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The Fury on 22 August 2011
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Joelcool7 said:
The Fury said:

The Islamic faith is based on the stories of the Bible and it's teachings, most prominant prophets of the Christian and Jewish faith are prophets in Islam, Muhammed restored their teachings as well as producing the Qu'ran (I think). They see Jesus as a prophet, not the son of God.

The idea that if you believe in Christ and have faith in him as you describe above is why I have a go at anyone who claiming certain other Christ based faiths are not Christian. LDS being one which most people think is not Christianity.

Well thats because Christian's , Jews and Muslims all believe in essentially the same God. The God of Abraham. But does that mean all three are Christian? No since Jews and Muslims do not recognize Jesus as God or the teachings of the New Testiment.

As for the Church of Latter Day Saints or Mormon's they have the Book of Mormon which many Mormon's (Everyone I've met) believes supercedes the Bible. They believe in a totally different Jesus Christ then I do. However yes many do classify them as Christian because they believe in the Bible.

I once had an interesting conversation with a mormon, she was trying to convert me. I said to her does she believe in Jesus , she said yes. I said does she believe in the Bible she said yes. I then asked did she believe I was going to heaven she said yes. So then I asked her point blank, if this is the case why should I convert to Mormonism. She then told me about the Book of Mormon. However in the end she wasn't successful because she said the Bible was the word of God, I believed in the right God and was going to heaven so why would I need to follow some other book.

The Book of Mormon has also been proven false unlike the New Testiment. Archeologists have proven many of the places depicted in the book and many people and tribes did not exist. The Book also treats certain races and ethnic groups differently contrary to the teachings of the Bible.

The New Testiment is the teachings of Jesus Christ. If you have another book or another belief that contradicts the teachings of Christ then your not a follower of Christ.

No, they are not Christians but for a different reason they you stated. Jews and Muslims believe in Christ as many people do what they do not believe though is that Christ was the son of God (or a devine). They believe him just as a prophet, like Moses or Noah, pretty sure that the Islamic faith do believe in many of the teachings in the New Testament as John is seen as a prophet too.

LDS is a reformist church based around the teachings of Jesus Christ. It is called 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' after all. Just like many Christians may believe the New Testament supercedes the Old Testament, this is how they see the Book of Mormon. The main person in the Mormon book is Christ.

Your example is what I've had although my friend never tried to convert me as he knew of my objection, he just told me. He and his wife were concerned for me that I wouldn't gain entry to heaven.

Although saying it is false is a disrespect to 14million people around the world. How can a religius text that teachs good will and for man to have faith be false? when no matter the origins, it is a faith in it's own right and one many people are happy to follow it.



Hmm, pie.