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Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 3:05
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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