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To: HereInTheHeartland

Well I mentioned one made-up doctrine, that of being saved by “Faith Alone”, and denying that we must work-out our salvation, and that Faith is just the first step to a real saving grace. Another good one would be that the Bible alone is the only source of truth. The bible as it stands today was only put together by the proto-orhodox church of the 4rd & 4th centuries, the very same church that taught celibacy as an ideal, the bodily presence of christ in the eucharist, and other doctrines that were rejected by modern-day “reformers”. Evangelical Christianity today doesn’t have any more claim to “truth” than Latter-Day Saints do. In fact, they have less, because they deny the very power of revelation that comes from the Holy Ghost.

To your second point, LDS do not deny the divinity of Christ. He is and always has been God. One of three Gods of this world who are of the same will and power, one “Godhead”. If you do your homework on 1st & 2nd century Christianity, you’ll find that this belief is much closer to those held by the apostles and their immediate predecesors.

LDS also do not believe that Jesus was just one of many “good teachers”. That is ridiculous. In that respect they believe as the evangelicals do. He is the very word of God, and all revelation and scripture comes through the “light of christ”. Where LDS differ is in that they acknowledge and accept ongoing revelation from the holy ghost, not in conflict with the teachings of Christ, but alongside them. The evangelicals deny this power of the holy ghost, and limit God to the bible, a very misguided and sorry doctrine, if you ask me...


40 posted on 08/17/2007 8:26:28 PM PDT by LemurFox
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To: LemurFox; HereInTheHeartland

Well if that is the way they feel we will see who the Lord gave the power of the priesthood too when that day comes to hang together or hang separately?

Somedays I just had enough of these ignoramus who always want to fight and say spitful things for what reason the Lord loves all of his children!


42 posted on 08/17/2007 8:36:27 PM PDT by restornu (Teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves ~ Joseph Smith)
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