Why Mormonism Can Never Be Part of True Christianity

Mystagogy ^ | Jan. 25, 2010 | Ed Decker

[delacoert]

[vanity]
[barf alert]
[long]

Take how you want, but don't claim to read my mind.

[faucetman]

“The Law of Eternal Progression”

Never heard of this. Where do I find this in the bible?

[xzins]

Where did I claim to read your mind?

[nralife]

Thanks for posting this.

Mormon doctrine is making more and more sense.

Yes, our Father must be raising us up to be LIKE Him. Just like any other parent(s).

Do puppies grow up to be cats? Or lion cubs, tigers?

Thanks again!

[caww]

Yep....they are surely not in conformity to the Christian faith by any means...but they do enjoy hooking people in by hyjacking Christian termonology, so typical of cults and false religions, who masqurade as something which they are not.

[stuartcr]

Why is this brought up all the time? It seems that something like this can be found on FR every few weeks.

[dragonblustar]

People are being mislead into thinking that Mormonism is Christianity, which it is not.

[NoRedTape]

"Any religion that says you’ll be a god in the afterlife is not Christianity. Only the devil would promise you such a thing."

Very true. No Christian religion, especially the one True Church, says anything of the sort. No mere mortal can become a God, or even God-like. We are just mere schmoes.

[dragonblustar]

In Christianity, we are servants of the Lord.

[stuartcr]

I understand that, but it’s always the same people that are responding.

[kittycatonline.com]

• [Isaiah 44:6 KJV] - Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• [Isaiah 44:8 KJV] - Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
• [Isaiah 45:5 KJV] - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
• [Isaiah 45:6 KJV] - That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
• [Isaiah 45:18 KJV] - For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• [Isaiah 45:21 KJV] - Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
• [Isaiah 45:22 KJV] - Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• [Isaiah 46:9 KJV] - Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
• [Isaiah 48:12 KJV] - Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

[Nevadan]

re: “Mormon doctrine is making more and more sense. Yes, our Father must be raising us up to be LIKE Him. Just like any other parent(s). Do puppies grow up to be cats? Or lion cubs, tigers?”

And, human infants grow up to be adult humans - not God.

No where in the Old or New Testament does it ever say or imply that we will become a God. There is only one God. The Old Testament book of Isaiah is very explicit:

Isaiah 43:10 (KJV)
“Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.”

[caww]

Mormon doctrine is making more and more sense.

You just revealed you are hooked, being hooked or swallowed the bait altogether....and who your father really is. That would not be the Father of Christianity.

[rogue yam]

What qualifies as a Christian?

At my church we use the Apostles' Creed to answer that question.

[Tigen]

Its not. It is More-man-isms.

[nralife]

Thanks. It has been said by many, and I think you would agree, that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience.

Personally, I would feel very blessed if I were lucky enough to become an angel. Having the heavenly means to help others would be terrific!

Still, an open mind is a wonderful thing... I will not shut the door to whatever God's plan might be or to His possibilities...

PS: even Pat Robertson of 700 Club fame (who is hardly Mormon friendly), said in one of his books, that in heaven we may go on to be in charge of our own planets. For what it's worth.

[nralife]

See my post #52.

Take care...

[nralife]

I mean #56.

[stuartcr]

What is someone called, that is in charge of their own planet? What does that job entail?

[blasater1960]

Never heard of this. Where do I find this in the bible?

You havent? It is right next to the "Trinity" verse and the "Hypostatic Union" verse.