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Originally Posted by gene_mingo  No, Mormons are polytheists. They are trying to redefine what the word christian means. |
Sounds like the thread on who gets to define "Reformed."
Clearly, their saying that they are Christians does not make them so. Unfortunately, too many have effaced the differentiation, either out of evangelical latitudinarianism (e.g., Osteen) or a theological fetish for "dialog" at all costs (e.g., Mouw).
Mouw, pres of Fuller, went to Salt Lake in November 2004 to speak at the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Temple Square, where he opined:
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I know that I have learned much in this continuing dialogue, and I am now convinced that we evangelicals have often seriously misrepresented the beliefs and practices of the Mormon community. Indeed, let me state it bluntly to the LDS folks here this evening: we have sinned against you. The God of the Scriptures makes it clear that it is a terrible thing to bear false witness against our neighbors, and we have been guilty of that sort of transgression in things we have said about you. We have told you what you believe without making a sincere effort first of all to ask you what you believe.
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