Idolization of the Church

            Another doctrinal problem is that the Latter-day Saints look to the Church for their salvation and not to Jesus Christ.  This might sound ridiculous at first, since the Church teaches the Atonement of Jesus Christ as a fundamental doctrine.  However, the power of the Atonement to cleanse people of their sins can only be administered through the Church.  No matter how strong your faith is in Christ, you will certainly be damned unless you are baptized by a worthy holder of the LDS priesthood, receive your endowment, and are sealed in an LDS temple.  Salvation and forgiveness are not administered by Christ, but by this one little church.  In a way, their mediator with the Father is the Church, not Jesus Christ, who, according to the scriptures, is the only mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5).  You can believe that God is real and that Christ died for your sins without appealing to the LDS Church.