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It is my impression that the public rhetoric of Mormons has been shifting. I do not know what they teach in their stake houses, but the young missionaries that ring my doorbell affirm that as Mormons they believe and Mormonism teaches exactly what I say as I state to them certain basic teachings about Christianity, such as the identity and personhood of Jesus of Nazareth, God’s only begotten son, the Messiah, his miraculous incarnation, et cetera.
I saw Chris Matthews on tv Friday berating Rick Santorum as to whether Mormonism “was Christian”. Unfortunately such a forum does not allow for any precise thinking.
The problem is, not even we Christians can agree on what is “Christian”. I am sure some of my protestant brethren on FR would not consider me “Christian” since I am a convert to Catholicism and do not adhere to sola fide or sola scriptura.
If you define it in the broadest terms, as one who sincerely tries to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, then I guess Mormons would qualify, which was more or less what Santirum said, though it was in the form of deference to the LDS as to whether they were Christians.
Had I been in Santorum’s shoes, I would have asked Matthews if belief in a triune God was necessary to Christianity; if not then they could certainly be called Christians, otherwise no.
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As far as Romney, its not his Religion, it's his politics that I look at when deciding if I want to vote for him.
There is an excellent book that I have by Walter Martin named “Kingdom of the Cults”. In it, he defines a cult as a religion that claims to be Christian, yet denies one or more major tenet of Christianity.
Mormons deny the Trinity. That qualifies them as a cult. When Mormons come to my door, we don’t debate. I simply state “I believe in a monotheism, you believe in a polytheism.” They say “Yes ma’am, have a nice day.” and walk off.
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