Posted on 11/20/2006 8:24:45 AM PST by areafiftyone
Protestants don't believe in transubstantiation which is why we don't take Communion in Catholic churches.
Politically, I don't care if someone is Mormon.
Note: Someone mentioned "sheep stealing" earlier regarding the Mormons. I find this interesting because my neighbor is Mormon and he's been very good to invite me to his church. The elders even came by one day. In the non-Mormon church, this is considered rude and is referred to as "sheep stealing". If your neighbor is a good Baptist, you don't invite him to the Methodist church in order to get him to join your church.
Well, except for the Episcopals. Everyone is trying to steal them these days.
Yes as to both questions.
Genetically proven, in fact. (There is an associated marker on the "Y" Chromosome.) Considered a terrible apostate.
Last name basically translates to "True Priest."
very learned and complete KAKA.....
You can twist the scriptures to mean anything you want them to...but they still mean what they say and not what you wished they said.
If you ever wnat to know what a particular verse of scripture means, go to the source. If God is the author ASK HIM what it means.
And if you've ever wondered why Mormon missionaries are so successful, its because they never ask people to believe them, but to go to the source....GOD .....same answer.
Just ask God.........
"The Evangelicals are the base of the Republican party. I spent a few years working alongside people from other religions on social issues. I was amazed at how visceral the antipathy is toward Mormons among some groups, including those I worked with."
And this is my ONLY point here.
People can argue about right and wrong and theology all day long, when it comes down to the fact that Romney won't fly for this reason.
I'm with you, I'm thinking third party. You can't push tax cuts while nationalizing health care. Will the GOP being running on 'vote for us and we will only raise your taxes 16% to pay for health care while the RATS want to raise taxes 21%'?
"Protestants don't believe in transubstantiation."
Except for Anglicans.
Does it mean from the tribe of Levi?
I would vote for Romney if he ended up being the Republican nominee. But I don't welcome his candidacy, because I don't think he can win, and I think his candidacy will invite attacks on my church. Case in point, this thread. And freepers are politically aligned with Mormons.
Interestingly, our Mormon governer here in Utah has already gotten on McCain's bandwagon.
I don't think Romney is for nationalizing health care. I think his plan in MA consisted of requiring everyone to have health insurance.
"Protestants don't believe in transubstantiation which is why we don't take Communion in Catholic churches. "
The precise reason you dont take Communion in a Catholic church is that you need to go through Catholic baptism and first Communion. Whatever your beliefs, you do not partake without initiation. We believe in one catholic and apostolic church, as the Nicene creed has it.
The idea that it is 'rude' to invite someone to your own church is a bizarre one to me. One can always decline such invitations.
Of course there's a difference. He didn't have the government take over health care.
No, that's "Levison" or the like.
The Kohain are more often "Cohen" "Katz" or the like.
Kohain are paternal descentants of Aaron.
Leonard Nemoy is a Kohain. (That's where the Vulcan hand symbol comes from.)
If women ever met you I can see how they would be turned off by republicans and vote dem. You are a disgrace to your gender.
I would not count NY as lost to Hillary.
Nor do I believe Rudy would carry every state's primary. However, I don't see anyone beating him in the Midwest, East, West and parts of the South. Particularly the candidates which have been mentioned. I would not declare any state impossible for him to win particularly since there will probably be at least three "conservatives" splitting the vote.
I would like to point out for the record that the 60% who would never vote for an atheist is why we have so much religious fakery in D.C. today. Does anybody believe all these folks are religious? Heck no. They know that they can't win if they don't pretend to be religious. For me that is absolutely worse than reality. We should allow atheists to run and win on issues. However, if an atheist, small government conservative who was for 2nd amendment, low taxes, border security, strong military went out and said they were an atheist too, they would lose to a big government liberal who went to church even if they didn't mean it. That's a problem I think.
While voting for Romney vs Hillary is a no brainer I don't see him winning the nomination. Though it is true that I also see no one having a majority of delegates before the convention.
Fascinating. Aaron was also a Levite, if I'm not mistaken. But Aaron and his descendants were distinct among the Levites, and had greater authority.
We Mormons have two categories of "priesthood," Aaronic and Melchizedek. We believe that John the Baptist held the Aaronic priesthood, and thus had authority to baptize Jesus. I'm not sure whether that belief is unique to us, or not.
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