Touche. You got out of that well.:)
What someone else calls scipture does not really matter to me. But if the people in that belief system, such as mormonism, want to call themselves Christian, then they must then hold to what the Christian definition of scipture is. They cannot change Christian beliefs to say that the mormon writings are sacred. So it is not at all correct to ask Christians to consider mormon writings as sacred, that is, as scripture because they are often antisciptural.
In discussing with a muslim, a Christian cannot acknolwedge the koran as scripture. To do so would be to deny Christ, at least in part. It is not that much different with the mormon writings. But then again, the muslims do not claim to be Christian and they do not claim the Holy Scriptures as their scriptures.
Instead, I would suggest to you that you need to keep in mind when discussing with Christians that scipture means only that which is in the Old and New Testament and when you use that word, that is what is understood. And in that discussion, if you use the word scripture to mean mormon writings, you should expect correction, and rightfully so.
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How do you suggest that we solve the problem that there are so many groups that understand the words of the Bible differently. There are even a lot of sub groups in each of the groups that do not agree with each other.
How do we know which “scriptures” you or someone else is using.
You folks cannot even agree with yourselves.
In discussing with a muslim, a Christian cannot acknolwedge the koran as scripture. To do so would be to deny Christ, at least in part. It is not that much different with the mormon writings. But then again, the muslims do not claim to be Christian and they do not claim the Holy Scriptures as their scriptures..
You are correct, however mormons firmly believe that THEIR cannonized "scriptures" are every bit as valid as the Biblical ones accepted by Christians. They believe they have the "restored gospel" and the "restored priesthood" by virtue of the "anointing" of Joseph Smith.
Therefore, as you see, there will be arguments and misdirection, and NO acceptance of YOUR truth.