11-30-2007, 02:10 PM
There are many reasons that Mormons are not Christian. For example:
Christians believe that God is eternal and unchanging. Mormons have a belief called "The Law of Eternal Progression". According to this belief, all creatures including the Gods are constantly evolving, changing, and improving. The Mormon prophet Lorenzo Snow summarized this belief in a famous couplet which states:
<i><b>“As man is, God once was, and as God is, man may become.” </b> </i>
In other words, mormons believe that God was once a mortal like us. And, that over time, the powers of each human will equal the powers that God now has. Obviously, Christians consider this belief to be blasphemous, so Christians do not consider mormons to be Christian.
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And, you may have noticed that I used the term "Gods", not God, above. Mormons believe that in addition to the three Gods known as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, there are already countless other Gods out there in the universe. Not to mention the millions of mormons here on Earth who will also one day be gods.
Since Christians believe there in only one true God in trinity, we reject the mormon understanding of God.