Posted on 05/10/2010 8:26:24 PM PDT by delacoert
The answer to the question is still, NO.
You better make sure you got ur asbestos undies on LOL.
I thought he worked at Wheel Works on Monterey Street?
What happened to 999replies? I thought that was funny.
Why are there two threads with the same title?
I pulled it. Posts which have no theological context but only condemn other RF posters are trouble-making.
LOL, I understand. Still, thought it was funny.
“If by “the doctrine of the Trinity” one means that the New Testament teaching that there is a Father, a Son, and a Holy Ghost, all three of whom are fully divine, then Latter-day Saints believe in the doctrine of the Trinity .... However, if by “the doctrine of the Trinity” one means the doctrine formulated by the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon and elaborated upon by subsequent theologians and councils—that God is three coequal persons in one substance or essence—then Latter-day Saints do not believe it.”
Every major diviation(heresy) from Biblical Christianity share one common thread....they do not affirm the Trinity (better stated Triunity) of God. This one thing alone....incorrect understanding of the Trinity/Triunity makes Mormonism a heresy. Other aspects of Mormonisn also make it a cult. I mean no rancor by these statements...I’m just stating things plainly. Many to most practicing Mormons are fine human beings and a very upright moral people; that is a fact as well. However, they are not “Christian.” Being good and upright do not a “Christian” make. One must, in faith, see the Lord Jesus Christ as the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob “in the flesh.” Not a God, but THE God.
Another issue is their constant calling Christians apostates. They will say they don’t believe that and they to are Christians.
But, if that is so, then why should there be restored church or ones salvation be at risk for the error of not being Mormon?
Revelation 22:18
“For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
I think that’s pretty clear.
WHY?
My hermeneutics professor (a minister and theologian) explained it to me thusly:
(1) They have a different God,
(2) they have a different Heaven, and
(3) they have a different pathway to salvation (the big three distinctions which are the sine qua non of Christianity).
Those three differences alone are sufficient to preclude Mormonims from being considered "Christian." Ever.
Add to that the fact that there are cultic aspects to it: Secret underwear, secret handshake, idiomatic expressions and its own unique argot, and yes, it does resemble a cult.
It also has some elements that are eerily reminiscent of ancient, discredited gnosticism: All of God's plan for your salvation isn't revealed at the beginning, you have to progress upward, within the church, through many levels of understanding. There are hidden layers of revealed knowledge and secret ceremonies, to be revealed, all in good time.
Compare that to Christianity: Which has nothing to hide. God wants his pathway to salvation to be OPEN and UNDERSTOOD from the beginning. No secrets.
Sauron
hehehehe
“Is the Mormon Jesus the Christian Jesus?”
Yes. Of course. It’s just that many of the other Christian denominations are a bit confused about the true nature of God, Christ and the Holy Ghost.
Has it already been a week since the last ‘Are Mormon’s Christian?” thread?
Although this one attempts to spin itself a little differently.
Right, and some guy with his head buried in his hat looking at a piece of agate translated fictional gold plates about a fictiional group of people.
The truth is paragon pretender, the Christian denominations are not confused - we believe in the Trinity - not in pagan polytheism.
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