Thanks for stopping by. I have done my research and I have put it out there. You get hitched in a Mormon Temple, you get to inherit a planet.

Thanks for the response. I know there are differences in what Mormons believe versus mainline protestant churches. The point I am trying to make is that the common beliefs in key areas are much more than the differing beliefs in others.

The main point I was trying to make is that as a practicing Mormon, I believe, along with other practicing Mormons:

1. In God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. That these three beings are united in one Godhead that acts in complete unison.
2. That man can only be saved through faith Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice, and in NO OTHER WAY.
3. That the first prinicples and ordinances of the gospel are faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion for remission of sins, and the gift of the Holy Ghost.

I am assuming these core beliefs of every Mormon are very close to your own as a Christian. I also believe a lot of other things that in no way contradict these three core beliefs, but that you probably do not accept, (ie: the Book of Mormon as scripture, prophets revealing God’s truth today, etc.) However, other Christian faiths believe things you and I probably do not accept either (I am assuming you are not Catholic): transubstantiation, praying to or worship of Saints, infallibility of the Pope, etc. Based on your argument, would you say that Catholics are not Christian?

Hope you had a Merry Christmas!

Ty

This Gideon bloke is a fruitloop. Check out his comment on a friend’s blog here:

http://stuartdelony.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/more-thoughts-from-platform-talking/

People like this make me want to vomit.

Thanks for visiting my little place on the http://WWW. Thanks for your comment. I’m sorry you had a weird experience with so called “Christians” - the points you raised at that bible study and how the Christians questioned it is down right wrong. I’m surprised no-one mentioned the “catholic church” thing as most in my circles couldn’t give a hoot about the Pope.

For the record, I love the Mormon dedication to learning and the example they set in evangelism and morals. Something surely to be admired.

BUT, and it is a huge BBBUUUTTT, seriously, much of your teachings are way weird for the learned Christian. And that’s why many are deceived into believing what the LDS believe. It comes near to the “truth” and uses parts of “truth” to justify itself. But it isn’t truth. And that’s why you guys feel that the Bible isn’t rock proof - cause many parts of it completely contradict what you guys believe in.

A relevant example is the Jesus - Satan - brother thing. And I don’t want to inherit a planet to populate. I have enough trouble populating my house - let alone a planet. You guys believe in a form of theological/spiritual evolution where you will become a god.

Well I’m sorry, but my God says that there is none like He and I’m cool with that. You guys aren’t.

The first creed discussed was the Apostle’s Creed, which states:

=-=-=-=

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell.

The third day He arose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.

Amen.

=-=-==

The teacher, who was not the pastor, then asked each student around the table what they thought of this creed. One expressed some reservation about Jesus “rising from the dead” and the part about “the resurrection of the body”, in that it implied that Christ arose with a body and that there will be a physical resurrection. Another did not believe the portion of the creed that indicated that Christ descended into hell. Another questioned how he could sit at the right hand of God if he was God.

My wife and I were the last ones to speak. Both of us answered that we felt the creed reflected the biblical teachings of Christ and the Apostles correctly, and we believed in the creed 100%.

My point is that many people “cling” to the different beliefs of Mormons from other Christian churches, while ignoring the fact that the core Mormons beliefs match the creeds of the early Christian church closer than the beliefs of their particular sect.

Even the controversy about Mormon belief/disbelief in the Trinity is enlightening. Mormons believe in the Trinity, although not in same way as most other Christian sects teach the Trinity. Mormons believe that the three members of the Trinity can be referred to as one God, as they are one in purpose, and never vary from one another in thought. Indeed, Mormons believe that if you have seen Christ you have seen the Father, because they look, act, think, and do exactly alike. The only difference between the beliefs, which is entire exagerrated, is that most other Christian sects believe the three members of the Trinity are three manifestations of the same being. But if the three are separate beings but think, act, and do as One, isn’t the net result the same thing?

There are many beliefs in different sects that outsiders could call “bizarre”, but at the core, Christians, including Mormons, believe the same basic things. Some examples of “bizaare things” that are either shared beliefs that Mormons have with other Christians, or are believed and taught by other sects, are:

Transubstantiation - (not a Mormon belief)
Virgin Birth - (a Mormon belief)
Worship of Saints - (not a Mormon belief)
Earth created in 6000 years - (most Mormons don’t believe, but no official Church stance)
Infallibility of the Bible - (not a Mormon belief)
Faith Healings - (a Mormon belief)
Prophecy - (a Mormon belief)
Speaking in Tongues - (a Mormon belief)
Jesus casting evil spirits into Pigs (Mark 5) - (a Mormon belief)

Are you referring to me here? or to what Mormonism stands for? As for a “real Christian” never putting the two in a sentence, well God did it first…

“..he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”

There you go, Jesus and Satan in the same sentence!

God bless,
Anthony
http://www.bellybutton88.blogspot.com

The Relationship Between Jesus and Lucifer in a Mormon Context