Can you be a Christian and Mormon at same time?

Answer 1

Firstly, the use of "Mormon" is false and misrepresentative. As the name of the Church directly implies, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called "Mormons") ARE Christian, and attend weekly. Nevertheless, they are welcome to visit and participate with any other house of worship, Christian or otherwise.

However, church members are expected to be active in their congregations, attending their meetings and serving in their callings and responsibilities, as the Lord calls them by direct revelation through His properly authorized leaders.

If you are a member of the Church, you should consider your Mormon congregation as "your church", although you might visit other Christian churches on occasion. You might want to discuss your specific situation with your Bishop or Branch President, especially if distance or family situation is a factor. When my family and I have been on camp or holiday some long distance from any meeting house, we have attended other faiths. When Joseph Smith was a lad, and the pure Gospel of Christ had not yet been restored to the earth, he attended the meetings of other Christian faiths "as often as occasion would permit".

Answer 2

yes it plenty okay to do that

Answer

In theory but be aware a Christan denomination may have other rules that could mean you go against that churches rules by visiting a schismatic/heretic church, if they consider Mormonism to be schismatic/heretic.

Answer 3

The Christian/Mormom(LDS) debates have been heated since the inception of Mormonism by Joseph Smith Jr in 1830. The difficulty is that Mormonism believes in Christ Jesus but maintains that the Lord has taken His being out of the current Church. Smith asserted the Church had fallen and lost sight of the true "1st Church" vision with which the apostles tried to preach.

After over 100,000 edits, the Wikipedia definition of Christian is "An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ."

Since most Christians fall into one form of pretext (Protestantism, Catholocism, Mormonism, & etc.) it is hard to find a coexistance unless one switches fully to Mormonism. Joseph Smith has testified that the Church of LDS is the true Church appointed by Christ and God the Father. Herein lies the debate.

In true coexistance the simple truth is if A=B, then B=A (We've all had Intro to Algebra). So if A is Christianity and B is Mormonism, then for coexistance (or the the ability to successfully be both at the same time) the natural law of equality must remain true.

Christianity holds no pretense other than that one believes that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, lived a perfect life, died on the cross as an atonement for our sins, and was raised again by the Father.

The Church of LDS holds that Christianity is true but has been corrupted (The Bible being slightly corrupt only in parts) and the new Church of LDS has been divinely given to us through the prophet Joseph Smith Jr. Therefore, it is now the correct way to conduct for a true Christian.

In this sense A does equal B. To be a Mormon one must be a "Christian." However the transitive qualities end there. You cannot successfully be a Christian without being a Mormon if Joseph Smith was completely correct. Therefore A=B but B≠A.