# I got a free book. Should I become a Mormon?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-free-book-should-i-become-a-mormon/573522>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 4, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-free-book-should-i-become-a-mormon/573522 "2011-03-04T21:34:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-free-book-should-i-become-a-mormon/573522/61 "2011-03-11T19:05:11Z")

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> [@ITR\_champion](#):
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> …the LDS Church […] expects members to testify about Joseph Smith as a true prophet and the Church itself the sole legitimate church as a result of that. A mainline Christian church requires no such thing.

Thanks for continuing to explain. You’re right that those are quite different.

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