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In reply to the discussion: Are Mormons Christian? [View all]lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)12. This belongs in the religous forum. No Jesus wasn't a Christian, he was the son of God. So what
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This belongs in the religous forum. No Jesus wasn't a Christian, he was the son of God. So what
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#12
To each his own and I say that one day your knees will bow, like it or not. So you have fun now.
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#22
I love how Christians resort to threats of eternal damnation when their beliefs are challenged.
white_wolf
Jan 2012
#26
Did I say eternal damnation? No I did not. Now when you get back to politics and save the
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#33
I'm stealing your last quote if you don't mind, as a sig line. Brilliant. nt
riderinthestorm
Jan 2012
#68
Threats of eternal damnation are the most effective tool organized religion has
undeterred
Jan 2012
#37
Oh God, you too? I went to a fundie Christian school in the 70's and saw these types for what
Ecumenist
Jan 2012
#57
The other poster is referencing a specific Scripture, in Romans 14. The full passage
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2012
#133
I suppose it's all perception. I honestly don't think it was meant as a declaration
Ecumenist
Feb 2012
#216
Anyone that tells me "Someday your knees will bow" has a very specific idea in mind.
A HERETIC I AM
Feb 2012
#219
Wow. You wasted a bunch of effort there. Did you have fun? Your opinion of my God is not valuable
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#66
If your god actually existed, I'd tell him to fuck himself for demanding people "bow down".
Zhade
Feb 2012
#120
I don't reject mythology because of others' interpretations, but because of the lack of evidence.
Zhade
Feb 2012
#170
"Biblical Scholars" all think "he" existed- big surprise, there. Most objective non-Bible historians
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#128
I think you misunderstood. Actually, for all I know there may be Biblical Scholars who dispute the
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#233
I learned long ago - like back in 2003 - that discretion was the better part of valor.
A HERETIC I AM
Jan 2012
#52
he could have been real. doesn't mean he's a diety. at any rate, he was the first documented hippie
dionysus
Jan 2012
#63
I'm more on your side than not, but the reason the gospels were written decades after Jesus lived
deutsey
Jan 2012
#105
You say that with confidence, as if you had hard evidence to back that up.
cleanhippie
Feb 2012
#196
One can decisively reject any notion of Jesus' divinity, but the historical
coalition_unwilling
Feb 2012
#270
That makes as much sense as saying that everyone who claims to be a Democrat, IS a Democrat
SaintPete
Jan 2012
#84
Ah, then you'd need to demonstrate that self indentified Christians follow the teachings
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2012
#135
Just because they don't repeat the Nicene Creed doesn't mean that they don't accept the
grantcart
Feb 2012
#156
They do. Their interpertation of him is different than other sects, of course.
white_wolf
Jan 2012
#13
Lol. You might have had a point, IF I had actually made the argument you say I made
SaintPete
Feb 2012
#255
They talk out of both sides. They follow that Joseph Smith dude, book of mormon and they
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#14
The full name of the church is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints".
Nye Bevan
Jan 2012
#15
FYI, Andrew Sullivan posted three blogs with differing opinions on this last October. Links:
highplainsdem
Jan 2012
#21
The fundamentalists I know do not consider either Catholics or Mormons to be Christian...
undeterred
Jan 2012
#23
Thank you, Nye Bevan. I always get upset when people say things like "I was Catholic,
Ecumenist
Jan 2012
#48
I'll never understand how the original form of Christianity became regarded as false
white_wolf
Jan 2012
#61
You're absolutely right. My husband is Catholic, well he's Catholic AND Lutheran...long story
Ecumenist
Jan 2012
#65
Some would say the 'original form' is found in the Acts of the Apostles long prior to
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2012
#139
There's Fundamentalist Catholics that don't believe that non Catholics are Christian
Nikia
Jan 2012
#106
One billion Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christians all agree that 'Christian' is defined
grantcart
Feb 2012
#125
Except for those who do not. Quakers, Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarians, the Church of
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2012
#140
Digit, this Christian loves you just the way you are.. I'm not God and cannot judge you
Ecumenist
Jan 2012
#62
Most accept that Creed, others do not and some reject all Creeds as idols of a sort.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2012
#142
Look the issue is about the definition of God. Jesus plays a minor role in Mormonism just like Islam
jwirr
Jan 2012
#83
That is what I said it is the definition. I did not say the Mormons defined Jesus as a prophet I
jwirr
Jan 2012
#88
You just said that "Jesus plays a minor role in Mormonism just like Islam".
PassingFair
Jan 2012
#94
Not sure what you are talking about but they have every right to say that since their religion does
jwirr
Feb 2012
#253
Maybe a few are. Of the roughly one billion humans who claim to be Christians, about 2 hundred
Skwid
Jan 2012
#92
Mormons do not fit the orthodox definition of Christianity and cannot be considered 'Christians', so
grantcart
Jan 2012
#96
Those intolerant Church Fathers don't own Christianity any more than Roman Catholics do
Nikia
Jan 2012
#104
You are incorrect that the Nicene Creed is the accepted Standard. Many Protestant
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2012
#146
I've known alot of Mormons, always thought they were Christians. Never asked and don't give a shit.
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#101
I agree. I dated a Mormon in college. Learned a lot. Jesus plays almost no role in Mormonism.
Critters2
Feb 2012
#110
To the best of my ability and from reading the Bible, Mormons are Christians
akbacchus_BC
Feb 2012
#118
No, because they believe in a non-canonical 'revealed' Prophet and non-canonical texts
JCMach1
Feb 2012
#131
In practice probably a lot more Christian then the people that say they aren't.
Ganja Ninja
Feb 2012
#134
The "original" covenant was with Adam. Mormons believe the covenant made by Jesus
Romulox
Feb 2012
#164
They are self-proclaimed Christians and view Jesus as the primary figure, HOWEVER,...
HopeHoops
Feb 2012
#145
Not in the traditional sense, since they'd have to accept concepts like the Trinity.
closeupready
Feb 2012
#163
I'm not Mormon, but I do live in Utah. Mormons do consider themselves to be Christians. n/t
helderheid
Feb 2012
#182
Did you ever go though the Book of Morman? Pretty wierd stuff in there. Thats what they believe,
demosincebirth
Feb 2012
#194
They define themselves as much. The entirety of the rest of the discussion is about Scotsmen. (nt)
Posteritatis
Feb 2012
#279