Of course, you may wish to claim that Smith had God's blessing in rewriting the Book of Genesis to include himself after the fact (adding hundreds of words and more than a dozen verses to chapter 50 * http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jst/contents *), but that is the very essence of said heresies, taking authority to speak for God where it is not given by God.
“According to whom? Well, Orthodox Christianity as advised by the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus ... Mormonism claims to be THE restored Christian Authority, a slap in the face heresy for any Chrisitan sect or Catholicism. What a way to start a new religion don’tchaknow.”
>>>> Ahem! How did Christianity get started?? By adhering to the teachings of the orthodox religions of the day? Or were the original Christians not considered heretics then by biased critics with personal interests to protect?
“Of course, you may wish to claim that Smith had God’s blessing in rewriting the Book of Genesis to include himself after the fact (adding hundreds of words and more than a dozen verses to chapter 50 *”
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jst/contents *) but that is the very essence of said heresies, taking authority to speak for God where it is not given by God.
>>>> Hold it right there. I have not claimed anything, nor do I wish to do so. This is not about what I believe or don’t believe. It is about what you seem to believe, and why you believe it. You named the Mormons’ beliefs heresies — I”m merely trying to elicit from you upon what UNBIASED authority you do so. Can you furnish any such?
And how do you KNOW FOR SURE that the Mormons beliefs are heresies — or is it just what your priest or minister told you?