Posted on 07/31/2014 11:11:43 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
Mormons have some really weird beliefs. For example, many (all) Mormons believe they (males only) can take a cooking/salad oil, pour just a small drop on the crown of your head and their god will heal them of almost anything.
Mormons believe that by wearing ugly underwear bought from a specific company, their god will protect them from harm.
Mormons believe that by wearing a really weird looking costume they are taught secret ways to touch angels so after they die, the angels will let Mormons get into heaven quicker.
Mormons believe their god requires women to not wear outer clothing that covers their crotch (pants) to worship their god in a large and spacious room (chapel).
Mormons believe that a little torn piece of bread and a small sip of water that has been chanted over and then swallowed will require their god to forgive them for their sins.
Mormons believe by consuming certain foods and wearing funny looking clothes god loves them more than the rest of the humans.
It is the same with all parents. We love our children more or less depending upon how ugly their clothes are and how they consume small bits of food items.
The Mormon god must have a sense of humor watching his "SPECIAl" children called Mormons think this makes god love them the most.
This is leftist language. There is nothing hateful about attacking doctrines, ideas, or even institutions. Obviously, your complaints about this topic have nothing to do with there being more "important" things to talk about, like you falsely claimed.
This is the usual method that Mormons or other cultists make on this forum. Instead of defending their doctrines and their sorry institution, they just accuse their opponents of hatred and avoid debate.
You convert no one here.
Technically, nobody converts anyone. This is the job of the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit uses means to do so, such as posts on FR.
Then you must just love Harry Reid.
Darned right.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Obama just gave his followers new talking points yesterday...
the opposition is “hateful”
So, how do you feel about 80,000 mormon missionaries going around the world every day proclaiming to Christians that their faith is bogus. At the same time, these missionaries claim that the only way to salvation is through arcane rituals in mormon temples, example given here:
"[An officiator places oil on the initiate's head while pronouncing the following words.] Brother _________, having authority, I pour this holy anointing oil upon your head [for and in behalf of _________, who is dead] and anoint you preparatory to your becoming a king and a priest unto the most high God, hereafter to rule and reign in the house of Israel forever. [While pronouncing the blessings which follow, the officiator touches each part of the body as it is named.] I anoint your head, that your brain and your intellect may be clear and active; your ears, that you may hear the word of the Lord; your eyes, that you may see clearly and discern between truth and error; your nose, that you may smell; your lips, that you may never speak guile; your neck, that it may bear up your head properly; your shoulders, that they may bear the burdens that shall be placed thereon; your back, that there may be marrow in the bones and in the spine; your breast, that it may be the receptacle of pure and virtuous principles; your vitals and bowels, that they may be healthy and perform their proper functions; your arms and hands, that they may be strong and wield the sword of justice in defense of truth and virtue; your loins, that you may be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, that you might have joy in your posterity; your legs and feet, that you might run and not be weary, and walk and not faint."
""The posterity of Adam down to Moses, and from Moses to Jesus Christ offered up the first fruits of the field, and the firstlings of the flock, which continued until the death of Jesus Christ, which ended sacrifice by the shedding of blood. And as Jesus Christ has laid down his life for the redemption of mankind, so we should covenant to sacrifice all that we possess, even our own lives if necessary, in sustaining and defending the Kingdom of God."
The "Kingdom of God" is the mormon church in this vow.
There has been Christian conversion of Mormons, resulting from these threads.
“There should be a special forum for bigots.”
Let us know when you start one. LOL!
Mormons have a low enlistment rate and were somewhat anti-american in their early days, and the Romney family is an example of that anti-Americanism. Romney’s dad wasn’t born in Mexico because his parents were serving in the military, or on a diplomatic mission.
“”When Mormon Hosea Stout heard about the Mexican-American war, he scoffed, wishing only that the “war might never end until they were entirely destroyed.” When the Saints arrived in Utah, they did not erect an American flag in their new Mexican home. They erected an “Ensign to the nations,” not of “stars and stripes,” as one observer later recalled. The Americans won the war, forcing the Saints to begin the Americanization process.””
I hope you do believe it since it is a fact that the Christians you denigrate, mock and attack, and oppose, have converted Mormons here at FR.
Christian conversion for non-Christians is a good thing, not a bad thing.
So you're Catholic? Catholics do not consider Mormons to be Christians. Their baptisms are not seen as valid, and their doctrine as being incompatible with theirs. This in contrast to their position on Protestants, which is that of "separated" brethren, with authentic baptism.
Does the LDS preach the cross of Christ?
No, they don't.
Well, I don’t.
And if it did happen, it wasn’t through you guys.
When I was a kid, my mother was employed by the White Sisters of Africa - beautiful nursing nuns who used love, kindness in conversions. They, of course, as Catholics do, used local art to help the African people understand the religion - all Madonnas and Christ images were black with the beautiful traditional robes of the Kikuyu. This was in Kenya.
The story is told in Audrey Hepburn’s The Nun’s Story.
The lds-org denies that Jesus is the Creator,
that everything was created THROUGH Him, BY Him and FOR Him.
They deny Jesus created the angels and the universe out of nothing.
What the hell do I care if they use the cross or not? It’s not my religion. I just don’t like you bigots beating up on decent Americans.
The Mormons use similar methods, using "love and kindness" to achieve their conversions. This is image centered evangelism. Good things should be done for good thing's sake, and not as a sales pitch. This is merely superficial, since many athiests do the same thing as well, performing good works like feeding the sick. The real question is: What is and isn't true. If you forsake truth for mere appearance, then you have nothing.
Is this a patriotic appeal now? Whether there are "decent" Atheist Americans, decent Jehovah's Witnesses, decent Armstrongite cultists, or decent Mormon cultists, it makes no difference. They all burn the same. That should bother you more than defending whether or not someone is "decent" or not.
You're on the wrong thread. Pick one where you can rant about Obama. This IS the Religion Forum.
Also, as a former mormon, I have seen mormons who were adulterers, pedophiles, liars, forgers, thieves and most of all, hypocrites. They are no better than any other group of people. Harry Reid is a good example.
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