Posted on 06/05/2013 2:21:55 AM PDT by servo1969
Dear Stacey:
You have written demanding an apology for my recent characterization of the Mormon religion as "non-Christian." I am happy to write a public letter of apology to you and to the countless Mormon readers who responded negatively to my characterization.
I am sorry that so many of my Mormon readers have brazenly accused me of ignorance of their religion and suggested that I read the Book of Mormon. I am sorry that they were unaware that I read the Book of Mormon back in 2006.
I am sorry that the science of genetics has refuted claims made in the Book of Mormon concerning the relationship between Native Americans and Semitic people. These refutations undermine the entire historical premise of the Book of Mormon.
I am also sorry that while archeological discovery supports the claims of the Bible it clearly does not support the claims of the Book of Mormon. Battles that were supposed to have occurred in specific locations in North America simply never took place. The archeological evidence just isn't there.
I am sorry about the plagiarism of the Holy Bible that runs through the Book of Mormon. I am sorry that Mormons cannot see that Joseph Smith's refusal to reveal the golden tablets is strong evidence of their nonexistence. The heavy plagiarism in the Book of Mormon puts the lie to the rest of the story of Smith, the former seeker of the lost treasures of Captain Kidd.
I am sorry that my Mormon readers have put all their eggs in one basket by constantly writing to me quoting Matthew 7:16. So I am sorry that I must now apply that verse to the very first Mormon.
I am sorry that among the 33 well-documented plural wives of Joseph Smith, there were close to a dozen unions in which the wife was already married to another man.
I am sorry that in his lifetime, Joseph Smith married four different pairs of sisters. I am sorry that Joseph Smith married a young woman and also married her mother.
I am sorry that some of Joseph Smith's marriages were the result of religious coercion secured only after he told the prospective bride that marrying him would ensure the bride’s place in heaven. I am sorry that Smith also coerced teenagers into marrying him by promising their families a place in heaven.
I am sorry that Joseph Smith kept fourteen-year-old Helen Mar Kimball from marrying her sweetheart Horace Whitney because he wanted to marry the teenager instead. I am sorry that Joseph Smith also asked Helen’s father Heber C. Kimball to give him his wife.
I am sorry that before he eventually married Helen, Joseph Smith gave her a 24-hour deadline to give in to his offer of a place in heaven. I am sorry that two years after the death of Joseph Smith, Helen married her old sweetheart Horace Whitney. I am sorry that the marriage between Helen and Horace was only temporary because Helen was already "sealed" by marriage to Joseph Smith for eternity. I am sorry that Horace Whitney was "sealed" to an already dead Mormon woman before his “temporary” marriage to Helen.
I am sorry that after her mother died, Joseph Smith approached teenager Lucy Walker with a command that she marry Smith with the threat of eternal damnation as the punishment if she refused. I am sorry that the year before Joseph Smith died, he said the following to Lucy: “I will give you until tomorrow to decide (whether to marry me). If you reject this message the gate will be closed forever against you.”
I am sorry that the Book of Mormon, which Joseph Smith claims to have transcribed from the golden plates given to him by the Angel Moroni, says the following: “Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, Saith the Lord.” (Jacob 2:24).
I am sorry that Joseph Smith said the following shortly before his death: "(W)hen I get my kingdom, I shall present it to my father, so that he may obtain kingdom among kingdom, and it will exalt him in glory. He will then take a higher exaltation, and I will take his place, and thereby become exalted myself.”
I am sorry that Smith’s polytheism is not consistent with John 14:6. I am also sorry that since these are the words of Christ, polytheism cannot be Christian. Moreover, I am sorry, my Mormon friends, but the the words of Christ trump the words of Joseph Smith who will never be God.
I am sorry that Mormonism teaches that Christ was not there in the beginning, that god was just a man who became God by following a moral code he did not create, and that we may all become gods by following the same moral code that predates the existence of Jesus. I am sorry that the theological mess caused by Joseph Smith is irreconcilable with the teachings of the Holy Bible.
Finally, I am sorry that my Mormon readers have unfairly accused me of criticizing Mormonism without doing my homework. But I am glad I did. Now I understand the significance of Galatians 1:6-9.
So what would it take to FULFILL it; in your opinion?
BINDING upon WHOM?
I'm still waiting...
And; evidently, the EVIDENCE for this claim is NEVER to be seen as well.
And yes I can, they are different inspired books written by different authors from various perspectives. This issue has been used to try and “bring down” Christianity, especially by the disgruntled, for sometime, but again the scholarship is there and easy to find.
In the end their accounts all say the same thing, Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior who arose from the dead, the Word made flesh.
bttt
For one thing the books have been rearranged.
Like I said,if you go to www.messiahtruth.yuku.com you will get the answers you are looking for because there is too much for me to type.
You can believe that if you want even though it is a blatant violation of the ETERNAL TORAH.
Perhaps but since it is an eternal truth I suppose that will go on for a while, until the time comes the blind will finally see.
Oooooh!
Rearranged!
(You can still cut and paste SOMETHING to try to prove your point; can’t you?
There you go again!
I do not know how to cut and paste. Sorry.
I’m not bailing out on the discussion. I do have other things to do on top of my research to back up my statements.
And yes, the rearrangement is very important. It was done in the attempt to prove Jesus is the messiah.
The Torah was meant to be adhered to for all time by all peoples. No other religions or ‘holy books’ were to take place of the Torah. There were Israelites and Noahides (Who have their OWN covenant with G-d) and no one was to start a new religion or alter the eternal Word of G-d. Thus Christianity is viewed as a false religion.
Oh?
I guess the JEWS have a point when they'd like some OTHER folks to be the Chosen People for a while!
Well; this is a first!
Let me help you out!!
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+cut+and+paste&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7ADRA_enUS475
“The Christian “Old Testament” is not the same because it has been changed. Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that G-d is a man or that Jesus is the prophesied messiah and savior. Nowhere does it say that the only repentance is through blood.”
Evidence? Facts?
You continue to make outlandish claims with nothing presented to demonstrate any truth.
As such, you are just expressing an unsupported opinion. Nothing more.
It sounds like someone has convinced him of what he is saying; but now is finding that the thing he believes to be ‘true’ has very little; if anything; to support the claim!
He apparently has a “going problem” too!
There is no need for sarcasm. It’s not going to do us any good.
G-d made it very clear that He will not change His mind and become a human born to a virgin or a human in any form.
BTW: Alma means ‘young woman’,not ‘virgin’. Another glaring and blatant mistranslation of Isaiah 7:14
I thought you Christians knew the Hebrew Scriptures better than the Jews and Noahides do. So shouldn’t you know where it says this? Or do you like to cherry-pick verses? Isaiah 53 is a prime example.
You like to tell us that WE are wrong and YOU are right and those of us who reject Jesus are damned to an eternal hell.
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