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To Be A Mormon Is To Not Be A Christian

Here’s a helpful post by Justin Taylor that details the theological differences that spell out why Mormons are not considered part of Orthodox Christianity.  Their denial of the the Trinity & monotheism couples with an unbiblical view of eschatology (among other things) to create a theology that can be called many things, but ought not be deemed Christian.

The reason the issue gets muddle in the minds of many is because Mormons (like liberal mainline “Christians”) use orthodox and biblical terms, but completely change what the terms mean.   Sort of like what an SBC armenian does when he preaches a sermon on Calvinism.  So if a Mormon says “I believe in Jesus”, what they mean to say is “I believe in Jesus.”*

*By Jesus we mean the literal offspring of God the father, who also sired Satan, Jesus’ brother.  Jesus is a god, but not the only God.  He’s a member of the polytheistic godhead.  In the OT, Jesus & Jehovah are the same God, while God the Father is referred to as Elohim.

So that’s a problem.  If I promise you some ice cream, but then fill a waffle cone with Brussels sprouts, you’ve got good reason to consider me as a liar.

I might insist “No, no, no.  See ‘ice cream’ really is another word for Brussels sprouts, but people like Ben & Jerry corrupted the word so that it’s associated with a decidely un-Brussels sprout product & I just found out the truth last year.”  If you know anything about ice cream at all, you can call me on it and move on.

The problem today is too many people have at best a vague idea of who Jesus is, but don’t invest in reading what He has revealed about Himself.  So when Mormons talk about Jesus, they assume that we’re all on the same page.  They’re a big lot of folks who don’t actually know what ice cream is.  That’s why there’s even a conversation about whether or not Mormons (or any other Jesus denying group)  should be considered Christians.  They aren’t.

If you’re further interested, here’s an article written by one of my professors on how DNA evidence refutes central Mormon claims.

2010
09/03
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Bullet Points: That Whole Glenn Beck Thing

Oh, that whole Glenn Beck not-a-political-rally-nor-a-doctrinal-rally rally over the weekend wherein he called people back to God and/or Jesus.

The satirical twitter account @XIANITY chimed “BREAKING NEWS: After months of resisting, lone hold-out American Evangelical receives Glenn Beck as his lord & savior.”

For a more substantial analysis let me refer you to Russell Moore’s post.  Mark from HereIblog.com does a nice job of detailing the differences of the Mormon Jesus and the actual Jesus over here.

My thoughts:

  • The idea that we need to go back to God so that the USA will be wonderful again is rubbish.  If your reason for serving Him who is Holy, Holy, Holy is to achieve a better tax code, prayer in school, & Republicans in every office… there’s a good chance you are unaware of who God is.
  • Speaking of not knowing who God is, this is pretty much a case study in what happens when we care more about an idea of God than God himself.  Not sure how else to explain the hip-hip-hooraying when someone throws Jesus’ name around when that name is blasphemed by a doctrine of Jesus that paints him as a created lesser God conceived through Spiritual procreation (along with the his brother Satan).
  • This is why an American flags hoisted up near the pulpit has always made me uncomfortable.
  • This sort of thing is the conservative equivalent of the social gospel.

Brief and undeveloped, to be sure.  What are your thoughts on the issue?  Are you as uncomfortable as I am?  Do you marvel at the number of people demanding a return to God who won’t take the time to actually look into what God has said about himself?  Has hyper-republicanism in the church set this in motion?

2010
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