Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 3:05 |
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:33:05PM -0600, James Worlton wrote:
> Depends on who you ask :) We consider the church to be the
> religion/denomination (I do at least). We call ourselves Christians--as
> in a name for those who believe in Jesus Christ--but not necessarily
> "Christian", or belonging among the large variety of denominations found
> under that name. That's how I see things anyway.
Well, that's fine, and the LDS beliefs certainly set it apart from
the rest of Christendom; but it's still the church that is a subset of
Christianity rather than the reverse. There's no such thing as a
non-Christian Mormon; it's a contradiction in terms. Jesus' name is
right there in the name of the organization. :)
You could say that your religion is the CJCLDS and your denomination is N/A,
since the church has no real denominations, or you could say that your
religion is Christianity and your denomination is the CJCLDS, but I don't think
it makes sense to say that your religion is the CJCLDS and your
denomination is Christian. :)
-Mark
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