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I find that the inter-denominational backbiting that goes on here quite often is counter-productive to conservative goals. Protestant vs. Catholic vs. Mormon vs. whatever only serves to divide us at a time when we all need to be as united as possible. [fr_freak]

Can you say lopsided? Off-balance? And 100% lack of discernment?

Why would you assume such "unity" when Mormons are pasting that stuff in "scripture" & then translated it in over 100 languages + publishing the same thing in curricula, magazine articles, online content, missionary lesson plans & talking pts, etc??? And where are your missives to the Mormon church to just plain knock if off if you want to assume such "unity?"

This comment assumes unity where there hasn't been for 180 years. I could probably guess that the folks who the apostle Paul warned the church @ Ephesus about had the bulk in common with the sheep there. Both groups were "religious." So, did Paul play the "allies"-game-don't-divide-us-you're playing? (No)

As Paul was leaving the church of Ephesus, he warned them with this high-priority alert:

"I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears." (Acts 20:29-31)

Paul's cultural priority? (Defend against the false disciples who will proselytize the flock and draw away men unto themselves!)

We have REAL enemies to face. [Behzinlea]

Matthew 10:28 - Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Some freepers can multi-task. [Reaganaut]

Exactly.

Don't we take our cultural cue from a certain "Lord" named Jesus Christ? Who are we to follow when it comes to setting cultural priorities? Jesus and the apostle Paul? or single-tasker Bezinlea?

So does Jesus say, "fear the real political & socialistic & terror-bound enemies?" (Nope)

Wait a minute. You mean Mormon "scripture" can label all Christians as "apostates," heart-drifters, "corrupt," not worth joining, and creedally abominable (100% of creeds) -- and that gets a "free pass" from you...180 years of such printed nonsense...and yet a few online threads takes issue with that...and gets a scolding from you?

You missed the entire point. If Mormons were on FreeRepublic spouting that stuff, I would be equally POed with them. However, this is not primarily a religion forum. Ol' Jim allows that, presumably because the Judeo-Christian belief system is a huge part of American conservatism, but our primary purpose here is not to iron out all of the disagreements about scripture. We'd all be better off if we save that for after we've defeated our common enemy, or for discussions that occur outside of FreeRepublic.

What ends up happening here, though, is that we get different factions of people who all hate the leftism infecting our country, but instead of being united in the fight against that, they are at each others' throats over whose religion is the perfect one.