6 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About Mormons

Mormons believe that the devil and Jesus are both sons of God. According to the Mormon faith, Satan only has power on Earth if individuals succumb to his temptations. Some Christians claim that since Latter-day Saints consider Jesus and Satan to be "brothers" in the sense that they have the same Father, that this lowers the stature of Christ, or elevates that of Satan. Some go so far as to imply that the LDS "really" worship or revere Satan, and are thus not true "Christians." However, moral agency led Jesus to obey God the Father perfectly and share fully in the Father's divine nature and power. The same agency led Satan to renounce God, fight Jesus, and doom himself to eternal damnation.