The differences between Mormonism and Christianity

Published on April 17, 2008 By erathoniel In Religion

Mormonism and Christianity vary in many ways. It would not be too big a leap to say they're different religions.

Mormonism teaches that God achieved godhood by living a perfect life. Christianity (and Judaism) preaches that God is an infinite being, and always has been. "As Psalms 90:2 and 93:2 state, God has been God 'from eternity to eternity.'"
Mormonism teaches that God is made of flesh and bones. Christianity (and Judaism) preach that God is an infinite, formless (in that he can take any shape or form, and needs not physically exist) being.
Mormonism teaches there are many gods "There are many Gods. Brigham Young-Journal of Discourses 7:333 "How many Gods there are, I do not know. But there never was a time when there were not Gods." This is directly in contradiction to Judaism and Christianity's teachings that there is only one God, who is, and was, and always will be. "There is only one God. (Dt 6:4; 33:26-27; Isa 43:10; 45:5; 46:9; 1Ti 2:5)"
Mormonism teaches that God takes a wife. "'Implicit in the Christian verity that all men are the spirit children of an Eternal Father is the usually unspoken truth that they are also the offspring of an Eternal Mother. An exalted and glorified Man of Holiness (Moses 6:57) could not be a Father unless a Woman of like glory, perfection, and holiness was associated with him as a Mother' (Mormon Doctrine, 1977 ed., p. 516)" This is never mentioned in the scripture. "The Godhead determined to make man in their image, not to procreate spirit children (Ge 1:26). Nowhere does Scripture even hint at the existence of an Eternal Mother."
Mormonism believes the following: "God would stop being God if intelligences stopped supporting him as God.", where as Christianity teaches that God is infinite. "God is not God unless He is all-powerful, all knowing, absolutely in charge. If God exists only as God because of support given from other intelligent forms, He is not God at all (Isa 44:6; Ro 3:4; Rev 1:8; 21:6; 22:13) God is unchangingly omnipotent, and no purpose of His can be thwarted. He is not overruled by anyone (Ge 17:1; Job 36:22-23; 42:2; Isa 14:26-27; 40:13-14; Jer 32:27; Mt 19:26; Lk 1:37; Ac 17:24-25; Rev 19:6)".
Mormonism believes that "Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be" (D&C 93:29)" I don't need a reference (Try the first page of Genesis) to disprove this.

There you go. Big font. Follow the Article Link for more. Yes, I did take most everything from there, but as a fellow brother in Christ, with attribution to them, I believe that it is a good, rather than a wrong to spread infomation to save the lost sheep in the world.

Comments (Page 6)

Jythier

on Apr 20, 2008

if you really want to confuse yourself...read Isaac Watts (or Plato) someday. He said first you have to prove you exist before you can prove Christ exist and work backwards. Can you do that?

In order to prove that Christ even existed...first prove that you exist.

Ted.....do you really exist? Is it because somebody told you this? How do I know you're just not a figmant of my and everyone's imagination?

Why is green green? Is it because it is....or is it because someone told you it is?

How about we keep confusion out of it as best as we can?

lulapilgrim

on Apr 20, 2008

Using physical evidence, Prove the divinity of Jesus Christ.

The physical evidence is Jesus Christ Himself. Christ said on many occasions that He is God. It is impossible to present better proof than Christ Himself. There are many passages, but I cite only two. "I and the Father are one." St.John 10:30 "I am in the Father and the Father is in Me." 14:10 .

Being Infinite and Omnipotent, God is unlimited in power and can do anything He wills to do. Our history is physical evidence that records the promise that God Himself would come and redeem mankind. God became man in the person of Jesus Christ.

It's an indisputable historical fact that Jesus Christ existed and that He came in the time, place and manner foretold for centuries before His birth in Bethlehem.

Christ proved by His life, teachings and miracles that He is the One True God.

Another piece of physical evidence is the Holy Bible. I'm looking at my Douay Rheims Bible...which 2Tim. 3:16 tells me all Scripture is inspired by God...

A careful study of the fourth Gospel shows that it was written by an eyewitness St.John, son of Zebedee, who had personally known Christ. The Gospel of St.John is a history detailing Christ's words and deeds which prove His divinity. When Christ said He is the LOrd of the Sabbath, the Jews attempt to stone Him saying He's making Himself equal to God. He said "before Abaham was made, I AM. The idea of God as the external, Self Existent Being, the I AM WHO AM was familiar to the Jews. They called Christ a blasphemer becasue He made Himself God.

Zoologist03

on Apr 20, 2008

.....do you really exist? Is it because somebody told you this? How do I know you're just not a figmant of my and everyone's imagination?

That's a very interesting point. One only exists definitely to themselves. The outside world may be nothing more than an illusion of perception.

However, the general understanding of reality is the common shared perceptions of the masses. Then there are theories where things will cease to exist if no one perceives them. It's all a good round of philosophy.

Anywho, to prove someone exists in the traditional sense is finding physical evidence with your 5 senses...touch, smell, sight, hearing, and even taste.

If I can do one of the 5 to Ted(hopefully taste won't be necessary), then he most probably exists unless I have a disorder.

Why is green green?

Green is green because of the wavelength of the light energy bouncing off of the object or coming from a source.

These wavelengths stimulate certain cones in our eyes and we see a particular color. For the colorblind or blind then color does not exist or exists differently than the 'norm.'

Now, why do we call green 'green?' Well, that's just language...doesn't really matter. As Shakespeare wrote:

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

~Zoo

Jythier

on Apr 20, 2008

[quote]S

As Shakespeare wrote:

"What's in a name?

Who?

William Shakespeare.

Are you going to listen to me, or listen to your friend?

-Rodney Dangerfield

erathoniel

on Apr 20, 2008

A name is simply a title for all those people whose streams of consciousness don't handle listing eight adjectives in place of a noun.

Jythier

on Apr 20, 2008

A name is simply a title for all those people whose streams of consciousness don't handle listing eight adjectives in place of a noun.

you know, that bald, funny looking guy from accounting? Dark hair, glasses, beard combover?

Oh yeah, Mr. Johnson.

No, the bald...

etc.

ParaTed2k

on Apr 20, 2008

KFC: That's why I didn't say, "prove Jesus existed". If I can't prove I exist, I can't prove someone else did. There is physical evidence that Jesus lived... but whether or not he was Diety was never meant for physical proof.

For you and I (and Christians in general), the empty tomb is proof, but only because we accept the Biblical account in the first place. The Muslims have the "Book of Jesus" which has an account of Jesus telling God something like, "You know I never said I was God". They also have a different account of the disposition of Jesus' body.

Also, the Bible is the only account of Jesus' body being put in that tomb in the first place, so his body not being there isn't "proof" of anything.

Lulapilgrim: Jesus himself is only proof that someone named Jesus lived at the time and taught the people. Different writings tell different stories about who Jesus was. Only one speaks of Him as diety. So yes, to us Christians, Jesus Himself is proof of his Divinity... but it's not even evidence to anyone else.

Thanks to both of you for accepting the challenge. While I argued against your answers, they were good ones.

My purpose with this was not to hijack the thread though. My purpose was to ask erathoniel to consider to take a second look at double standards when discussing things.

erahoniel... how about it?

erathoniel

on Apr 20, 2008

How about what? Double standards? What about them?

Cedarbird

on Apr 20, 2008

Christ said on many occasions that He is God.

So, if I tell you that I'm God....is that proof that I am?

The point Ted was trying to make was not to prove you wrong about the divinity of Christ, but to show you that requiring proof of our religion is like an atheist requiring proof of Christ's divinity, or any of the things I asked Era to prove.

By the way...can I have some?

Zoologist03

on Apr 20, 2008

So, if I tell you that I'm God....is that proof that I am?

Well...obviously.

~Zoo

lulapilgrim

on Apr 20, 2008

There is physical evidence that Jesus lived... but whether or not he was Diety was never meant for physical proof.

ParaTed,

Yes, there is physical evidence that Christ lived...exactly as prophecied by many different people from centuries before the event.

And yes, Sacred Scripture is physical proof of His divinity...becasue it is the very Word of God. We have it on God's word that Christ is God.

So yes, to us Christians, Jesus Himself is proof of his Divinity... but it's not even evidence to anyone else.

Ya, but we're working on it.

Christ said on many occasions that He is God.

CEDARBIRD POSTS:

So, if I tell you that I'm God....is that proof that I am?

It only would if you were Christ...and that's the whole point.

Good discussion one and all.

ParaTed2k

on Apr 20, 2008

erathoniel: I figured you would come back with something like that. That's why I'm not continuing here.

20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and beasy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

If we meet together in Christ's name the Spirit will be with us. But if we are contentious with one another, the Spirit won't remain. If the Spirit doesn't remain it becomes evil work.

erathoniel, you tell me I'm not really Christian, but where most of us who replied tried to stay avoid contention, you insisted on churning it up. When you purposefully churn up contention, are you inviting the Spirit, or chasing it away?

These two passages of scripture answer that question, for you, and for anyone who thinks that there is Godliness in a minstry based on contention.

erathoniel

on Apr 20, 2008

I am telling the word of Christ who saves us, so that not through our action, but through the works of God, He who gives and takes away, are we saved.

Zoologist03

on Apr 21, 2008

It only would if you were Christ...and that's the whole point.

What if she honestly declared she was? Would you believe it?

~Zoo

Jythier

on Apr 21, 2008

What if she honestly declared she was? Would you believe it?

And that guy that keeps damaging her is like the Roman guards... I think you might be onto something, Zoo.

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