‘It is outside orthodox Christianity: hence, a cult”
Wow, that includes about 80% of the posters on these threads. The shame is about 75% of the 80% don’t realize how far their beliefs and doctrines are from orthodox Christianity.
Case in point: How many of these posters attacking LDS, accept the Nicene Creed? Not Many! Do they believe “one baptism for the forgiveness of sins”? Do they believe in”one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church”? Not that i can tell. In fact, they accuse Christians who hold to the Nicene Creed of being “satanic”!!
The Bible predicts a time will come when people will not listen to sound doctrine, but will follow men that have a different Gospel.
One should be wary of making generalized statements claiming to know the hearts of other FReepers without some kind of proof..especially when one is a rank n00b.
I have been associated with a large group of these FReepers for several years on the Religion Forum and I do not know which Christian denomination they claim, nor whether it meets your narrow rule.
It would be wise for you to visit this page and absorb the Religion Forum rules.
Then, come back and welcome to the debate on mormonism. There are other places to discuss Catholicism, BTW.
There is a big difference between having hermaneutical arguments over Scripture without damaging the fundamentals; and discarding Scripture altogether (or changing it to suit one’s theology) like the mormons have done.
LDS is a cult not simply because I say it is: it is a cult because if meets the very definition of the word.