Is Mormonism a Christian Denomination?

Catholic Lane ^ | March 9, 2012 | Mary Kochan

[ForAmerica]

Mormons are not Christians, they preach a different Jesus, a different and a different Spirit! 2 Cor. 11:4! The “gospel” of Joseph not withstanding.

[aruanan]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Mormons are about as Christian, as Christians are Jewish.

Mormons and Muslims stand in about the same relationship to the Judeo-Christian heritage. Both attempt to expropriate mojo through an ancient pre-Christian ancestral relationship to the Jewish Patriarchs (Muslims by trying to insert themselves in the Abrahamic lineage through Ishmael. Mormons by trying to do the same through the "lost tribes") by which they claim to have divine authority to restore "the truth" in opposition to the corruption they claim was caused by ensuing organized Jewish and Christian religion.

According to the Apostle Paul, both Christian and Jewish believers in the Messiah (and more broadly, those who believe God as Abraham believed him) are co-heirs of the promise God made to Abraham and fulfilled through the faithfulness (dikaiosyne) of the Messiah, Jesus. There was always a single plan for the world that God had through the promises he made to Abraham. This is why Abraham is called the father of faith to both the circumcised and the uncircumcised.

[katana]

Only to the same extent that one can say Islam is a "Christian Denomination". New prophet with problems keeping his holy member in his sacred dishdasha/trousers, with a new revelation, a new book that describes Jesus in ways antithetical to the Gospels, immediately attracts a large and growing cult of followers by claiming all of the existing churches and both Testaments are "corrupted" and in error, and borrowing from local arcane influences (Meccan Moon God Meteor / Masonry) to form key elements in the new religion's practice.

The main difference is Mormonism was created in an environment where Christianity and a civilized adherence to law were solidly established, so he enjoyed only very limited success and his followers escaped to the desert instead of conquering the land. Mohammed started in a lawless tribal desert where his promise of booty and conquest could persuade the illiterate locals, who till then were worshipping Jinn and other spirits (the small Arabian communities of Christians and Jews were massacred or forced to convert), to "Submit" and join the fun. And that "fun", aka "Jihad", has continued with little interruption for just short of 1400 years. Mormonism has more than 1,200 years to go to prove it can last that long.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

Was this an actual ad or was it Photoshopped? It looks like it could have been a commercial from the 70’s or 80’s.

Fruit of the Loom packages haven’t looked like that for a while.

[ForAmerica]

However, they’re a cult, and I don’t want one of them leading this nation.

This is why I have a hard time getting behind Romney and amongst other things. I would take him over Obama, he is an American!

[ForAmerica]

Was this an actual ad or was it Photoshopped? It looks like it could have been a commercial from the 70’s or 80’s. Fruit of the Loom packages haven’t looked like that for a while.

Seriously? Is that all you have?? Please!

[scripter]

I saw a young man who seemed to be praying for his food the other day and asked if he was a Christian. He said "No, I'm Mormon." There was more to the conversation but I thought that was interesting since I've heard Mormon's claim to be Christian.

I'd say Mormon theology is completely incompatible with Christianity.

[reaganaut]

That said, I think there are many Mormons who actually want to be Christians and are sincerely deluded because they just want to be Evangelicals and be accepted as such.

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In my experience, Mormons HATE Evangelicals in particular. When I was LDS we used to jokingly call them “reborns” or “gracers” and laughingly repeat statements like “yeah they can sin all they want and just get saved again on Sunday! How stupid they are!”

Also, until the late 1980’s most Mormons avoided the term “Christian” putting them in a separate category. Among some of the older LDS, you will still see this with statements like “I’m not a Christian, I’m a Mormon!”

However, I do agree that many of them not only believe they are followers of Christ, but that they are the only TRUE followers. It isn’t that they want to be considered ‘just another Christian church’. It is that they want all other Christian churches to disappear and recognize that they (the Mormons) are the ONLY true Christian church.

[Boogieman]

“Why is Mormonism different?”

The author makes the point that they may, in the future, qualify as a separate World Religion from Christianity, but they just aren’t at that point yet, so they are lumped in with Christianity along with other cults that are not theologically Christian. I think the defining factor is that Mormons have not given birth to or sustained a civillization as of yet, apart from Christianity.

[Quix]

INDEED.

[Boogieman]

Yes, that’s a better comparison. Christianity and Judaism are related, and have oftentimes been antagonistic, but Christians acknowledge the author of Judaism as their own God, and the basis of their religion as a valid worship instituted by God. You can’t say the same for how Mormons view Christianity.

[hosepipe]

Was Jesus a christian?.... or a Jew?..

[Tennessee Nana]

Is the dead dunked jesus now a Mormon ???

[hosepipe]

[ Is the dead dunked jesus now a Mormon ??? ]

Is Jesus dead?..

[reaganaut]

Interesting. That is a little unusual among the younger generations. Usually, they will say “yes”, and when pressed say “I”m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints”.

When confronted with a statement that Mormons are not Christians, the pat answer is “Of course we are Christians. The NAME of our Church is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Why would we have the name Jesus Christ in the name of our church if we weren’t Christians!?”

Which proves they just don’t get what being a Christian really is.

[Tennessee Nana]

[ Is the dead dunked jesus now a Mormon ??? ]

Is Jesus dead?..
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

thats a good Q

Well he was dead dunked a few times..

and “temple married” to a few women...

so I guess the Mormons might think hes dead..

but its not necessary ...

there have been cases

[Elsiejay]

On a somewhat related string, is black liberation “theology” Christian? What does BTL tech about the inherently fallen nature of man and God’s saving remedy as personified in the Living Christ and His work of atonement? And is Barack Obama Christian?

[Tennessee Nana]

asked if he was a Christian. He said “No, I’m Mormon.”
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at least he was honest...

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

What?

[reaganaut]

On a somewhat related string, is black liberation “theology” Christian?

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No they are not. Their Christology is that Christ came to deliver them from their oppressors (the whites) and true salvation is when they (BLT) overthrow those oppressors.

Easy comparison is the teachings of the “Zealots” in the Early Church that sought a political messiah rather than a spiritual one.

(and I can’t believe I just had to add ‘Christology’ to my dictionary...sigh).