Please don't be all like "mormons are not Christian" and stuff. If you must, i will set up a question just so you can vent, just ask. I want to hear from anyone with valid two cents based on the definition of the trinity if it is in harmony with LDS teaching. I really want to know. If not go away.
2007-10-12 04:48:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay, do we claim to be?
2007-10-12 04:52:09 · update #1
Excelent, JS, I like your answer.
2007-10-12 04:54:06 · update #2
Wow. I knew she'd answer this question... At least this time, shes right for the wrong reasons. *shakes head sadly*
2007-10-12 04:56:29 · update #3
The UNMENTIONABLE? lmao, you are too funny princess...
2007-10-12 05:28:46 · update #4
Nop we are not...
Hmm.. I wanna talk to you a little about this, can you email me and give me your messenger screen name or email so I can add you, if you want? or we can talk about it in MySpace but it's gonna be tonight after I come back from my dang job **cries**
[edit]: are you talking about the "unmentionable" LOL!... it will always spread some hate in our questions so get used to it! :P
2007-10-12 04:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Ok, I thought I would be able to put in my two bits but reading the previous answers Looks like it's all been said.
Maybe I'll put two bits in any way. The Bible specifically talks about the Godhead, No where in all the Holy Scriptures does it even mention the Trinity.
I am proud to be a Polythiestic, God believes in Polythiesm, he knows that there are three in heaven who bare witness 1 Jn. 5: 7.
The term Trinity was created by St. Augustine he had a hard time in believing in the Godhead who are three distinct individuals. So he said they were three people in one body, this is the traditional Trinity. If I'm not mistaken don't we medicate those who have M.P.D. (Multi-Personality Disorder).
2007-10-12 05:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by newwellness 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well what people claim is the trinity is not in harmony with our teachings, in the sense that saying the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are three parts of the same being. and to think They would be confuses me to no end. according to the plan of salvation and what the gospel teaches, that concept is ridiculous. this is what happens when you leave the interpretation of things up to man. luckily for us we know the great apostasy is over and God once again speaks through a prophet so that we are not left up to our own interpretation. and the fact that we have the gift of the Holy Ghost allows us to continually receive personal revelation and a witness of what is truth and what is....said by the unmentionable. I like that so i'm gonna start lobbying her name be changed.
2007-10-12 06:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by plastik punk -Bottom Contributor 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on which 'tradition' you want to go back to. In the tradition of most protestants, catholics, baptists, etc, no - LDS are not trinitarian. Do we believe in the Father, Son & Holy Ghost? absolutely. Do we worship the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob/Israel? most emphatically yes.
The term 'trinity', however, does not have only one definition - it is associated with several definitions [most of them have been answered previously - the 3 in 1, or the 3 w 1 purpose].
Sorry you if you had to sort the wheat from the chaff...
But I hope you have a beautiful Friday, nonetheless.
2007-10-12 06:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by strplng warrior mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No we are not trinitarian. The trinity is the belief that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are one being.
We believe in the Godhead- that they are three separate beings with one purpose. Kind of like the first presidency. Gordon B Hinkley, Thomas S, Monson and Henry B. Eyring are three separate people who are united in purpose- that is what the Godhead is. IN the trinity- the three would somehow be one being.
You should visit Mormon.org or LDS.org for clarification.
2007-10-12 06:14:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the best place to check is www.lds.org. But members of the church believe in the God the Father, Jesus his son and the Holy Spirit. Blessing to a person (like a new baby or a sick person) are given in the name of the Holy Spirit and it is a very moving prayer. Mormons are very much Christians, and are very honest people. Unlike the Warren Jeffs LDS fundemental church the REAL LDS church does NOT believe in Polygamy at all, are very loyal church members and family members (ok, they are sometimes late, hence the saying Mormon Standard Time). But when George Bush couldn't get stuff into Katrina-Ville, the Mormon church people had food and supplies on the ground and were feeding people! You don't hear about it, because that's the way we do things.
2007-10-12 04:54:06 · answer #6 · answered by Empress Jan 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This isn't straightforward. The word "trinitarian" can mean several different things.
In the sense that one believes in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, Mormons are trinitarian.
However, "trinitarian" Christians and Mormons disagree on how faithfully traditional Christian doctrine squares with Jesus's intent. More more on the comparison here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_Christianity
2007-10-12 05:00:36 · answer #7 · answered by El Jefe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are trinitarian in the sense that we believe in God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. This is where that ends though. We believe that all three are separate, distinct individuals, one in purpose, but each with His own identity and function.
If you would like to know more, feel free to either IM me or email me. I would be happy to explain it further.
I am also posting a site that can help explain this. It is a deeper concept then most understand, but the basics are easy to follow.
2007-10-12 05:32:09 · answer #8 · answered by odd duck 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It seems the views on trinity have been discussed thoroughly. I thought I'd share something related and interesting (I hope) I actually learned a new term the other day that describes my belief. I am neither monotheistic nor polytheistic. I am henotheistic. I believe in multiple gods, but I only worship one God.
2007-10-12 06:32:59 · answer #9 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
http://broadcast.lds.org/genconf/2007/10/20/GC_2007_10_27_HollandJR__02381_eng_.mp3
Really good Mormon talk about their beliefs in God, the Godhead, and the origin of the Trinity belief.
Take a few minutes and listen to you. Very good explanation.
2007-10-12 09:34:21 · answer #10 · answered by Ender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mormons dont believe in the Trinity!!!!!
I think they believe in a GodHead
http://www.christianinformation.org/article.asp?artID=84
I have a best friend who is Mormon.. They are good people.
2. Trinity. Mormonism teaches polytheism (versus monotheism taught in the Bible), believing that the universe is inhabited by many gods who produce spirit children. Joseph Smith declared, "I will preach on the plurality of Gods. I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 370). Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie spoke about the Godhead in this way, "Plurality of Gods: Three separate personages: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, comprise the Godhead. As each of these persons is a God, it is evident, from this standpoint alone, that a plurality of Gods exists. To us, speaking in the proper finite sense, these three are the only Gods we worship. But in addition there is an infinite number of holy personages, drawn from worlds without number, who have passed on to exaltation and are thus gods" (Mormon Doctrine, pp. 576-577).
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/mormon.htm
2007-10-12 04:59:54 · answer #11 · answered by Elle F 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋