Aug 31 2008
Mormons are Christians, why people say they are not?
It amazes me the ignorance from which some people speak. I cannot believe what my ears hear when people say that Mormons are not Christians. What an ignorant tongue that utters such ignorant words. For your sweet information, the real name of the Mormon Church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Is not the name of Christ in the title name of the Church? They have Christ at the head of the Church. They believe that he speaks to their assigned prophet and tells them things that will benefit those who choose to follow what is told to them.
Having said this, I would really appreciate people to become educated in that matter.
Anyone can name thier church anything they want…i.e. The Branch Davidians and David is a king in the Bible…..that is not what makes them Christians! Mormons are a CULT and their teachings are not consistent with the Bible…that’s why they had to make up thier own book and credit it to some guy who said that God gave him a msg through a rock in New York!! Read the very last scripture in the Bible and you will see what it says about people that add or subtract to the Bible. Pretty much settles it there….Mormons are NOT Christians, they are a CULT!
Ummmm. Whoever wrote the above comment has very little knowledge of how our precious Bible was assembled. That is right, assembled. While I admire your villagance and dedication to your bible(that is a wonderful thing- I myself would hate a world without the bible), I also think it is important to know where your bible actually comes from.
Before we go around pointing fingers at religions for being hungry for more scripture, keep in mind that the bible is NOT in chronological order. It is just so convenient that when religious leaders VOTED on which books (ie book of john, book of Mark) to include in the bible, they made sure that the aforementioned scripture was at the end. I personally always interpreted it to mean manipulating scripture for evil purposes. Also, go to your bookstore, and you can probably find several copies of the bible (by different publishers) use different wording (adding and taking away?).
As for “some guy who said that God gave him a msg through a rock in New York,” I sometimes see that as odd, but I also happen to remember a certain someone who claimed to relieve a message from God in a burning bush, and suddenly I realize that if the rock thing is impossible, then a bush probably is too…. and there goes my 10 commandments .
I guess I am a little sensitive because I have known so many great mormons. Yes, many of them are odd, but in my opinion christlike- at least the ones that took their religion seriously were.
As for the “reformed Mormons,” or “FLDS,” I couldn’t really say. I have never met any from that spinoff religion, and who knows, they might be a cult.