Posted on 12/20/2010 8:46:50 AM PST by T Minus Four
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's one-wife tyranny
From depths of temporary spirit prison Thy people save
And give them polygamy be-yond the grave
Rejoice! Rejoice! Thee man Joe-el
Smith shall come, ye see, to tell ye tall tales
[JST "translation" of traditional Christmas carol]
The Catholics are really not going to like this...
The Catholics simply dismiss the LDS religion as weird polytheism, and give no credence to its claims.
Book of Mormon prophet Moroni in angelic form...Moroni Ping
Your non-issues are found at the links.
My response is in response to the anti-Mormon replies. It’s not that hard to understand. Nice new classless graphic btw.
An Open Letter to Mormons who are
sincere and serious about their faith...(but slightly troubled and embarrassed by the postsof "defender-mormons")If you peruse the Free Republic religion forums
you will notice a pattern. Theres a group of
Christians who spend a great deal of time posting
from Official Mormon Sources - both the Book of
Mormon as well as Mormon Prophets and Church
materials - real quotes from real mormon materials.You will also notice that many of these Christians
are former Mormons who left Mormonism and came to
know the Biblical Jesus Christ and His Gospel of Grace- apart from the treadmill of human works.They have a passion to share what they learned withother Mormons.Of course, they are attacked regularly by a very,
small group of Mormons on FR who have zeal, but no real
knowledge beyond what the Mormon Church has told
them.Why can't these so-called "defenders" provide any:Objective Facts
Objective Evidence
Or Logical supportAnything OBJECTIVE that any reasonable person would
see and agree that it lends support the claims of
Mormonism.God is a God of real history. He wove the strands ofhuman DNA, His Book, the Bible is rooted and groundedin real places on real maps and is verified througharcheology, geography, history and genetics.If Mormonism is true, why is it based only on subjective
feelings and why doesn't it have the same kind of objective
support the Bible does?Has God changed?Is He no longer in control of the world?If they could support the claims of Mormonism with facts,
you know they would. But it never happens. I've even heardthese "defenders" say God hid all evidence to make ourfaith greater. Has the God of the universe now becomethe Cosmic Easter Bunny? Or is He unchangeable, like theBible teaches?*** Why would God provide every kind of objective support
for the Bible's rich history and none for the Book of
Mormon? ***These "defenders" post links over and over again that
address things yet never provide an answer that is
buttressed by the ring of truth, echoed by history,
archeology, genetics, geography, etc.You deserve more than feelings and non-answers.After reading both sides on this thread and others,
you may very well be wondering about what you were
taught when you joined the LDS church. You also may
be wondering how to resolve the tension of a faiththat is based entirely on subjective claims, yetwants to claim the same God who has commanded youto love Him with "all your mind."You are not alone in this journey.Many have approached us who are Christians asking whereto find out more and some, even, to ask how to come toknow the Biblical Christ and some even how to gracefullyleave Mormonism and start a new life with Christ.Many here have already set out to finally and joyfully know
the true God and Savior. They understand the terrible choice
of being totally sincere about your faith, but increasingly
concerned that it isn't everything you once believed and hoped for.
After coming to know the truth, they are on a path that gives them
the rest God promised to His children and the certainty of His
ultimate plan for them.Here are some links to get you started in your quest to know
the Biblical Christ:In the end though, links may raise more questions and concernsand sometimes it helps to have someone who has already wrestledwith all these issues already.I invite you to private FReep-mail any of the Christians
on this thread to ask questions about the concerns you have.We always do our best to directly answer your questions with
facts, evidence and logical support.Take a step.What do you have to lose at this point? And you have much togain.If something is true, it can withstand any question, no matterhow tough. If it is false, it is better to know while your lifeis in front of you.There is peace and rest waiting for you today. Take a step tofind it now.All the Best,
ampu
Why should we go look there when I posted the article from an official source? I think this gives a prety good point of view from the Mormons. Now the Christians are weighing in. Don't like it? Tough. Christians will not be silenced.
Rats. Tinypic is blocked by my server.
The article is from the Official Mormon Times. Is it BS?
I am addressing the multitude of anti-Mormon propaganda comments following the article. Cmon now. I know you are smarter than that. Well... I don’t want to read minds. I think you are smart enough to know. It’s my opinion. I could be wrong. You might not be smart enough. /shrug
What anti-mormon replies? I only see anti-mormonISM replies.
Same thing bud. Same thing.
So you agree with the article?
Nah, the response is classic lame rhetoric - even lurkers are mocking it now.
the response is classic truth - lurkers are finding and learning from it now.
Fixed that for ya.
Some people leave themselves open to mockery.
Even the headline there in your graphic, 'Zilla, from the "Weekly Mormon News" on the right: HINCKLEY SAYS " DO KNOW THAT WE TEACH THAT!" shows that -- not to mention having a bit of "inside" humor that lurkers may not understand.
So, always mindful of lurkers -- the ones PD tries to appeal to -- just to to this link for more info on this Time Magazine interview the head of the Mormon church gave back in the 90s:
I don't know that we teach that (Hinckley)
(It's when you read Hinckley saying, "I don't know that we teach that" about a major Mormon doctrine that you realize that PD represents the shiftiest of used-car hucksters in religious form that exists!)
C’mon PD, don’t dodge a direct question as you always do.
Do you believe that Joseph Smith the root of Jesse? Enlighten all the seekers of truth. If you’re not willing to stand behind your church’s teachings, why should they bother investigating?
No fix necessary, mormonisn has no truth in it to begin with
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