Hi friend. Mormons certainly recognize that Jesus Christ died for our sins. As Christians, we see Christ as the divine Son of God, He through whom salvation is made possible. We honor His sacrifice and death through which He cleanses us of our sins. Like a few other Christian denominations, we choose not to use the cross as a symbol of our faith. Mormons prefer to focus instead on Christ's glorious resurrection, by which He overcame death. We are profoundly grateful for His sacrificial death, but we are even more grateful that He conquered death and sin. Many have died-many have been crucified-but only One has conquered death.
Anonymous from Las Vegas:
I should like to add that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has broader view of the atonement than most other Christian churches. We believe that Christ's sacrifice began in the garden of Gethsemane where He took upon the sins every person in a very real way. His sacrifice was accepted by the Father while he was upon the cross and exclaimed, "It is finished." His time in the garden was not just a preparation for what was to come, but the very moment he personally experienced the full sin, pain, guilt, heartache, etc. of every person in the world. This burden He carried with him to the cross certainly would be significantly more difficult to bear than the physical burden of the cross itself.
