Posted on 02/10/2012 12:14:55 PM PST by OKSooner
Is it a fair question to ask... Is Mormonism Christian or is it not?
If you care enough to respond and tell me it's not a fair question, please explain why not.
And I'm "just axin'", because "I just want to know."
Can someone give me a Lutheran Ping?
It is NOT Christian
Evangelical Christians consider it a cult.
Of course it’s a fair question, hardly anyone discusses it here on FR.
Well, IBTZ!
Also, no, I do not think this is a valid question.....
because it’s so obvious that Mormonism isn’t Christianity there can be no doubt about it.
Here’s why. In mormonism:
1. God is not the Alpha and Omega, just one of many gods
2. Jesus is not the one and only son of God.
3. Jesus’s death on the cross was not enough for your salvation.
4. When you die you become a god.
I could go on but why bother?
Lesseeee....
They believe Lucifer and Jesus were brothers.
They believe that God the Father and Mary are married.
They believe, “As we are now, God once was, as God is now, we shall someday be.”
Uhhh . . . NO they are not Christian.
Have a look at “The Godmakers”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Mr0TqrEf8
Not for a minute is Mormonism anything more than a cult that’s taking millions of well-meaning, misinformed souls to Hell.
There is only one God, and that’s not the one of millions of gods that Joseph Smith conjured up. They can call themselves anything they want, but calling themselves Christians is totally wrong.
To think that they believe that Joe Smith, Jr., is going to sit next to Jesus on Judgement Day is ridiculous . . . about as ridiculous as the planet Kolob which Joseph Smith dreamed up. It’s very sad to see millions of people marching to Hell because of this guy.
It’s a religion. They behave themselves, pay taxes, and obey the law. That’s good enough for most.
Jesus plan for salvation was completed when He died on the cross and rose from the dead three days later.His work was finished.
He didn’t need any other prophets to change or alter His plan.
Starting at Galatians 1:6
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! “
That’s a very strong warning!
Please explain why. Also I forgot to mention that in My Vanity Thread it's okay to cite scripture.
No its not
and its a fair question...
I do not believe they use the New Testament but their own version of teachings from their founder.
Mormons believe Marriage is eternal and they have a temple.
Jesus said in the Gospel that the wife will not necessarily share heaven with her husband (the question of the womand who married each of 7 brothers...)
What exactly is the definition of a Christian?
My upbringing is Baptist ...by the way
I think way back there we were considered a cult....
That was before Roger Williams ....founder of Rhode Island.
Posts #5 and #7 provide a good enough explanation. There are other reasons, but those listed immediately disqualify it from being Christian.
Since you used a computer to get here (I guess) then you can use the same computer to research the question yourself. Try it, it’s fun.
Also I forgot to mention that in My Vanity Thread it’s okay to cite scripture.
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I dont need your permission...
Well, IIRC, in Revelations I believe there is a verse that says you can’t either take away or add to what is now commonly recognized as the old and new testaments. The Book of Mormon does that.
No, it is not part of orthodox Christianity. Even though Catholics, Lutherans, and Orthodox disagree on many matters, we absolutely DO NOT believe that Satan or Lucifer and Jesus were EVER brothers. Nor do we believe that men and women are united in marriage in Heaven. They also teach that there are some things that Jesus cannot atone for...thus mitigating the total atonement of Christ’s death on the cross.
Mormons are wonderful, family-oriented people. They tend to live very clean lives (no alcohol, cigarettes, etc.), but Muslims are similar in that regard.
Joseph Smith, the man who started the Mormon Church went out and had an “angelic” experience similar to that of Muhammed some several hundred years before.
Be not deceived that the Devil will come as “an angel of light.” And don’t forget that God has told us we are not to add to HIS book nor take away from it. Thus, what’s the whole Book of Mormon for?
P.S. I consider myself an Evangelical Christian. I attend a Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.
Nope, it’s a fraud. Scholars and scientists have proven that the LDS faith is built on deception and fraud. The sacred scrolls are not for Abraham, but Egyptian burial rites and DNA has proven that the native decentants are not middle eastern makeup.
Furthermore, blacks were not allowed into the church until the 70’s.
I believe that whoever can affirm the statements of the Creed is a Christian as far as we can discern here on Earth. So, if anyone can believe the below, and not believe anything contrary, I believe, that the Church (as it existed in the 4th century) would have considered them a Christian.
We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father the only-begotten; that is, of the essence of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father;
By whom all things were made both in heaven and on earth;
Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down and was incarnate and was made man;
He suffered, and the third day he rose again, ascended into heaven;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
And in the Holy Ghost.
But those who say: 'There was a time when he was not;' and 'He was not before he was made;' and 'He was made out of nothing,' or 'He is of another substance' or 'essence,' or 'The Son of God is created,' or 'changeable,' or 'alterable'—they are condemned by the holy catholic and apostolic Church.
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