Twice within the last couple of days I have come read posts by Mormons (or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, aka LDS) angrily declaring that they are Christians because of their belief in Jesus and that they do not appreciate being told otherwise.
I know that one of the main reasons for this conflict is that both groups are using one word "Christian" to define two radically different beliefs about Jesus. For example, LDS believe God the Father and God the Son have physical bodies and that the Holy Ghost is a spirit who as yet does not have a body. When one considers how different just this nugget of information is from the theology of the Trinity, it is easy to see where problems in understanding one another begin.
I wrote asking for the scoop to several ex-LDS who are either Catholic now or quite close to being confirmed at Easter.
All wrote back with good links and saying basically the same thing in different ways. However, Defensor Veritatis has just posted a piece about that very subject so I will send anyone interested to Brad's place.
UPDATE
My friend (and devout LDS) Garry has a good and comprehensive comment about all this for any who are interested.
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