There is no argument that the Mormons will not use the cross as a symbol of Christianity. What they will argue with is because of this it does not make them any less of being a Christian. It must be remembered that the early Christians did not use the cross as a symbol either and the answer to this is because the believer must look beyond the cross and to the resurrection. Emphasis should not be put on the suffering aspects but on the joy and promise of life.
Its quite ironic that the Mormons have the very same complaint as the Christians in that stating Christians will play with words in order to attack the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints. The whole premise comes down with respect to this issue that suffering is respected and remembered and sacrifice is as well.
However, the look of the future must be placed on the resurrection and that it really should not be remembered that Christ went through the torture and humiliation. This is not what the emphasis should be put on.
To put their argument in a common picture they have used examples. For example if an individual had a loved one that was struck by a car and killed then they wouldn't put pictures of cars on their wall to remember the. loved ones by.
And this has given new status to the next staggering statement we made, that there ought to be one church. Time was when the churches rejoiced in diversity, when they said, we are enriched by our differences, when the standard approach to conflict was, God has taken account of all the individual traits of men and therefore does not require the same patterns for any set of men. All of us can speak for him and with him and by him. We need not worry.
In the final closure of this part of the argument is the Mormons will put great emphasis on not worshiping graven images which they feel that the cross is a well but in the same breath they tell you that it is not wrong to have pictures for example or even a statue but it must be remembered that they are not the object of worship.
Its quite ironic that the Mormons have the very same complaint as the Christians in that stating Christians will play with words in order to attack the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints. The whole premise comes down with respect to this issue that suffering is respected and remembered and sacrifice is as well.
However, the look of the future must be placed on the resurrection and that it really should not be remembered that Christ went through the torture and humiliation. This is not what the emphasis should be put on.
To put their argument in a common picture they have used examples. For example if an individual had a loved one that was struck by a car and killed then they wouldn't put pictures of cars on their wall to remember the. loved ones by.
And this has given new status to the next staggering statement we made, that there ought to be one church. Time was when the churches rejoiced in diversity, when they said, we are enriched by our differences, when the standard approach to conflict was, God has taken account of all the individual traits of men and therefore does not require the same patterns for any set of men. All of us can speak for him and with him and by him. We need not worry.
In the final closure of this part of the argument is the Mormons will put great emphasis on not worshiping graven images which they feel that the cross is a well but in the same breath they tell you that it is not wrong to have pictures for example or even a statue but it must be remembered that they are not the object of worship.
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