my intro - blech

[tsukikage]

How would you like to become a god? According to Mormon theology, all humans are capable of becoming gods – it is part of our divine heritage as children of God, also known as Heavenly Father. In fact, they believe God was once human, like us. So what is Mormonism? Mormonism is a nickname for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or the LDS Church), which is a Christian denomination that believes in religious texts in addition to the New and Old Testaments, and in revelations from God in all ages. These supposed additional sources of religious knowledge lead to practices and beliefs not held by traditional Christian denominations, but there are large differences even between the theologies of non-Mormon denominations. In addition, there are Christians who believe that there were books that were kept out of the traditional bible, albeit by different means than the Book of Mormon is said to have been kept out of the bible. Above all, the LDS Church proclaims Jesus as the savior of humanity, which is the number one belief that makes a denomination Christian.

I'm gonna submit this and make some ramen now.

Comments

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I'm going to re-read your comments later, but regarding mentioning extracanonical books... I guess I chose to mention that because one reason some Christians believe that Mormons aren't is because they believe in books other than those that are in the bible. I realize that there's a big difference between the two situations, but I suppose to some extent I'm reaching for arguments here, and that's one of the few I could think of. (I can't write a 750 word paper just saying "Mormons believe that Christ is the savior" over and over.)
You still make a good point, though, so I'm gonna work on figuring out how to re-phrase what I wrote.

Also, about the "supposed additional sources" bit... The reason I say supposed is because of the knowledge part. I'm writing this for a non-Mormon audience who doesn't believe that much of what the BoM says is true (and I'm not trying to argue that it is), thus it's a supposed source of knowledge.

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

It's the knowledge that's supposed, not the sources. Additional sources of supposed religious knowledge would be a little clearer.

Or just re-word it. But the way it's written, you suppose the source, not the knowledge.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's a lot clearer, you're right. Thank you. ^_^