NO Mormons are not Christian!

[_moksha]

If you believe in the teachings of Jesus and do good things, then that is sufficient. Needing to jump through some man-made checklist is more of an exercise in obsessive-compulsive thought than any meaningful statement of faith. Let's go with the spirit of being a follower rather than some strictures presented by modern Sanhedrinists.

Hope that does not get me in trouble with the Sanhedrinists of my own faith.

[_jordon3]

Megacles.... What I am saying .... after reading the anthanasian creed that most everything is in the Bible.....on a personal note this particular creed below is BS. Again not a fan of the RC church but I do believe they are Christian. Many Christians most likely have varying opinions-viewpoints on certain creeds, but certainly not in the nature of God and the doctrines pertaining to salvation. What the heck, the Christian God is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent so I can imagine He loves variety lol

"Whoever wants to be saved should above all cling to the catholic faith."------------- NO NO and NO.. this creed sucks big time and is pathetic lol

Hey Megacles a Mormon friend just popped by to borrow my cell phone so he can be reached for the telephone company to hook up his land line tomorrow. I spent yesterday helping him move. He's been a Mormon all his life. You see I am not such a bad guy after all in spite of the nasty comments people have said about me on this forum.lol

[_jordon3]

If you believe in the teachings of Jesus and do good things, then that is sufficient. Needing to jump through some man-made checklist is more of an exercise in obsessive-compulsive thought than any meaningful statement of faith. Let's go with the spirit of being a follower rather than some strictures presented by modern Sanhedrinists.

Hope that does not get me in trouble with the Sanhedrinists of my own faith.

Jason says "THEREFORE, since the Mormons deny basic Christian doctrines and call themselves Christian, is it okay for me to deny basic Mormon doctrines and call myself a Mormon?

Come on Moksha that was a fair question? If I asked any SECULAR person they would say NO it would not be ok either way because your beliefs don't even resemble each other.

[_Tobin]

If you believe in the teachings of Jesus and do good things, then that is sufficient. Needing to jump through some man-made checklist is more of an exercise in obsessive-compulsive thought than any meaningful statement of faith. Let's go with the spirit of being a follower rather than some strictures presented by modern Sanhedrinists.

Hope that does not get me in trouble with the Sanhedrinists of my own faith.

Jason says "THEREFORE, since the Mormons deny basic Christian doctrines and call themselves Christian, is it okay for me to deny basic Mormon doctrines and call myself a Mormon?

Come on Moksha that was a fair question? If I asked any SECULAR person they would say NO it would not be ok either way because your beliefs don't even resemble each other.

If you want to call yourself a Mormon, I'm fine with it. So now that is settled. How about extending the same courtesy toward Mormons that want to be called Christians?

[_jordon3]

Oh Tobin obvious this went way over you head. You know damn well I wouldn't be allowed to deny those Mormon doctrines and then call myself a Mormon...... go sit in a Mormon Church and spout this stuff off or park my ass in the temple and say such stuff. Don't be so childish. On the other hand you could sit in most Christian Churches I know and the believers would not have a problem with your BS. I could tell your why..... but if you didn't get my first question... your certainly wouldn't be able to understand this latter statement. . Take care of yourself, God loves you.

[_jordon3]

Oh Tobin obvious this went way over you head. You know damn well I wouldn't be allowed to deny those Mormon doctrines and then call myself a Mormon...... go sit in a Mormon Church and spout this stuff off or park my ass in the temple and say such stuff. Don't be so childish. On the other hand you could sit in most Christian Churches and the believers would not have a problem with your BS. I could tell your why..... but if you didn't get my first question... your certainly wouldn't be able to understand this latter statement. . Take care of yourself, God loves you.

[_Tobin]

Oh Tobin obvious this went way over you head. You know damn well I wouldn't be allowed to deny those Mormon doctrines and then call myself a Mormon...... go sit in a Mormon Church and spout this stuff off or park my ass in the temple and say such stuff. Don't be so childish. On the other hand you could sit in most Christian Churches I know and the believers would not have a problem with your BS. I could tell your why..... but if you didn't get my first question... your certainly wouldn't be able to understand this latter statement. . Take care of yourself, God loves you.

Oh, I know you'd be an excellent Mormon. You are narrow-minded, bigoted (in the extreme), and seem to know little to nothing about your own religion.

[_LittleNipper]

A true Christian has a personal relationship with God, and not a religion.

[_maklelan]

Megacles.... What I am saying .... after reading the anthanasian creed that most everything is in the Bible.....

Most everything except for the critical part. The notion of homoousios, or the notion that Jesus and God are a single being, is absolutely nowhere found in the Bible. The closest you get are oblique notions of emanation in the later Johannine literature, but even that is just the residue of middle-Platonism coming through the authors' literary conventions. You find the same notions in Philo's discussions of the logos, but just a with Justin Martyr, Philo acknowledges that the logos is "another god."

[_maklelan]

A true Christian has a personal relationship with God, and not a religion.

But that doesn't stop you from making judgments about people's personal relationships with God based on their religion.