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John Dibble
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« on: February 26, 2011, 10:07:26 PM »

I would say that Mormons are Christians in the same sense that Christians are Jews. They have additional dogma that most Christians reject. For lack of a better term I guess you could say they are a post-Christian religion in a sense.
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2011, 10:19:53 PM »

I would say that Mormons are Christians in the same sense that Christians are Jews. They have additional dogma that most Christians reject. For lack of a better term I guess you could say they are a post-Christian religion in a sense.

They sort of fall into a similar category as Muslims, though in a vastly different way.

Yes. The significant difference is that in Islam their holy book not only adds new material but it changes the old material. Mormons on the other hand kept the Bible in its entirety, though I imagine that they view it through the lens of their new material in the same way that a Christian views the Old Testament through the lens of the New Testament.
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 01:51:23 PM »

Oh God, I've been seeing far too many of those stupid "I'm a Mormon" ads too, they're on YouTube now. What is the point of them?

proselytize
v.intr.
1. To induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith.
2. To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.
v.tr.
To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another.

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