[Serious] Interview Assignment

[The Valkyrie]

I’m really an undercover nun seeking out potential choirboys for cardinal Pell (when he gets out of prison).

[GrandizerII]

I was raised primarily Mormon, but eventually I converted to Christianity. 

If you get a minute, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts as to why Mormonism is not Christianity.

I'm guessing it might partly have to do with Mormons not believing in a triune God but in a literal family kind of Godhead.

[The Grand Nudger]

..cant help it....

[Student]

I was raised primarily Mormon, but eventually I converted to Christianity. 

If you get a minute, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts as to why Mormonism is not Christianity.

The reason Mormons are not Christian, even though, they claim to be is because some of their beliefs directly contradict those taught by Christianity. There are many differences but the biggest difference between the two is that Mormonism teaches a work-based theology your good works get you into heaven. Their Heaven is divided into three categories: one for the best of the best Mormons (very few people go here), one for good people and Christians, and the other for everyone else. The top-tier is the best to live in, medium-tier the second best, and third-tier slightly better than living on Earth. (It has been quite a while since I learned this stuff not being apart of that faith but this is the general idea.) Christianity is faith-based, meaning that there is nothing you can do to earn your way to heaven, except have faith in what Jesus did.

I'm guessing it might partly have to do with Mormons not believing in a triune God but in a literal family kind of Godhead.

Also, this is another reason, as well as, Jesus being created.

[The Grand Nudger]

So...no further information as to exactly how many parking tickets you have to have before I need to start watching my back, then?

[GrandizerII]

If you get a minute, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts as to why Mormonism is not Christianity.

There are many differences but the biggest difference between the two is that Mormonism teaches a work-based theology your good works get you into heaven.

This is a similar sort of charge Evangelical Protestants raise against Catholics. But the end of the day, unless you're the "just believe in Jesus and that's it" kind of Christian, it's really all semantics.

[The Grand Nudger]

-and even that's a convenient lie. They say it, but they don't mean it.

Submit or die.

That's the fundamental truth of christer ideology. I think that they should at least have the juevos to do it themselves, if they're going to believe it, privately or publicly. They won't, just like our new missionary friend wont tell me how many parking tickets he'd torture and kill me over....but there must be some number.

Low rent bitches.

[Haipule]

Hi, I am a Christian and I'm doing an assignment for one of my college classes. The assignment involves asking several different individuals a list of questions:

• How would you describe your own religious background and church involvement?
  
• How would you describe God?
  
• What do you think is important in life?
  
• What do you think it takes to be straightened out (or made right) with God?
  
• How would you describe Jesus?
  
• What are your thoughts about churches today?
  

If you have any questions for me I would be happy to answer them to the best of my ability, just list them at the end of your response to these questions.

How would you describe your own religious background and church involvement? Extensive (PK)
How would you describe God? Looks like Jesus in a mirror
What do you think is important in life? Life
What do you think it takes to be straightened out (or made right) with God? Word
How would you describe Jesus? God
What are your thoughts about churches today? Clueless

[Belacqua]

If you get a minute, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts as to why Mormonism is not Christianity.

The reason Mormons are not Christian, even though, they claim to be is because some of their beliefs directly contradict those taught by Christianity. There are many differences but the biggest difference between the two is that Mormonism teaches a work-based theology your good works get you into heaven. Their Heaven is divided into three categories: one for the best of the best Mormons (very few people go here), one for good people and Christians, and the other for everyone else. The top-tier is the best to live in, medium-tier the second best, and third-tier slightly better than living on Earth. (It has been quite a while since I learned this stuff not being apart of that faith but this is the general idea.) Christianity is faith-based, meaning that there is nothing you can do to earn your way to heaven, except have faith in what Jesus did.

I'm guessing it might partly have to do with Mormons not believing in a triune God but in a literal family kind of Godhead.

Also, this is another reason, as well as, Jesus being created.

Thank you. I didn't know those things. 

There have been some pretty wild offshoots from Christianity, and I guess it's a debate whether they are variants or something else entirely. Mormonism sounds pretty different, that's for sure.

[The Grand Nudger]

Well, it does contain a "jesus christ"...and a "god" who's jesus' dad...right...? Same superstition, different packaging. Even coke tried new coke. Mormonism is just an expression of the nature of the religious economy. When they come up with non derivative ad copy..I'll stop calling them christians. It's not hard, ask the scientologists.