Much ado about who’s a Christian. Mormons are Christians because they believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and that through His atonement all men can be saved.
If that’s not enough for you, then consider this:
1. In his book “Mere Christianity” C. S. Lewis argues that man can become like God. If that concept excludes Mormons from Christianity then it also excludes the great “Christian” writer.
2. An early Christian bishop named Eusibius was at the counsel of Nicea, and he wrote that the concept of the trinity in the Nicean creed came from Constantine (not a Christian) after most of the Christian bishops had left the counsel.
The Nicene Creed is fundamental to Christian belief.
I guess this is the part that I have a hard time understanding from some of these folks. If you read the bible, you’ll notice that the Lord never speaks unless it’s through his prophets/mouthpieces who received direct revelation. Were any of the writtings in the bible not received by revelation? Christians believe the bible to be the word of God & justifiably so. Yet when it comes to so many of their beliefs, they rely on “the arm of the flesh”.
Those that participated in the council @ Nicea made no bones about the fact that they recieved no direct revelation or devine intervention when putting together the Nicean Creed. But b/c of the long standing “traditions of their fathers”, “Christianity” often chooses to rely on the words of men from centuries gone by who claimed no devine inspiration as the word of God. They even claimed the heavens were & are closed.
Much of what is found in the Creed is nowhere to be found in the bible. But b/c some “wise” men argued back & forth & finally said this is how it is, many today, centuries later, believe it is so. You may find many things objectionable about the Mormons but at least they believe their beliefs came as direct revelation from God rather than from knock down drag out at the Nicean corral. If you read the bible carefully, the “trinity” as espoused in the “creed” really makes no sense at all when taken in context w/ the scriptures that say the exact opposite, i.e. Christ’s visit w/ Mary when she visited the Tomb. Many so called Christians knock the Pharisees for their lack of belief & understanding & yet commit the same errors themselves. They too followed the traditions of their fathers. The pharisees believed too that the heavens were closed & that they had all scripture that was needed.
What if Christ appeared today & taught the gospel different than what is found in the “creed”, there might be many who would do just as the pharisees did. Both groups might have some explaining to do in the end. Best wishes to all today.