Comments on: Mormons don’t believe Jesus is the Saviour

By: Mary Siever

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:02:00 +0000

She's not having any trials. She's quite able to express herself clearly, but thanks. It was just interesting, is all, and I always get a bit miffed when people tell me what I believe and won't hear anything different and so in behalf of her I was feeling a tad defensive.

She's quite confident in her faith and testimony and we told her she handled it admirably.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:52:27 +0000

Mary

http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/

Here is a nice web page for some further discussion points for your family.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:20:26 +0000

Mary,

I am sorry to hear of your daughter’s trials. It is always difficult to be misunderstood. It is a tough lesson to learn Christian courage but here are some words of comfort.

Matt. 5: 11
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

I hope you and your husband can reassure your daughter and that her faith comes out stronger. Great to hear of youth speaking out so openly about the gospel. Many of us older folks like to hide our lights under bushels and avoid such criticisms.

By: Mary Siever

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:40:56 +0000

Well, she did tell them and quite clearly, but they both told her she was wrong. Which she isn’t of course.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:34:55 +0000

I think you missed my point. What I am trying to say is our theology is quite difficult for our Christian neighbours to get a grasp of. What is official doctrine and what is an unfortunate quote by some well meaning church member is hard to distinguish. I am suggesting we need to be compassionate with the misunderstandings of others. If they are uniformed how will they know unless we tell them.

By: Jon W.

Jon W. — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:51:51 +0000

We are not Muslims or Jehovah’s Witnesses so I think that one can be knocked on the head pretty easily.

By: Mary Siever

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:23:19 +0000

Yes, but this person contended we aren’t Christians because he believes we believe Jesus was only a prophet, and not the Saviour, which is untrue. We do believe Jesus is the Saviour of the world.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:01:01 +0000

Mormons are Christians but we are Christians with a difference.
We spend a lot of time differentiating ourselves as the only true church. So it is not unusual that our Christian neighbours assume there is something different about us. We can’t claim to be different but the same.
But we have lots of common ground… that’s a good place to start.

By: Kim Siever

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:38:22 +0000

Sure, you could paraphrase it like that. He doesn’t literally procreate our new spiritual selves as biological parents do. I view it more like a spiritual adoption.

By: Jeff Milner

Jeff Milner — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:35:07 +0000

I'm not sure what you mean by "spiritually".

Would it be fair to paraphrase, "When we become baptized, we are [metaphorically] born again as new spiritual creatures taking upon us Christ's name, thus becoming his children [symbolically]"