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| It seems as I browse Free Republic that I as a Mormon keep running into these threads where people try to tell me about my religion. They tell me I'm not a Christian (they are wrong) they try to tell me I believe this or that or don't use the Bible, or that I have somehow been deceived and don't yet really know what my church teaches. These people some well intentioned, are wrong. |
| Since I seem to be answering the same questions over and over, I decided to make an index so I can just refer people to these questions, and their answers. |
| This Document was updated on 9/8/2008 |
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I am a high functioning autistic, and have an autistic son among my four kids. I read at approximately 1500 WPM with a measured 92% comprehension rate for things read on the first pass. I have read a lot of Church material. I am a computer nerd, if it's out there, I can find it. My parents had an extensive library of religious books when I was growing up and I had read all of Skousen's works as well as Nibly by the age of 14. I have read the Bible so many times I lost count, the BOM 9 times, the PGP 4 times and the D&C 4 times On top of all that, I am going to document all my research here, it is my hope that this page will be referenced by more than just myself for use in combating misinformation about my church. Thank you for your interest. |
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The church is also some times referred to as the LDS church. (We prefer LDS) The Church has a web site that contains On-Line versions of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine & Covenants The Pearl of Great Price and lots of other reference materials, teaching manuals and church magazines. The scriptures and the church magazines going back for decades, sometimes farther are all available for online search. |
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There are many who will say we are not, the church has addressed this in a talk given by Stephen E Robinson and published in the new Era May of 1998 you can read this talk on-line here. We believe we are Christian: A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament.[2] Christians believe Jesus to be the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.The Mormon church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints) believes in Jesus Christ, Jesus, Son of Mary, Born of the virgin birth in Bethlehem, worked miracles, suffered for the sins of all men in the garden of Gethsemane, and died voluntarily upon the cross at Calvary, that Jesus. We believe we need his grace to be acceptable to God "For all have sinned" (Romans 3:23) The Mormon Church has an official set of beliefs that can be found here. Please pay special attention to the first article of Faith. There are some who would still deny us the title of "Christian". Oh well, you can't please everyone, so we prefer to focus on pleasing Jesus Christ. |
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The Question typically runs something like this, Mormons believe they can become Gods, and that God was once a man, so if God is Eternal, how can he have been a man at some time? The answer to this question, while simple requires an understanding of science beyond that required for "normal" religion discussions. Because of this required knowledge, I am going to give some resources to bring you the reader up to speed (besides they are fun). These resources are not religious in and of themselves, they are scientifically based, and usually vary simply (or even graphically) put. When we discuss how God Became God, we have to realize we are talking about essentially dimensions we know nothing about, except what we have been told and can deduce. We are two dimensional beings discussing a third dimension. There are those who think that's blasphemy. I'm going to link to a video on you tube which speaks to this (in a totally irreverent way) Dr. Quantum Visits Flatland Now, lets apply this to time (the fourth dimension). If you free a three dimensional being from Time, and it's already an immortal being, that suddenly adds many properties that we would call "God like". What are God's Attributes? Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Eternal? Omniscient: If you have five (5) minutes to take a test, you Go to the Library yesterday, learn the answers and return to today exactly as you were leaving, then didn't leave for you were "always there" and answer the questions, you have become now become... Omniscient.Omnipresent: You can go anywhere, any when, or even every where and every when. and that makes you... OmnipresentOmnipotent: If you have forever to do something, can go back and forth in time to get the job done, and can learn whatever you need to know to do it, impossible just takes a little work to do, it's no longer impossible. If you can do that, then you have become... Omnipotent,Eternal: What does it mean to be eternal?This is all just temporal mechanics. For an idea what this kind of thought experiment can teach you, watch Groundhog Day, or go read some thought experiments at Temporal Mechanics - as Explained by TV and Film. I'm going to state something not stated in any of these "Theories", God being the creator of Time can mess with it without creating paradoxes (unless he wants to), all these sites talk about time from the perspective of someone inside time (and often in a Science Fiction story as well), and thus they are concerned about messing up their own "time line" , God does not have that "Problem" for he exists outside of time, and can basically edit time. Once you are an Immortal who exists outside of time, what happens "in time" cannot change you thus you have become unchanging, and unchangeable. (If you disagree with my definitions here, that is your right, however, since we are discussing my beliefs... I get to define the terms I am going to use, if you disagree, feel free to FM me, it might be a fun discussion) OK, now that we have a the Prerequisites, for this discussion. Mormons believe in the Diefication of Man, just as the early saints Did. (See my section on Hippolytus for an example of what early Christians believed.) Now If man can become a God, then (and we are entering theory here) God may have once been a man (If so, it's not in Mormon Church Cannon, but this is a logical conclusion). If God was a man who became deified, you might wonder if God had a God, so on Ad infinitum. In theory, he might, or he might be the first God, either way does not matter, for our salvation, so God has not told us (Mortals) that answer. Did God always exist to Mormons? Yes, because God is Eternal by the Definition above, to Momrons. There are some who say we diminish God by trying to understand him. For them, I have two quotes: A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.Hippolytus in his last book in his series "A refutation of all heresies: "these God has promised to bestow upon you, because you have been deified, and begotten unto immortality. This constitutes the import of the proverb, "Know yourself; "i.e., discover God within yourself, for He has formed you after His own image.Let me sum up: Mormons believe that God may have had a God and have been through exactly the same experience we are Going through and that God is immortal, and Eternal for he is not subject to time, rather time is subject to him. |
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The trinity which is listed by some as the top reason the LDS are not considered Christian by some. The Trinity is not biblical, the word Trinity does not even appear in the KJV of the Bible (some later versions have inserted it, but some also have Jesus using the word "Dude"). There are several Important things that can be learned from the first vision:
Prophets are not "New", Visions are not "New" as a way for God to teach a prophet, the Bible contains numerous instances, so this is all according to the plan set forth in the Bible. There are some who have a "Problem" with the first vision in that the account was told over and over, by Joseph smith, for years, sometimes with differing details, sometimes with differing phraseology. The Nagging Nabobs of Nativity that plague anyone doing anything great would have you believe that any difference no matter how small invalidates the whole thing. Unfortunately for them, this is just not the case. As a story teller myself, I can tell you that I have told the same two stories in dramatically different Ways, there were usually three variable in this.
I am not going to go into details on what is available, but here is a link to a site that does. Joseph Smith’s Testimony of the First Vision |
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So about 300 years after Jesus, the Catholic Church is going to meet and decide what form God has if any. Knowing god's nature is important if you are to worship him? ( John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. As Mormon I note with interest that he did not say, "And this is life eternal, that they might know me the only true God". Because Jesus is talking about someone besides himself. Mormons believe that one of the places that we can most easily see the apostasy happening is the first council at Nicea which was convened to reconcile the Arian controversy So Constantine could use this new "Christian" religion to unify his fractured Roman Empire The Trinity was the creation of a pagan emperor named Constantine, who called the first council at Nicea and with a combination of bribes, and threats got the church to agree on a creed that all of Rome could unite behind. This was his expressed purpose according to records he had kept of the event. Finally Constantine, having conquered Licinius and become sole emperor, concerned himself with the re-establishment of religious peace as well as of civil order. He addressed letters to St. Alexander and to Arius depreciating these heated controversies regarding questions of no practical importance, and advising the adversaries to agree without delay.And The Council was opened by Constantine with the greatest solemnity. The emperor waited until all the bishops had taken their seats before making his entry. He was clad in gold and covered with precious stones in the fashion of an Oriental sovereign. A chair of gold had been made ready for him, and when he had taken his place the bishops seated themselves. After he had been addressed in a hurried allocution, the emperor made an address in Latin, expressing his will that religious peace should be re-established.And The emperor began by making the bishops understand that they had a greater and better business in hand than personal quarrels and interminable recriminations.Lastly St. Athanasius assures us that the activities of the Council were nowise hampered by Constantine's presence.Now let's put all this in the context of the day. Constantine had just finally put down the other military leaders of a fractured empire. In spite of Christianity being illegal, it had grown in popularity (or maybe even because it was illegal) Constantine sends letters to these bishops (who are under a death sentence just for being Christians) and invites them to a conference, moreover, he puts "Public transportation" at their disposal to get to the conference with. (Public transportation means military horses and Chariots, there was no bus) Now on top of all this he tells them that one of the topics of the conference will be making the Catholic church the sate church of Rome. Carrot and Stick are now clearly (I hope) visible to all who read this. The bishops meet and Constantine tells them to come to a consensus on the nature of God (the Arian Controversy) and when they do, he makes them the state church. However, there are a few conditions, he wants a definition of God that everyone can accept, and thus we have the Greek religions influence in to the Nicene Creed. Mormons believe that this is the single biggest step into apostasy that can be documented as happening at an exact point in time. |
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One of the Books, Against one Noetus Specifically refutes the idea that God and Christ are one being and calls it heresy. This person was greatly puffed up and inflated with pride, being inspired by the conceit of a strange spirit. He alleged that Christ was the Father Himself, and that the Father Himself was born, and suffered, and died. You see what pride of heart and what a strange inflated spirit had insinuated themselves into him. Froth his other actions, then, the proof is already given us that he spoke not with a pure spirit; for he who blasphemes against the Holy Ghost is cast out from the holy inheritance. Here is a piece from Book X that I like to quote because as a summation, it contains most of the plan of salvation as taught by the LDS church, including the diefication of man. "Such is the true doctrine in regard of the divine nature, O you men, Greeks and Barbarians, Chaldeans and Assyrians, Egyptians and Libyans, Indians and Ethiopians, Celts, and you Latins, who lead armies, and all you that inhabit Europe, and Asia, and Libya. And to you I am become an adviser, inasmuch as I am a disciple of the benevolent Logos, and hence humane, in order that you may hasten and by us may be taught who the true God is, and what is His well-ordered creation. Do not devote your attention to the fallacies of artificial discourses, nor the vain promises of plagiarizing heretics, but to the venerable simplicity of unassuming truth. And by means of this knowledge you shall escape the approaching threat of the fire of judgment, and the rayless scenery of gloomy Tartarus, where never shines a beam from the irradiating voice of the Word!So between the time that Hippolytus died in 236 and the Council at Nicea in 325 AD the view of the church swung from three entities acting as one God to one God made up of three manifestations. This is really not a HUGE change when you think about it, but it has many important ramifications. |
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There are some who would love to tell you that Mormons, since they do not accept the Bible as the only source of the word of God are not Christians. This begs the questions:
Is The Bible missing books it should have? IMHO The simple answer is yes. A Google search for "Missing Books of the Bible" as of the time of this writing resulting in almost a million and a half hits. The Book of Enoch was being used even into the current times by Ethiopic priests, and was widely quoted by both the savior and all the apostles in all the Gospels. IMHO It should have been in the Old Testament. The Catholic encyclopedia online has the following in a section titled "The Cannon of the Old Testament" The most striking difference between the Catholic and Protestant Bibles is the presence in the former of a number of writings which are wanting in the latter and also in the Hebrew Bible, which became the Old Testament of Protestantism. These number seven books: Tobias (Tobit), Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Machabees, and three documents added to protocanonical books, viz., the supplement to Esther, from x, 4, to the end, the Canticle of the Three Youths (Song of the Three Children) in Daniel, iii, and the stories of Susanna and the Elders and Bel and the Dragon, forming the closing chapters of the Catholic version of that book. Of these works, Tobias and Judith were written originally in Aramaic, perhaps in Hebrew; Baruch and I Machabees in Hebrew, while Wisdom and II Machabees were certainly composed in Greek. The probabilities favor Hebrew as the original language of the addition to Esther, and Greek for the enlargements of Daniel.There are by my count 15 books mentioned in the bible which are not "In there" They are:
Does the Bible say it is all you need? There are again some who say that the revelations of St John the beloved preclude any further additions to the scriptures Here are the scriptures they commonly cite: 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:The books of the New Testament were not organized chronologically, and revelations was written(in the AD 60's) before the Gospel of St John (Written in the AD 90's) so obviously he did not mean no one could write revelations anymore, for he did so himself. Deuteronomy 4:2 contains a very similar scripture, which when you understand that these books were originally just that books in and of themselves, it all makes sense: By the Bible we mean the collection of writings that contain the records of divine revelation. The word itself is of Greek origin, being derived from ta biblia, "the books". In course of time "biblia", a neuter plural, was regarded as a feminine singular, and in that way "the books" came to be spoken of as "the book". By the word Bible therefore we must understand not a single book, but a divine library.Which Bible? There are many versions of the bible and this is a "Bad" thing in my opinion. The more you translate something the less accurate it is. If you have ever played a game called "Telephone" you know what I mean. There are some who are Going back to Greek, or Aramayic, or some other "Ancient text". Here is the problem with both of these approaches in my opinion, English has gotten simpler and less specific over time. That's right, English is getting stupid. I spent a lot of time learning Chinese, it is a "High Context" language. High context languages are difficult to understand unless you have the correct context or perspective. Many of the languages used in the bible (I have been told, since I do not speak them) are "High Context" languages, thus the further and further we get from the culture and everyday lives of those who wrote them the less accurate a new translation becomes and we wind up interpreting, more than translating. /opinion |
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Basically The Canon of any church is "officially recognized" by that Church. Canon Can and does vary by church which is why the Bible used by Catholics for example has more books than those used by protestant churches. Canonization of Scriptures, saints, processes, and ordinances has no more or less authority than the church canonizing the thing being Canonized, because the Canon is part of the church. Some churches Canonize people as saints, some do not. Some churches accept the Canon of another church as binding, some do not Some churches have no canon of their own and accept canon performed only in one other church, some accept that canon of no church other than themselves. All of these methods of Canon are valid according to the definition of the word canon. Biblical Canon |
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The so-called Council of Jamnia (c. A.D. 90) has reasonably been taken as having terminated the disputes between rival rabbinic schools concerning the canonicity of Canticles. So while the intuitive sense and increasingly reverent consciousness of the faithful element of Israel could, and presumably did, give a general impulse and direction to authority, we must conclude that it was the word of official authority which actually fixed the limits of the Hebrew Canon. |
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I have a friend, who was looking at my posts here and emailed me a story form his parents' mission, I am using it here with his permission. While my parents were on their mission in Atlanta Georgia. They met a wonderful member who had a most unique story to tell.Emphasis added by me. |
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"The Test" is simple, you can't believe what I say, for I may be wrong, you can't believe what Mormon detractors say for again they might be wrong, or lying. So who can we trust? We can trust the Bible, we can trust God, for God is "a God of truth and canst not lie." The test is contained in the First John 4:1-3 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.We are supposed to look for Gods messages by trying the spirits, and we will know which is of God because it will testify of Jesus. I have tried the Spirits to know if they would testify of Jesus and the Book of Mormon, and I have received an answer, yes the Book of Mormon is of God and Jesus is the Christ, my savior, my lord, my God. I wish that everyone could have this experience, thus, I offer to all a: Free Book of Mormon and if you don't already have one, a:Free Bible Too. I invite you to cut through all the yea and nay arguments with a simple prayer, I invite you to come unto Jesus Christ my master. The formula is simple, Get a Book of Mormon, Get a Bible. Read both, pray about both, ask God to testify of Jesus and ask God to reveal errors for what they are, and truth for what it is and listen for God's response. The response should contain a testimony of Jesus, or it may not be from God. There may be those who will encourage you not to pray, they will use various methods to do this, I used to list the many scriptures from the Bible that command us to pray, but I am now only going to quote from the Book of Mormon: Second Nephi 32:8 8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.The Bible teaches man to Pray, the Book of Mormon teaches men to pray, anyone who teaches something else is not of God. Friends, brethren, beware of those who teach that God will not answer a sincere prayer from the heart. seek God. Seek to do good continually, Do good to those who persecute you and despitefully use you. In the end you will in no wise lose your reward for seeking to follow the scriptures. Amen. |
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That depends on what you mean by brothers, suffice it to say that is not a "Mormon" teaching you will hear stated in sunday school, but we believe the Bible, so consider the following scriptures: Hebrews 12: 9 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?So God is the Father of Spirits... 2 Peter 2:4 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;So Satan was once an angel, and was cast out of heaven. Hebrews 1:7 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.So angels have Spirits and can call God Father. 1 John 1:34 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.So Satan was once an angel, Angels have a spirit, and God is the father of Spirits, also Jesus is "The Son of God" therefore,according tot he Bible, they are brothers. We believe the Bible, so.... we believe that Jesus and Satan can be called brothers just like everyone who believes the Bible. What is misleading is that this is presented as a shocking belief when it is just Biblical. One of the Twists of phraseology is to call Satan "God's Brother" which is a phrase from the occult, and thus Phrasing this question this way makes a belief which all who believe the bible to be the word of God, cannot deny to sound like we are part of the Occult, which is the point of the question. So, when did you stop beating your wife... Fair Mormon addresses this same topic here. |
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Last of all, I testify to you that Jesus lives! The bonds of death and hell cannot prevail against him nor against any who he calls his in the last day, my hope is to be among them and to have him wash me clean that I may enter in and dwell with him forever. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. |
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They are all wrong. While in Taiwan, I ran into a story from the analects of Confucius, and since I was reading it in chinese, I will have to translate it into english from memory. I apologize in advance for any mistakes that I might make while doing so. There was an old man (understood to be Mong Dz one of confucius' teachers) who was sitting by a pond, this pond was as clear as crystal, that as he looked into it, he could see a fish near the bottom swimming to and fro. As he observed the fish, he Thought to himself, fish were made to swim, therefore, this is a happy fish. His student approached (Under stood to be Confucius) and asked him what he was doing. The old man replied that he was watching this happy fish. The student looked at him, in the pond then at him again and said "You don't know that fish is happy, you are not a fish." The old man waited a moment for his student to consider his own words, and said "You don't know that I don't know, you are not me." The student thought for a moment, then bowed his agreement. The student then sat at his teachers feet while the old man taught his student the nature of obtaining happiness by fulfilling the measure of your creation. Then the student and his teacher spent the rest of the afternoon siting by the pond watching the fish and contemplating the nature of obtaining happiness by fulfilling the measure of your creation. This may seem an odd story to some, but to me it was a wonderful way to introduce some of the principles of the gospel with a chinese story, not only that, it shows the foolishness of trying to tell someone else what they can and can't know. I am telling you that I know, I have also told you how I know and that you can know too. |
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Are there" Proofs? (A proof being an indicator of the truthfulness of the Book of Momron, which may or may not be under dispute) "Proofs" are not going to convince anyone that the Book is true, that is not their purpose, the purpose of Proofs is to disproove those who say "There is no proof..." or "X proves that the Book of Momron is False" or "What do you say to Y". These "challenges" are meant to shake faith, and are often not even based on knowledge, but rumor. These proofs are simple, I will refrain from Complex proofs even when Complex attacks are leveled. Q. First proof is a response to the Book fo Momron says X and that's not in agreement with the Bible, so the book of Momron is not true. A. The Bible has many places where it does not agree with itself, Juds's death, Paul's vision, Faith or works only? All these things have conflicting scriptures in the Bible, if a book disagrees with itself, how can anytihng be in complete agreement with it? |
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The research shows that 96.5% of them show an Asian originFrom When DNA Evidence is Ignored: Systematic Bias Against Non-Asian Origins of Ancient Americans When DNA evidence is ignored It is wrong to say that there has been no DNA evidence pointing to non-Asian (e.g., European or Middle East) origins of ancient Native Americans. But some of the possible evidence has routinely been discarded and ignored.There are also lots of people claiming a the Halpotypes from central Siberia prove the indians came from there, why so many "Sources" for indian DNA? The answer is simple, in a genetically promiscuous group you can find anything you are looking for if you look long enough. A genetically conservative group is one that reproduces exclusively with people of that group, the Jews a re a really great example of this, they inter marry so rarely with outsiders that they actually have some genetic diseases that are unique to their group (Tay-Sachs disease). A genetically Promiscuous group is one that inter marries with others easily, americans come to mind, we tend to be open minded genetically speaking, we marry anybody, and everybody into our "melting pot", and historically this is what the Indians did too. Now, how does this affect the DNA studies? DNA geological studies require three things
Supposition # 1, A Pure genetic sample starting from a common ancestor group:
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Isn't polygamy forbidden by the Bible? Some assume that Adam was given one wife, therefore we all should only have one wife.Polygamy is Icky. This Objection to polygamy is basically one of Culture, eating some food is a delicacy in one culture, is "Icky" in another (Snails for example). Such "programmed" responses are sometimes impossible to overcome. There are instances recorded in history where people who refused to be rude and excuse themselves to go to the bathroom have actually ruptured their bladder and died from it. The idea that polygamy might actually be acceptable to God engenders similar unreasoning and unreasonable reaction from some people, if you are one of those people, don't read any further, it will just raise your blood pressure.Polygamy Is or was Illegal Polygamy was legal in most ancient cultures (Greek being an exception), Polygamy was made illegal at the Federal level of the United states by the Edmunds–Tucker Act in 1887, until then there was no federal level law, and only the laws of states must be considered. The Edmunds–Tucker Act was tied up for many years in the courts as the church tried to have it ruled unconstitutional. Illinois where the prophet Joseph lived granted Nauvoo a city charter that allowed it's governing body to decide if states laws applied there therefore Illinois Law cannot be used to determine if Polygamy was illegal in Nauvoo. Nauvoo had no laws against polygamy.Isn't Polygamy Adultery? Polygamy is not Adultery. Polygamy, or in this case more accurately polygyny, is the practice of multiple wives in a marriage, Adultery is sex out side of marriage. Therefore sex in a polygamous marriage is not adultery.Joseph Smith and Polygamy This topic has a lot of Sub questions:Doesn't the Book of Mormon Forbid polygamy? Actually this is a very good point, Mormons believe in a Book called the Book of Mormon which has the strongest passage speaking out against polygamy than any other passage of scripture I know of. The Passage is in:Polygamy is Immoral Morality today for most Americans is determined by the Bible. The Bible has no prohibition on polygamy, indeed, the many important prophets had multiple wives. (Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob) and in at least one instance God says he (God) gave multiple wives as a blessing (to David).Polygamy leads to other sins This is nothing more than religious guilt by association. The logic is simple: I knew a man who read the bible and he beat his wife... (conclusion reading the Bible makes you beat your wife...)Only a Mormon would promote polygamy Really, there are tons of "non Mormon" polygamy sites that are striving to point to reality, here are a few: (2520)The Bible approves of Polygamy. It's a fact one arrived at by any who actuality study it as these great men have. Here is the formula for anyone who wants to test it: A) Great men in the Bible were polygamous and they were specifically approved of by God while polygamous. (Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob...) B) Nowhere in the Bible is anyone reprimanded or commanded not to have more than one wife. C) God approved of Polygamy then, since he does not change, it's not a big issue for him now. Serial polygamy with divorce and remarriage is however specifically condemned by Jesus. My conclusion is that Polygamy is not condemned by the Bible, and I'm in good "Christian" company in that opinion. |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints is also called Mormon by some, LDS is preferred by us if you feel the full name is too long. however, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints" is the name. We are believers in Jesus Christ, We read the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine in covenants. We believe these other scriptures which also testify of Jesus Christ are needed because there are many things on which the Bible just is not clear. Using only the bible and looking at just the Bible, too much is left open for personal interpretation (in our opinion). Mormons are a people with many beliefs which some have declared to be heresy. That does not make us evil people. A careful study of these "Peculiar" beliefs will reveal that they were held by the early Christians in the pre-Constaniniean era. We believe that the LDS church was restored through the gift and power of God to fulfill prophecies in the bible, and to prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Any honest person who researches the doctrines of our church with an open mind will accept us as both Christian and sincere. To those who try to say other wise, either they have not studied enough, or they have some other agenda other than truth, and IMHO do not belong on this forum. This is my opinion and if there are flaws, do not blame God, or my church, for the flaws are mine. If there are things in my post which lead you to come closer to God either through a closer investigation of your church, or mine, give the Glory to god whose servant I am. |
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You can get HTML-Kit Here I recommend editing your responses there, Spell checking them, previewing them, then Copying the HTML to the editing box on this site, spell checking again, and then previewing again before posting, posts here are forever, so you want them to look good, right? Now, for the link to my page, it's simple just type the following into your HTML on your post: <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/~delphiuser#html">How to post a link to delphiuser's HTML hints</a> This will look like this when posted: How to post a link to delphiuser's HTML hints You can change the Text between the "Tags", and the Stuff between the quotation marks "" to change the destination. of the links. I hope this helped. |
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