?

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Because the atonement made works for justification redundant. Why was there atonement, if works were adequate?