Is the baptist religion the same as the mormon religion?

I am confused about the different sects of Christianity and I would like to know if the Mormons are anything similar to the baptists, and where do the born-again Christians fiit into the whole scheme of things?

I hope this explanation isn't too confusing. It's a very good question.
I could be mistaken, but I think that in addition to the Holy Bible, mormons also believe The Book of Mormon to be God's word. Otherwise I believe they are similar to baptisits.
I don't know for sure. I am a methodist, but I know some Baptists.
To be born again is a term used by many evangelical, fundamentslist, and penecostal prodestant churches to describe the way one's life has a sort of newness, or spiritual rebirth, about it when they come to accept christ as their personal saviour.

Mormans beleive Jesus Christ was a created being not as Baptist beleive that Jesus is:
1) the Son of God incarnate
2) God Himself who came to earth in the human form of Jesus (God the Father/God the Son/God the Holy Ghost)
...once you are saved (receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, asking for forgiveness of your sin) the Holy Spirit resides in you
...man is born in sin, God cannot even look upon sin...had he not sent Jesus to pay the price (sacrifice) for us, we would have zero chance to go to Heaven...only those who are saved will see Heaven...good person/good deeds will not get you there (ex: the thief on the cross who never did anything good, but what did he do when he was on his cross ?
...when Jesus said 'it is finished' the sacrifice for mankinds sins was paid...the only sacrifice in scripture He asks of us ,after receiving Him in our heart is... PRAISE...see it's not about you...it's about HIM

Everyone must decide for themselves: to either accept or reject Jesus (John 3:16)

To compare Morman/Baptist is too lengthy a task for here just hope I shed some light...God Bless You !!

No they are not the same.

If you Really want to know what each is all about visit these links:

Mormon Belief:
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/mormon1.html

Baptist Belief:
http://www.baptism.org.uk/baptist.htm

I, on the other hand, am more partial to and highly recommend this site:
Truth or Tradition
http://truthortradition.com/

Hope this helps you

funguy, shangy is right about checking things out for yourself. amblessed, I am sorry to say that you don't know what you are talking about when you talk about Mormons. They do indeed believe that Jesus is God's ONLY BEGOTTEN SON! They do indeed he was born to Mary and God is His Father! They do differ from Baptists on some things but also have some common beliefs. My daughter is Mormon and I called her before I posted this to make sure that I what I thought was right.

Mormans:
By definition the Mormon church teaches that the gospel is the Mormon church system and its doctrine.{20} The church and its doctrine becomes the good news--their gospel.

For the Christian it's not an organization but a Person who represents the gospel, and that Person is God's only begotten son, Jesus Christ. It is the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ that embodies the gospel for the true Christian. Jesus is man's savior. The Bible tells us that JESUS is the only way to God the Father.{21}

By contrast, Brigham Young says: No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial Kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph. . . . He reigns there as supreme a being in his sphere, capacity, and calling as God does in heaven.{22} So for the Mormon, Joseph Smith has become the savior.

Volume One of Doctrines of Salvation says this about Joseph Smith: No salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...then this knowledge is of the most vital importance to the entire world. No man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.{23}

Joseph Smith is Savior

Hi Funguy

I think the foremost distinction between the Church of Jesus Christ (Mormonism) and the Baptist Church is that the Baptist Church believes God is eternally distant -- that He is an interdimensionally traveling wisp from a zone called Pleroma, which His existence BTW defines. The Church of Jesus Christ believes that God is near -- that He exists within our time and space and has form. In their beliefs, Baptists rely on the philosophy of classic theisism while the Church of Jesus Christ relies on revelation from God. And that brings up another point, Baptists and other Protestants believe God spoke. The Church of Jesus Christ believes God speaks.

Both are Christian denominations who believe that Jesus Christ is God and in His atonement.

I hope this helps.

Rudy

Maybe the best advice that could be offered here is...what does The Word of God, THE BIBLE say...THAT is what I believe...Jesus is my Lord and Saviour and He dwells within, AMEN !

If your heart quit right now, before you could even turn off this computer, where would you spend eternity ?

There are many differences between the Baptists and the Mormons. One of the biggest difference is that Baptists believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that salvation is only through Him. All who believe on Jesus will be saved.
Mormons believe that only members of the Mormon faith, in good standing, will be saved.
Baptists belive the Bible to be the word of God.
Mormons believe the Bible is not reliable and they take the word of the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, and Brigham Young as a higher authority than the Bible.

The Bible clearly warns against doing that.

Mormons claim that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, however when his life and actions, recorded in history, are compared to the life and actions of Jesus, as recorded in the Bible, one notices a great difference.

I believe one is safer to follow Jesus Christ rather than Joseph Smith.

Let's not tread on each other's toes here. I think this might be getting a little out of hand. Everyone's own beliefs are very important to them, which is why this is a very sensitive topic. If we practice a little respect and tolerance for each other, it will go a long way.
The basic definition of a christian, regardless of their denomination, is to be a follower of christ. Mormons and Baptists alike are Christians in the fact that they believe Jesus is their saviour. The confusion I believe comes down to the difference in the nature of God. Baptists and Mormons believe in somewhat different manifestations of Him.

Some more differences

Buptists believe one must be a member of one of the moving target (theologically speaking) of churches that make up Evangelicalism. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ (i.e., Mormons) believe, well, that it makes sense to be a member of Christ's Church -- and we leave the fatal theological contradictions that plague the Evan church to them! Despite 300,000 Biblical variants (and the 30,000 fundie congregations that result), Baptists like oldgeezer say that God's clarifying words are not necessary. Apparently he and other Baptists are satisfied with a God of confusion. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ would never compromise like that -- and we don't believe God would either.

Baptists believe first in a whole slew of no accountablity, self appointed, self annointed leaders -- folks like Ted Haggard, hank Hanegraaff, Harold Camping, Robert Tilton, and Paul Crouch. Members of the Church of Jesus christ believe in Jesus Christ -- and we accpt that he does not change, that he speak though His servants the Prophets. Baptists beleive that god is deaf, having spoken for a short period a long tima ago.

Baptists limit our God to the ink and paper between the covers of a finite book. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ would not have the temerity suggest that is possible with our infinite God

The really ironic thing is that Baptists still routinely practice polygamy (mostly in Africa). Despite some limited practice historically in the Church of Jesus Christ , we haven't allowed that for over 100 years, antywhere in the world.

I hope this helps

Rudy

You may see television ads that present Mormonism as just another Christian denomination. This faith is does not hold to the standard Christian beliefs.

The Mormon sect was officially founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith. Smith claimed that God told him to reinstate the priesthood and that he had the keys to the church on earth. Because of his strange teachings, Joseph Smith was murdered by an angry mob. His successor, Brigham Young, was responsible for moving the Mormon Church to Utah.

Listed below are several of Mormonism’s major teachings that are direct quotes from church leaders and official documents:

God is an exalted man:
God himself was one as we are now, and is an exalted man...I say, if you were to see him today, you would see him like a man in form...like yourselves in all the person, image, and very form as a man...He was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, Vol. 6, p. 305).

Joseph Smith will be Heaven's gatekeeper:
No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith. From the day that the Priesthood was taken from the earth to the winding up scene of all things, every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, p. 289).

The dead can be saved:
We are the only people that know how to save our progenitors, how to save ourselves, and how to save our posterity in the celestial kingdom of God; that we are the people God has chosen by whom to establish his kingdom and introduce correct principles into the world; and that we are in fact the saviours of the world... (John Taylor [Prophet], Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p. 163).

People living on the sun and moon:
Nearly all the great discoveries of men in the last half century have, in one way or another... contributed to prove Joseph Smith to be a prophet. As far back as 1837, I know that he said the moon was inhabited by men and women the same as this earth, and that they lived to a greater age than we do, that they live generally to near the age of 1000 years. He described the men as averaging near six feet in height, and dressing quite uniformly in something near the Quaker style (O. B. Huntington, Young Women's Journal, Vol. 3, p. 264, 1892). Who can tell us of the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an evening, called the moon?... So it is with regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think it is inhabited? I rather think it is. Do you think there is any life there? No question of it (B. Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 13, p. 271).

The Negro race is cursed:
Not only was Cain called upon to suffer, but because of his wickedness, he became the father of an inferior race. A curse was placed upon him and that curse has been continued through his lineage and must do so while time endures. Millions of souls have come into this world cursed with a black skin and have been denied the privilege of Priesthood and the fulness of the blessings of the Gospel (Joseph Fielding Smith [Prophet], The Way To Perfection, p. 102).

You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind (Brigham Young [Prophet], Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, p. 290).

God has a wife:
In the heaven where our spirits were born, there are many Gods, each of whom has his own wife or wives, which were given to him ...while yet in his mortal state (Orson Pratt [Apostle], The Seer, p. 37). This doctrine that there is a Mother in Heaven was affirmed in all plainness by the First Presidency of the Church (Bruce R. McConkie [Apostle], Mormon Doctrine, p. 516).

The Baptist Religion is Chritianity, thus they gather in independant churches called the Baptist Church, 1st Baptist Church, etc. The Mormon's believe in the teaching's of Smith and having a new prophet and secon Bible. The Baptist's preach directly from the Bible while the Mormons do not. They(Mormon's) also believe in a multi layered Heaven, celestial Glory(polygomy in Heaven), etc. I was once a Mormon whom even cooked for their late Prophet Kimball but now I am saved and I am a proud Christian who read's and believes in just 1 Bible.

babtists are a denomination of Christianity. Momonism isnt. its as plain as that they arent even close to being the same.

That's actually a funny question. I am a Baptist, and I can promise you that we are NOTHING like the mormons. As stated above..'Baptist' is a denomination of Christianity. We derive EVERYTHING we believe from the Holy Bible. However, the Mormons like to believe they are a denomination, but if you study up on what they believe, you will see that they derive their beliefs from the book of Mormon..yeah..nothing like the Baptists.

Mormons and Baptists couldn't be any further apart. Mormons believe in a system of family values and laws created by Joseph Smith who claimed to have a revelation and created a new bible.
Baptists belief that you must be baptisted to be saved. (this is a very short answer because of space - there is so much more).
Baptists use the Bible as their standard of belief and the Mormons use the book of Mormon.

The dictionary defines Christian as a follower of Christ. The name of the mormon church is actually the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In the name of the church is the name Jesus Christ. Mormons believe that we are children of God. That we lived before we were born and that we will live again after we die. They believe that the only way that we can be saved is through the atonement and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. They believe in the teachings of the Bible and believe it to be the word of God. They believe that Jesus lived and performed many miracles. They believe in the teachings of the ancient prophets. They believe in the 10 commandments. They believe in the apostles of Jesus Christ. They believe that those prophets and apostles were able to receive revelation for the people they were teaching. They were able to know what God wanted for His children so that they would be happy and return to Him. They believe that Christ suffered our sins and was crucified on a cross and that He was raised from the dead. They believe that we should follow the teachings and of Christ because that is the way that we can return to the presence of God through the blood of Christ. They believe that we will be judged for actions good or ill and be blessed accordingly.

If you examine the above beliefs you will notice that there are things that many denominations have in common with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints and those are only a few of the commonalities.

Mormons also believe that God loves ALL his children and not just the ones that lived in Jerusalem or the birthplace of the Bible's teachings. They believe that the people who lived in other parts of the world needed to hear the word of God just like those that lived and walked with Jesus. They needed to know how to be saved. They believe that these other peoples would have kept records like the Bible and the Book of Mormon is such a record. They believe The Book of Mormon to be the word of God and it works hand in hand with the Bible's teachings.

Mormons believe that God loves us as much as He loved the peoples of ancient times and that he would not leave us with out direction. They believe that God talks to man just as he did in the time of Abraham, Isaac, Moses, John the Baptist, etc. They believe that now a days the temptations of Satan are even more perilous and difficult to overcome and that God would not leave His children with out guidance.

I have met many people with many different beliefs and that its difficult to see what others believe as valuable and good. I think that if a religion teaches you to love your neighbor, do good in all things, believe in God and Jesus Christ, and teaches you to endure and live strong to the end that it is worthy of a little respect and definitely the honor of beginning known as Christians. I know a lot of Mormons and they are some of the best people on the planet. I do not think you have to be a Baptist, Evangelist, Lutheran, Pentacostal, etc to be labeled a Christian. If you believe in Christ and His teachings you are a follower of Christ or a Christian.

No those two religions are not even close, except that they both belive in god of coarse! as far as the born again christians I have no clue!

I find it interesting that there is so much animosity due mostly to the fact of misunderstanding. To use the Joseph Smith = Gatekeeper example. If you lived in the time of Moses and lived a great life, but denied that Moses was a prophet of God and did not follow him, you will be accountable for that. It is not like God will clear away every sin even when it was blatant. That is ludacris. It would be like the parents of a child who can never accept the fact that THEIR child would do anything wrong and so they always protect him and defend his obviously intentional deeds. So in today's time, if there was a prophet of God, and you had the chance to learn about him and sincerely pray about him, and then (obviously you would receive an answer if he were true) rejected him, God can't do much else for you because he gave you an answer and you deliberately disobeyed it. So everyone who accepts the so called true gospel in this time, if it came from Joseph Smith and is in the Mormon church, will also need to accept the fact that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.

Jesus came to seek and to save those that were lost... he came to develop a relationship between himself.. and his creation... He is spirit and he is love... we love him when we follow his commandments... they are in his word... He said, you must be born again... he was the sacrifice... we are to trust in him.. and what he did for us... to aline our lives with his word... his way.. and his spirit... we are to forsake all to follow him...that means houses, land, postitions, titles, families, etc...he wants to be first in everything... that is not religion... that is relationship... if we do that.. he will bring the rest together... he wants to be Lord, of our lives... he wants our thoughts to be pure... and our actions to be sincere...we are to owe allegiance to no man... only him.. he is the mediator between us and God...the man Christ Jesus... a flaming fire... Alpha and Omega... the begining and the end... there is no salvation apart from him...

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