Why Mormons are not considered, by the USA people in general, Christians? Or, why they should be?

Question

Why Mormons are not considered, by the USA people in general, Christians?

Why should they be considered christians, if you think they should?

Is the so-called 'The Book of Mormon' another Bible?

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ps: I'm Roman Cat.

Answer 1

We aren't considered Christian because we deviate from the definition for Christianity that was made up at the Council of Nicea hundreds of years ago.

We should be considered Christian because:
1) We believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We don't believe in the Trinity exactly, but we do believe that there is a God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost but they are seperate beings. Honestly, explain to me how Christ was referred to as the son of God in the Bible but he's still one being with God? Wouldn't that mean that God sent down himself to save the world from sin?
2) We love everyone (Even if they're not Mormon). Granted there are some exceptions out there with some members, but the teachings of the church tell us to always love everyone no matter what religion, background, or anything else that would make them different.
3)We don't try to prove other religions wrong. We do say that we are the only true church because we have the organization and the ordinances that existed in Biblical times but we don't attack or harass others and try to prove them wrong and save their damned soul! It hurts so much when other people tell me I'm going to hell because I'm Mormon, yet they say they're a Christian! It's so hypocritical!

These three things are only some of the major factors that should put us in a more favorable light with Christians. I wish that people would open up their minds to new ideas instead of putting others ideas down. Think about it.

Answer 2

Most do not consider Mormons to be Christians because Mormons deny some of the essentials of the Christian faith, and add other doctrines, such as:

Christianity ceased to exist after the death of the Twelve Apostles
Christians are saved by grace coupled with works
God is a glorified, perfected human being with a body of flesh and bones
God is married
God is only one among many Gods
God was not always God
Humans can become Gods
Jesus is the literal “Son of God” who was begotten naturally by an immortal Father
Jesus is the spirit-brother of Lucifer
Mankind must believe Joseph Smith was a prophet of God in order to get into heaven
The Garden of Eden was located in Missouri

For a full explanation of these statements, with quotes from Mormon leaders, go to:
“We're Christians just like you!”

http://www.mrm.org/topics/introductory-issues/were-christians-just-you

Answer 3

Mormon teachings are NOT Chrstian because they contradict the Bible. While the Bible teaches that the Lord Jesus Christ is the only son of God and the only way to heaven, Mormons teach that God was once a man and that everyone can become a god. Mormons also teach that all other religions are false--that all Christian denominations are an abomination. The truth is that the Lord Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation.

Answer 4

I hate to say this, but I believe it's a matter of wanting to lie to their congregations to avoid having them talk to Mormons. If they can cast Mormons as some non-Christian cult then they are hoping their congregations won't even give them the time of day.

Since this is a serious charge, let me back it up. I once knew a man that was a Catholic but wanted to convert to be a Mormon. He brought home a wonderful picture of Christ from the Mormons. He gave it to his sister (also Catholic) and she said "Wow, this is great! where did you get it?"

He said "from the Mormons."

Confused, she asked, "then who is it then?"

She had been told that Mormons were non-Christians. Now I'm sure the person that told her that was thinking in their head "Well, I don't believe that Mormons are Christian because while they *do* believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, they don't believe they are 'one of substance' as the Nicene Creed states, thus to me that makes them non-Christian." (For now, I'll over look the obvious logical issue that no Christian prior to the Nicene Creed believed in the Nicene Creed either.)

Now it doesn't take a genius to see that if you are thinking this but do not explain it to those listening to you that you are in fact lying to them. Your audience will assume that what you mean is that Mormons don't believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He is fully divine. But Mormons do believe this. What your audience will hear is that Mormons "don't believe in Jesus."

(See http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Christian)

You see, the word Christian already has an accepted meaning. Check the link to dictionary.com and you'll see that it means you believe in Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God and thus divine. Mormons fit this definition.

Now personally, I wouldn't have a problem with someone calling Mormons not Christian if they did it in a truthful way. For example, they could say "Mormons *are* Christians according to the dictionary, because they believe in Jesus, but I don't feel we should count them as Christian because... " If the good Christians of the world did that, I just can't see a problem with it. Needless to say, if they don't do this, they are both lying and acting unchrist-like. They are bearing false witness.

Regardless of how they approach it, even if they do it truthfully, they are judging someone else’s salvation contrary to Christ's commandment: Matt 7:1-2. Since they are foretelling the future in the name of Christ, they are in fact prophesying falsely. There is no possibility God approves, even if the Mormons are dead wrong about everything.

Answer 5

The LDS are Christians. We believe in Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we teach our children to love Christ, worship Christ and know where they can turn for a remission of their sins.

The only people in the US that don't consider us Christians are the Born-Again, Bible-bashing, types...I think that they are Baptists (may be wrong, it's happened before...) But I think it's funny that OUR name is The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints, and they are Baptist....no mention of Christ anywhere. How about that? Catholics don't like what we teach but they don't walk around telling the world that we're not Christian.

The "so-called" Book of Mormon is actually called The Book of Mormon. It is not another Bible. It is the Book of Mormon. It is not intended to replace the Bible. It is a companion to the Bible and as the title says, Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

You're Welcome.

Answer 6

Let's say that I say: "A Christian is someone who believe that Jesus Christ had blue eyes"

You say "well, I believe in Christ, I believe he's my Saviour, but I don't know what color eyes he had....probably brown because he was Mediterranean"

According to my definition, you would not be Christian. How could you possibly be? You don't believe in a Blue-eye'd Jesus. Your Jesus is different than my Jesus.

This is what happens with the mainstream, Mormon-hating christians. Their definition of "Christian" has a narrow enough definition to keep out the people they don't like out of their little club.

Try this.......
Find an unbiased dictionary (Websters, etc) that has a definition of Christian that includes, catholics, protestants, evangelicals, etc but excludes Mormons. (I'll give you a hint....it doesn't exist).

Mormons believe that Christ is their Savior
They believe that they can only be saved through his Grace
They believe that he suffered in Gethsemane and died on Calvary so that we can be cleansed of sin and resurrected.
They believe that he is the Son of Mary, raised as a carpenter by Joseph, and is the Son of God, savior and redeemer of the world.
They believe he overcame sin and rose from the Tomb, a ressurected being on the third day.
They believe in the Old and the New Testament.

So....would you describe someone with those beliefs as a "Christian" or as a "non-christian"???

Mormons are bold in saying "we are Christs church here on earth. Others do good things, but only one founded and directed by Jesus Christ himself." That doesn't exactly win you friends in "Christian" circles.

.....Then again, the Jews didn't exactly embrace Christ when he claimed to be their Messiah. That didn't make him everyone's friend either.

As for the Book of Mormon....

Why is it that the Bible is scripture? Because it was written by individuals who were called of God to be prophets. Prophets spoke God's will to the people and wrote down their words. The Bible is a composition of the writings of prophets that lived primarily in the near east (Israel, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, etc).

The Book of Mormon was written by prophets who were also called of God to speak his words to people who lived anciently in the Americas.

God taught reveled the same truth to both groups of people. It is a spiritual account of these people. We believe that the Book of Mormon is scripture, just like the Bible, and for the same reasons. It teaches God's truth and testifies of Jesus Christ.

Answer 7

They are not considered as Christians because they do not hold to the cardinal doctrines of Christianity and they do not regard the historical Christian church as valid.
The Book of Mormon is a testament of another Jesus Christ - one that the Bible does not know.

Answer 8

First, Mormons are Christians; they are simply Pagan Christians, rather than orthodox Christians.

The main differences are that they believe that there are other gods, which is by definition Pagan. They also deny many aspects of orthodox Christianity, such as the nature of the trinity, the concept of salvation and other basic Christian doctrine.

Answer 9

Theh Book of Mormon is the word of God, like the Bible, we believe.

Many Americans define a Christian as "one who believes as I do, or as I think a Christian should believe".

Answer 10

In most compilations of which religion fits under which catagory Mormonism is listed amongst protestant religions..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant

Mormons list themselves amongst Restorationism faiths..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorationism

Mormons beleive in God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost not as one entity but as three seperate entities working together (a good way to understand this is think of God as the president Jesus is vice-president and The Holy Ghost is secretary of State they are all working together with God delegating certain tasks to the other two)


Mormons beleive the Book of Mormon is a companion book to the Bible... The Bible is the stories and histories of and word of God given to the people living in the old world (now known as Europe, The Middle East) while the Book of Mormon is the stories and histories of and the word of God given to the people living in the New World (now known as the Americas) The general time frames of both books are the same...

Many people do not consider Mormons christian because they mistakenly assume Mormons worship not God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost but Mormon which is untrue..

The actual name of the church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) not to be confused with a breakaway sect (happened in 1890 when the practice od polygamy was stopped) The Fundamentalist Church if Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) ..

Mormons is a nickname derived from the name of the Book of Mormon just as other religions have nicknames or shortened versions of a name (AOG instead of Assembly of God, JW's instead of Jehoviahs Witnesses, 7th day instead of 7th day Adventists, Catholic instead of Roman Catholic, etc) Saying, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is quite a mouth full so it's no surprise a nickname is used..

Hope this helped..