Mohler tackles Mormonism in online debate

NOTE: This is a very interesting article. You can follow the debate on Beliefnet.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Mormonism is not Christianity, R. Albert Mohler Jr. argues in an online debate with a prominent Mormon author.

Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, made his first in what will be a series of posts on Beliefnet, which is sponsoring the "blog dialogue" on Mormonism. Arguing that Mormonism is a Christian religion is Orson Scott Card, an author, screenplay writer and committed layman in the Church of Latter-day Saints of Jesus Christ.

The debate between Mohler and Card, which began June 28, will continue into the near future on Beliefnet, with both writers posting periodically in a point-counterpoint format.

In his first post, Mohler makes it clear that Mormonism cannot be considered orthodox Christianity because the religion itself begins with a rejection of historic Christianity.

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