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Originally posted by Faceman:
I guess what Timber meant to say was: "What do the other by your definition non-Christian churches call them?"
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Mormons do not share union with any other group, so we call them Mormons, or LDS Latter day Saints. Their offical name is
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints."
What is wrong with calling them that? Latter Day Saints? That is what they exclusively call themselves.
Jehovahs Witnesses are the same. They do not share any affiliation with Latter Day Saints or with Christians, so why not simply call them "Jehovah's Witnesses?"
In using the word "Christian" to describe them, the word is being expanded upon in a confusing manner and ignoring the context in which the majority of Jesus followers call themselves, and in the process removes a descriptive noun for the list of churches and people I provided earlier.
No clarity. Confusion.
[ 11-12-2003, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: Yorick ]