God, the Gospel, and Glenn Beck

“Mormonism is not Christianity”

Human beings have the capacity to create beliefs. Some people believe that God made humans and therefore God gave them diversity in belief as humans are diverse in nature.

Perhaps, God made people in a spectrum of diversity including race and sex among thousands of other characteristics so that human beings could learn to be tolerant and respectful of human diversity. In the end, that behavior is what helps us live together in peace.

Christianity is one belief system that evolved along the Historyline of humanity. We can study the evolution of religion to understand the origin of values, thoughts, and ideas. The origin of Christianity is a point in time as there is an origin for Islam and the predecessor such as Judaism. Before that elsewhere in the world there are many other religious belief systems.

Joseph Smith’s vision of interpreting the Book of Mormon from an Angel’s gold tablets is another point in time giving birth to Mormonism.

To declare Mormonism is not Christianity may be an accurate statement, though it has little relevance in the larger context of humanity. We invent ways to cope – religion is one invention, government is another.

A more relevant discussion in my opinion is how we select leaders who possess the characteristics that will permit us to work together to solve massive problems. Fighting over definitions of our belief clubs misses the point completely.

Jim: Very impressive. Many Christians view the Mormon religion as a cult. The interesting thing is that Mormons, per capita, are among the most conservative and financially well off Americans.