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To: DannyTN

Hey Danny:
Not nit picking just clarifying for others.

Mormons do not say “We are Christians Too”. That statement would be and inclusionary statement and agreement they are part of the larger body of Christ, which clearly they cannot be, otherwise being The Restored Church doctrine fails and they are not “The Perfect Religion”.

What they do say is “I am Christian, We are Christian”. Note the possessive nature of construct which objectifies the term and makes it exclusionary, meaning “They are something....You are not something or part of that something”.

No real problem with the statement but that they are attempting to gain credibility by co-opting a term they derided for most of their doctrinal existence.


45 posted on 12/13/2011 9:42:32 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Vendome
"Mormons do not say “We are Christians Too”."

I'm pretty sure I've had Mormon missionaries on my door step who announced themselves that way and/or something to the effect of "We're another Christian group that has an additional revelation."

But I see what you are saying. Mormon's don't consider Christians to be Christians, only themselves. But they try hard to make it sound like they are part of us, when they are really there to lure us away.

I've also heard a Mormon get up in arms saying "Nothing makes me madder than when people say Mormons aren't Christian."

59 posted on 12/13/2011 1:46:50 PM PST by DannyTN
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