Sorry; but it is not true.
I can 'self identify' to being a MARTIAN; but Marvin would BLAST my skinny butt if I tried to show up at ther family reunion.
Interesting and very misunderstood subject.
Disclosure: I am not a Mormon. I identify myself as a Christian. I am not presently a member of any church or organized religion.
A Christian is a person who self-identifies as a Christian.
A church or religion can also identify itself as Christian. There are hundreds of organizations that self-identify as Christian. Are they all wrong, or all right? There is no authority beyond one’s conscience to make such a determination.
The proclamations of churches on this subject are meaningless and have no authority over any person other than those choosing to accept a certain church’s authority.
I accept no church’s declaration on this subject. I accept no individual’s declaration on this subject. My Christian identity is mine. Statements on the matter by others are irrelevant.
An individual or organization’s identification is only meaningful to the individual or organization making the identification.
No individual or organization has any standing to approve or deny an identification by another.
Now get ready to hear a lot of specious claims, bible quotes and meaningless chatter from those who profess authority in an area where they have none.
Mormons have no say in whether other churches are Christian, and other churches have no say in whether Mormons are Christian.
Authoritarian claims to the contrary are an invitation to meaningless sectarian wars, and we have seen plenty of those for centuries.
May many blessings be yours on your spiritual journey.
I’m a Mormon and I identify myself as a Christian.
Sorry; but it is not true.
I can 'self identify' to being a MARTIAN; but Marvin would BLAST my skinny butt if I tried to show up at ther family reunion.
It is not our self-identification which makes one a Christian.
Only the work of God makes us a Christian. More specifically, the identification of God the Holy Spirit of our regenerated human spirit with our soul makes us Christian.
Christians cannot be converted by any man, including Christ Jesus. Even our Lord appealed to God the Father for men to become believers and in this mystery Church Age, it is the work of God the Holy Spirit which baptizes a believer into salvation.
Those who self-identify, place the old man before the new man and fail to place faith in Christ.