The Mormon Belief System – "God is an Alien?"
OK, I admit it. I used to watch the cartoon on Comedy Central, South Park – until God started dealing with me about how harmful it is to my spiritual growth. There was one episode that I am glad to have watched, though. The creators of South Park did a musical recreation of the beginning of the Mormon faith.
The foundations of the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) seemed pretty silly, although I realized they took comic liberties with it. Still, I wondered how much criticism towards them is justified? What do I really know about the Mormon Church, and are they Christians.
Fortunately our small group studied the Mormon Church recently, and the research alerted to me that the Mormon church is so far from the doctrine of Jesus Christ and is wrong on so many levels that it is frightening that people are so curious about this faith springing up around the world.
I highly encourage you to read the following resources. They come from actual Mormon teachings and serious research into their faith. The documents reveal such notions that
- God is an alien
- You can be God, too! You even get your own planet.
- God has incestuous sex (and is married)
- God’s children need secret handshakes (to prove you are not someone who will report goings on)
Christian Apologetics Research on Mormonism – Excellent resource site for Christians respected world-wide.
GotQuestions.org tackles this as well – not as much information here, but still very thorough.
So what do we do if a Mormon shows up at our door?
We are not to allow false teaching into our home – not even for a drink of water. Our homes are consecrated for Jesus Christ, and for the teaching of the redemption of Christ. This may seem harsh, but there is specific Biblical scripture to back this up.
10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works. (2 John 1: 10-11 ESV)
False prophets and teachers are by no means exclusive to this day. They had huge problems with this in the early church. The Apostle John wrote to early Christians to give them clear instruction to stay away from these people. They reached out to the most “abominable” people in those societies, and reach out to those repeatedly to those who have no consideration for God… yet they warn to stay away from people who will tease you with an appealing yet hollow imitation of what God wants for you.
Secret rituals? God was a man on another planet? Jesus’ brother is Satan? A book written by one guy in the mid 1800s is more correct than the Bible? C’mon people. At least give us something we can believe… I’d be laughing if I didn’t want to cry first.
Follow-up
I went back on my own advice and invited a couple Mormon missionaries in last spring. Big mistake.
These guys were deceptive from the get-go. I asked them point-blank several things I had learned from Mormons about their faith and they carefully tried to mislead me without actually lying. Word games are just as bad, folks.
When I found some information on the internet that I wanted to ask them about, they used the old “you can’t believe anything on the internet” excuse. I said, “but they’re quoting books from your religion. You have those in your bag – let’s take a look.” Then they changed the subject.
I wouldn’t believe everything I read, but the cool thing about the web is that you can look for consensus, which is the mark of well-researched papers or any scientific study. My guess is the LDS church feeds them that so they don’t do any research on their own religion.
The worst part was that these guys smirked to each other the whole conversation and were extremely disrespectful in a condescending, passive-aggressive manner. Mormons – if you’re going to pitch me on that I have misunderstood the message of Christ, you’d better at least act like the Jesus I know.
I think that you’ve taken that passage brutally out of context.
I entertain Mormons because,
a) I hope they will turn and repent when they hear the true gospel,
b)it keeps them from my non-christian neighbors.