Posted on 03/25/2011 9:19:12 AM PDT by Colofornian
Written by a local ex-Mormon Christian friend of mine:
This is the Christ of Mormonism:
1. He lives as a humanoid god on a star near Kolob along with his father god, bound by the physical world; he does not transcend the material.
2. He is the brother of satan.
3. He had to earn his own salvation while he was on earth.
4. He offers his grace only to those who work hard enough.
5. He is not from everlasting to everlasting, but was created a finite time ago by his father god, who in turn was also created by his own father god, who in turn was created by his own father god, so on and so forth
6. He is not the greatest being possible.
7. He is finite.
8. His blood is not powerful enough to wipe away any sin.
9. He aided his father in creating earth by organizing already existing matter; he is not capable of creating things out of nothing.
10. He must submit to a moral law that existed before he did.
11. You can one day become just like him.
This is the Christ of the Bible:
1. He is a spirit being that transcends space and time.
2. He is the brother of no creature; He is God, from everlasting to everlasting. No one can claim kinship with Him except those He purchased for Himself on the cross. And He is not the same type of creature they are. He is not a creature, He is God.
3. Jesus is the Author of Salvation; to say that He needed to earn His salvation is absurdity.
4. He offers His sovereign grace to whomever He sovereignly chooses; we are all tainted by sin and vile in His holy eyes. Therefore, no one is more worthy than any other human being. Thus, His grace that He offers is given unconditionally. His grace is true grace, a beautiful gift.
5. He is from everlasting to everlasting. He was never created, and Has been in relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever.
6. He is the greatest being possible, the Most High God. There is no one like Him and there is no one who will ever be anything like Him.
7. He is infinite, both in essence and in His divine perfections.
8. His blood is powerful enough to wipe away any sin, regardless of heinousness and duration. The only sin that cannot be forgive is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost; and this is not because the blood of Christ is not powerful enough to wash it away, but because God has so sovereignly decreed that all persons who blaspheme the Holy Ghost should not receive forgiveness.
9. He created everything that exists out of nothing by the mere word of His mouth.
10. There is no external law that He submits to; He is the Author and the Source of the Law.
11. No one can ever come near to obtaining the glory and excellency of Christ.
It sucks when you laugh so hard you get popcorn stuck in you nose.
Yep
Ya can’t fool a kid.
Sadly some adults, not so much.
The Church's first article of faith states, "We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost." These three beings make up the Godhead. They preside over this world and all other creations of our Father in Heaven.
I realize Jesus in the LDS is a progressed being but none the less, he is in the godhead. I realize the christian godhead is constructed differently. The point is, both LDS and Christianity have Jesus in the godhead and by definition humanity in the godhead. Jesus is a hypostatic union that is 100%god and 100%man. Jesus' humanity, according to Christianity, did not cease to exist. There for both Mormonism and Christianity have a human being in the godhead. That of course from the Jewish perspective is heresy.
Speaking of shorts...
Temple Recommend Questions
1 Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost? 2 Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer? 3 Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days? 4 Do you sustain the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and as the only person on the earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys? Do you sustain members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators? Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local authorities of the Church? 5 Do you live the law of chastity? 6 Is there anything in your conduct relating to members of your family that is not in harmony with the teachings of the Church? 7 Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? 8 Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and other meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel? 9 Are you honest in your dealings with your fellowmen? 10 Are you a full-tithe payer? 11 Do your keep the Word of Wisdom? 12 Do you have financial or other obligations to a former spouse or children? If yes, are you current in meeting those obligations? 13 If you have previously received your temple endowment: Do you keep the covenants that you made in the temple? Do you wear the garment both night and day as instructed in the endowment and in accordance with the covenant you made in the temple? 14 Have there been any sins or misdeeds in your life that should have been resolved with priesthood authorities but have not been? 15 Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord's house and participate in temple ordinances? |
Well those are indeed “Sci Fi Shorts”...
I am not raging...I dont know why you think that. I am also not saying they are the same, they clearly are not.
Christians on a daily basis rail on mormons on FR. Okay, fine. I think it is only reasonable to challenge you (And in turn get challegened back), to think of implications of your own faith, compared to the Original faith....Jewish (And Noahide) doctrine. I bet very few freepers have a clue, why Jews dont believe in Jesus, from the Jewish perspective. So, I like to engage my FReeper Christian friends, to hopefully shed a little light (from my point of view) on what are serious flaws....just like they shed light on mormonism every single day on FR.
I see no harm in having people think about what they believe and why. Is is a polemical discussion.
Ha ha! Big flippin' deal!!
There are about 50,000 of US pounding on DOORS every day!
I said..."Okay Fine"....I think mormons should be challenged, they are totally deceitful...in spite of having "nice families". And that is what polemic discussion is all about. Some people get tweaked when I challege them, like they do the mormons. (Both you a Colofornia have always been good sports although we disagree totally!)
I look back on the path that MY life has followed, and realize that it takes a lot of small things, adding together, to finally affect a change in attitude.
At least it does for me.
I would say you don’t ask why I believe what I believe you state before asking that what I believe is wrong.
Ok; WHY do you believe something that is OBVIOUSLY wrong? ;^)
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