OK OK
If you continue in the face of this to claim to be Christian I will have no choice but to modify my assertions. Mormonism is a CULT of Christianity!
The Bible is clear. We are to reject heresy and heretics.
Titus 3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Heretical teachings cause a group, who call themselves "Christian", to be considered a CULT of Christianity by biblical Christians.
CULT: "A group of people, which claiming to be Christian, embraces a particular doctrine system taught by an individual leader, group of leaders, or organization, which system denies either explicitly or implicitly one or more of the central doctrines of the Christian Faith as taught in the sixty-six books of the Bible." (Alan Gomes, Unmasking The Cults, Zondervan,
1995)
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DAVEH: Sure Kevin. You are trying to make the term pagan fit your perceived need to define somebody (me) in a way that differentiates me from you.
If you want to use the term pagan as you've defined it below, it seems one prominent condition needs to be met to define one as a pagan. That he worships false gods.....interestingly, that they used the term gods as in plural.
Since Mormons worship the only true God, they would view themselves not as pagan at all. However, could that not lead one to ponder whether those who worship a trinitarian God might be considered Pagan?
Kevin Deegan wrote:Due to your suggestion on Christian in the dictionary, I now have a problem because to remain consistent I check the definition of Pagan. Since a Pagan can not be a Christian then one can not logically be a member of both groups.This poses a problem of inconsistency, can you rectify this problem?Should we just use selective definitions? Perhaps use just the kinder gentler definitions on a consensus basis?PA'GAN, a. Heathen; heathenish; Gentile; noting a person who worships false gods.1. Pertaining to the worship of false gods.
David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Judy wrote:
> What reason would anyone on TT have
> to assume that a lifelong Mormon is also
> a Christian?
Following is how my dictionary defines a Christian:
Chris·tian
noun (plural Chris·tians)
1. believer in Jesus Christ as savior: somebody who believes that Jesus
Christ was sent to the world by God to save humanity, and who tries to
follow his teachings and example
If we accept the secular definition of believer as somebody who believes in
the teachings of a particular religious faith, then from my perspective,
Mormonism falls into this category of Christian. This does not mean that
they have the right belief system, or that any of them will be saved. It
simply places them in the Christian category, as a religious sect that is
centered on the idea that Jesus Christ is the Savior sent by God to save
humanity. There are false sects within Christianity, and I think the Mormon
sects are among them.
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