Mormon: What do I need to be saved?
Evangelical: Do you believe in Jesus?
Mormon: Yes.
Evangelical: The Jesus of the Bible?
Mormon: Yes.
Evangelical: That Jesus is the Son of God?
Mormon: Yes.
Evangelical: That He died for your sins?
Mormon: Yes.
Evangelical: That He rose from the dead?
Mormon: Yes.
Evangelical: That He’s the only way to salvation?
Mormon: Yes.
Evangelical: Then why don’t you believe in Jesus?
Mormon: …I just said I do.
Evangelical: No, not that Jesus.
Mormon: Which Jesus?
Evangelical: The Biblical Jesus.
Mormon: The one who is the Son of God, died for sins, rose from the dead, and is the only way to salvation?
Evangelical: Yes.
Mormon: That’s the one I believe in.
Evangelical: No, you believe in a different Jesus.
Mormon: How is He different?
Evangelical: Because you don’t believe in the right Jesus.
Mormon: Which Jesus is the right Jesus?
Evangelical: The Biblical Jesus.
Mormon: …
Evangelical: …
Mormon: We’ve been standing in this same circle for three hours, haven’t we?
Evangelical: That’s exactly what someone who doesn’t believe in the Biblical Jesus would say.