Can’t we expect that a person who is a Mormon believes in God? Mormonism is, after all, a religion, and religion is about God or the gods?
Can’t we expect that a person who is a Mormon should believe in Jesus Christ? It is, after all, called “The Church of Jesus Christ.”
This seems so utterly obvious to me. Anyone can believe whatever they want, of course, but this seems really basic to me. If these two basic beliefs aren’t implied in the name Mormon, then there is nothing whatsoever one needs to believe to be a Mormon. The term, therefore, bares no cognitive meaning whatsoever. It is a nonsense word. It’s like theistic-atheist, or capitalistic-Marxist, or Republican-Democrat.
prophetize
/ August 14, 2012I am perplexed as well. I eagerly await someone to explain this contradiction to me.
Mark Jasinski
/ August 14, 2012Here are my 4 Pillars of Mormonism
1. God exists
2. Good and evil exist
3. Man is absolutely free to choose one or the other
4. Eternal consequences are inextricably bound to the choices we make
5. The Gospel has been provided by God to undo the consequences of wrong choices
Rick Anderson
/ August 22, 2012Bill, I’ve had another idea. How about if we call them Post-Mormons?