You opine: “One has to remember a mere 2-3 decades ago they eschewed the label “Christian”, now they want to be our equals and peers.”
Curious. Is that why the church has ALWAYS been named “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints”?
Is that why the hymn most often heard in their gatherings is “I Know that My Redeemer Lives - What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead;
He lives, my ever living Head.
He lives to bless me with His love,
He lives to plead for me above.
He lives my hungry soul to feed,
He lives to help in time of need.
He lives triumphant from the grave,
He lives eternally to save,
He lives all glorious in the sky,
He lives exalted there on high. etc
and this part of your statement says a lot - about YOU -”
“now they want to be our equals and peers.”
Ahahaha - How exalted you are ;o)
When I want to know about something or “opine” so as to sound like I have a clue - I like to first go to the source.
Maybe you should tell the LDS they don’t believe in Jesus CHRIST. They seem to think they do.
You don't know your church history.
1830: Church of Christ
1834: The Church of the Latter Day Saints
1838: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
It went for the first 8 years as something else. There ya go folks, slap a bmw sticker on and call it a beamer.
Curiouser - why is their web site LDS.org instead of CJCLDS.org is Jesus Christ's name is so important?
The LDS have misused the name of Christ for years but the term "Mormon" was what was desired, "Christian" was not, until the value of the "brand name" became important overseas and such. A simple but rather time consuming survey of older church writing and publications will reveal this trend. get coffee, it takes a while. Ooops I forget no coffee.
As far as having Jesus Christ in their name, just because I have a sign saying "garage" on my home doesn't make me a mechanic is one analogy I like...
And I have been to the source, in fact I can go lay my hands on their various doctrines and such like the BOM at my home right now. I have been telling LDS folks like you for along time they need to look at what they really say about Christ, what their leaders tell them and what the Bible really says. They need to determine if Polytheism and other issues are worthy of a “Christian”
They also need to stop pretending they are not LDS by speaking in the third person and such, I have never understood that around here...