Posted on 03/18/2020 4:48:53 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
A statue of the Angel Moroni sits atop the Salt Lake Temple in a 2015 photo. The temple was damaged Wednesday in an earthquake that also dislodged Moroni's trumpet.
(CNN)The 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook Utah Wednesday morning also dislodged a symbolic part of Salt Lake City's iconic Mormon temple: the trumpet of an angel statue atop its highest spire.
The temple is the spiritual focal point for the 16 million members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"The trumpet on the Angel Moroni statue fell off, and there is minor displacement of some of the temple's smaller spire stones," said Daniel Woodruff, a spokesman for the church.
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Ain't nobody got time for that!
Not even Mormons!
Doesn't a mormon have to answer the Temple Recommend questions every year?
And isn't one of those whether the person is honest in his dealings with his fellow man??
Apparently not!
Our relationship with God is obviously spiritual, as that is how we communicate with him through prayer.
Yet, again, we are told in Genesis that we are created in God’s image. I’m assuming that the scripture means that God has an image that looks more or less like man.
Is taking this scripture at face value somehow blasphemous?
Thank-you for your reasoned reply ... except for the anti-mormon fake news/slander .... sorry I try not to respond in-kind but I sometimes fail to turn the other cheek.
First of all, of course I believe that Christ is divine. He is the only-begotten son of the Father, Almighty God.
Since Mary experienced a normal pregnancy and birth,
Christ grew from a babe to manhood completely passable as a normal human being. Obviously Christ had 46 chromosmes, 23 were from Mary .... any idea where Christ’s other 23 chromosomes came from?
But don’t take my word for it, ....
“John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
So as I understand it .... you don’t believe that Christ was the only begotten Son of God?
Sorry Elsie .... but you need counseling.
Just think if you spent half as much energy rejoicing in Christ as you spend in trying to destroy peoples faith in Christ....
Did you know that Emperor Theodosius made the Nicene Creed’s final triumph by forcing belief upon threat of execution through the ‘Eddict of Thesalonica’ in 380 AD?
Somehow .... I never thought that was how Christ desired that his Doctrine should be established.
I just thought of another awesome scripture that contradicts the whole ‘Triune’ doctrine:
Matthew 27:46
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
This particular scripture makes perfect sense to me. Jesus the Christ calling to Almighty God, his father in heaven.
Anyone care to explain to me how the non-biblical Triune God managed to forsake himself at the time when he needed himself the most?
It might be every two years.
What I DO know; is that the REQUIREMENT to do so is NOT found in ANY of the LDS scripture(s).
Their is part of your problem; taking ONE piece of scripture without using others similar to it.
More importantly; how do you know that the Genesis account is translated correctly?
If I were a Mormon I'd trust the words found in the BoM; which have been posted multiple times in this thread.
After all; you DO knw that it's TRUE; right?
I don't know your situation; as you'd have to answer the following question:
Oh?
How do you KNOW this?
Should Mormons take the word of the Three Witnesses?
An 1830 statement titled "Testimony of Three Witnesses"—one statement signed by three men rather than three separate statements—was published at the end of the first edition of the Book of Mormon:
Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites, his brethren, and also of the people of Jared, who came from the tower of which hath been spoken. And we also know that they have been translated by the gift and power of God, for his voice hath declared it unto us; wherefore we know of a surety that the work is true. And we also testify that we have seeen [sic] the engravings which are upon the plates; and they have been shewn unto us by the power of God, and not of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon; and we know that it is by the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we beheld and bear record that these things are true. And it is marvellous [sic] in our eyes. Nevertheless, the voice of the Lord commanded us that we should bear record of it; wherefore, to be obedient unto the commandments of God, we bear testimony of these things. And we know that if we are faithful in Christ, we shall rid our garments of the blood of all men, and be found spotless before the judgment-seat of Christ, and shall dwell with him eternally in the heavens. And the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God. Amen.
I'll listen.
Got a counselor handy?
Until then, I'll have to rely on the best one I know of...
John 14:16 RSV
And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever,
Sorry teppe; but you've written 2+2=5 on the blackboard once too often.
The teacher is going to correct you; but he will do so by pointing out your error; NOT by extolling the glories and purity of Mathematics all over again.
Sorry teppe; but you've failed to see that I am NOT trying to destroy your faith in Christ; just to destroy your faith in the false teachings about Him that now permeate your soul.
You have seen; with your own eyes; the words of your Scriptures, witnesses and leaders of Mormonism.
Why do you stubbornly insist that they are FALSE??
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