Mormons?
By nw1911guy
@nw1911guy (1131)
United States
4 responses
@coffeechat (1961)
• New Zealand
4 Feb 07
I do not practice Christianity or any other religion. Despite that, I believe that Mormons are Christians.
The word Christian means a lot of things. Here are a few of them, on which I base my thoughts of why Mormons are Christians:
- A person who believes in Jesus Christ
- Exhibit a spirit proper to a follower of Jesus Christ
- Believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ
- A person who exemplifies in his/her life the teachings of Christ
If one looks at the meaning of Christian, one can't find that Christian's believe "only" the bible to be the basis of Christianity.
Though Mormons are not Protestants and do not consider themselves as part of any large branch of Christianity, they do consider themselves as Christians.
I read what Goldenboy had to say about Mormons' doctrine being "heretic". I completely disagree that one religion should call another religion's doctrine as heretic just because they do not have the same beliefs? Hasn't anyone wondered whether the Bible was actually the "word of god" or was it just a compilation of books by different authors who followed the same religion which was passed on from one generation to another?
I once asked a Jehovah's Witness lady, who came to our house and told me that the Bible is the word of God, the question above, and all I got was a 7-second blank look and a change of topic.
To cut the long story short. Mormons' are Christian because they follow and believe in Christ. It may differ from other religions but the belief is there.
Basic Beliefs of Mormons can be found at this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price/Articles_of_Faith
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@coffeechat (1961)
• New Zealand
4 Feb 07
Are you refering to particular protestant churches who say that Catholics, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witness are not Christians? If so, I do know many of them - the Born Again Christians in particular.
They (Born Again Christians) believe that other religions aside from their own, do not practice Christianity and are not to be called Christians. That is another one of those religions who points their finger at other religions.
As far as I'm concerned, there are three main groupings of Christianity, which, in itself, have a diversity of doctrines and denominations.
1. Roman Catholicism (Latin Rite, Roman Catholic Chuch, etc..)
2. Eastern Christianity (Assyrian Church of the East, Eastern Orthodox, etc..)
3. Protestantism (Seventh-Day Adventists, Born Agains, Pentecostals, Anglicans, Lutherans, etc..)
Many of these churches would not want to be classified into any of the three main groupings of Christianity.
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@nw1911guy (1131)
• United States
5 Feb 07
Yes and more. There is a rising contingent of Non-denominational churches that seem to regard the mormons in the same light. It's all interesting to me. I tend to group them all into the same neat little ball.
@nw1911guy (1131)
• United States
4 Feb 07
It's interesting to me coffee, because I can't recall the number of times I've heard Catholics, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses referred to as not being christian. Seemed strange to me.
@judyt00 (3497)
• Canada
24 Jan 07
basically anyone who believes that Jesus was the son of god is a christian, so by that standard, mormons are christians, and by thestandards set to behaviour, most mormons are better christians than most who claim to be so. Thereare someso-called christians who think you haveto belong only to their denomination to be christianm and if there isn't the word Christ or baptist in the title of your church, you aren't really one. Those peopleforget the very important rule that Jesus gave them "Judge not lets ye be judged"
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@goldenboy20 (555)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
I dont think so. If you are a true reader and observant of the things that are in the bible, basically you will recognize mormon doctrines as heretic one. Like for example, What is their teaching about Christ? Brigham Young taugth that Christ was the natural son of Mary and Adam (Adam as God of this world which cannot be proven from the scripture). They teach that Christ (may He forgive the words) was polygamist, wedded at Cana of Galilee to Mary and Martha (sistersof Lazarus) and then later to Mary Magdalene. Apostle O. Hyde in a sermon said, "We say it was Jesus Christ who was married at Cana to the Marys and Marthan, whereby He could see his seed before He was crucified." They further hold that Christ was simply a superior man who, by His devotion and faithfulness inhis generation, was exalted to Deity and is now a gopd, second in glory to Adam.
What a shameful blasphemy! God's Truth declares: "I and my Father are one" (John 10:20), "Fo in Him (Christ) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Col. 2:9). "God was manifest ;in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preaced unto the Gentiles, gelieved on in the world, received upt into glory" (I Tim 3:16). And there is many more. I will discuss it later, but for the meantime i will discuss a little of so many objections against that religion.
@coffeechat (1961)
• New Zealand
4 Feb 07
Goldenboy, what is your definition of Christianity?
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@jackie_mmm (886)
• Philippines
7 Feb 07
you seem to be well-steeped in the bible. You need to understand, though, that many don't believe in Christ. I willed myself to agree on his human existence but I couldn't. Maybe I read too many urban legends and time travels to ever convince myself that God sent his son to save us sinners. Why would he let himself be flagellated and crucified if he was the son of God? That was exactly the opposite of what any sensible scholars would think. He should've lived to attest to the existence of God. It could be a long sad myth that Jesus is the son of God who had to die for us. I believe some eccentric and nice man had preached about God which is universal, and got executed by the sages. Witnessing such an execution of an innocent man led to the colorful and flowery stories about him. This kind of assuage their guilt over the misdeed and miscalculation.
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@nw1911guy (1131)
• United States
7 Feb 07
Jackie, you raise an interesting point. I would have a tendency to agree with you. If you ever get the chance, read the book "A Canticle for Leibowitz" I don't know if that's the exact spelling. But it's an interesting work of fiction that oddly parallels the Christian faith. I am starting to wonder if a lot of these religions are more like Philosophies that got hijacked.