Posted on 10/29/2007 8:28:33 AM PDT by Invisigoth
The Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Mormons and a few other faiths have three things in common – they believe in Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God and that He died and was resurrected for our sins.
So what’s the problem?
The political pundits continue to try and make Mitt Romney’s religious beliefs a big issue as he runs for the Republican presidential nomination. Different denominations of Christianity are just that – different denominations – which means different worship practices of the same fundamental Christian beliefs.
Some people have commented that they cannot support Mitt Romney because he is a Mormon. When they are pressed to explain why that is objectionable, they stutter. Still others are skeptical of Mitt Romney based solely on hearsay or lack of knowledge about Mormons.
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What was in and whom posted #869 that was removed? Tracer make another threat or something?
I missed it. I was hoping you could fill ME in.
Darned it.
Those are great. Are they copyrighted? Can we copy them and hand them out?
They are copyrighted, but you can obtain them very cheaply at irr.org ... and they have DVDs which they give to Mormons which you can order. They deal with several cults, not just Mormonism.
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The request was for you to tell me what your belief is. You reply with many answers by other people, not from you.
Then in true fashion, you try to keep from answering the question to you by trying to get me to forget about my question by asking a question of me. This seems to be a habit of yours.
Well, I need to do other things for a while, maybe when I get back you will decide that a “missionary to the mormons” needs to be kind, open and truthful.
Or you may decide to continue how your are. But you really should learn the difference between teaching from a pro-christian point of view vs. an anti-mormon point of view. There is a difference.
No the request was simple and it was directed from you.
Use whatever definition you would like and answer the question. What did your Savior “save” you from.
Holy cow! Is it THAT hard to answer?
If the LDS organizationis the TRUE church, then it MUST follow that the other churches are UNTRUE ones.
If you are a Christian in an LDS church, then, logically, you CANNOT be one in an UNTRUE church.
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If that is what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints really was, I would run to. 853 posted on 11/06/2007 11:31:19 AM CST by fproy2222 (If you want to know the truth, study both sides. To the most original source.) To: fproy2222
Let me ask you fproy, what is it that Jesus “saved” you from if He is your Savior? 854 posted on 11/06/2007 11:35:10 AM CST by colorcountry ("ever met a gang banger with a hunter safety card?" ~ Ted Nugent)
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My original question made it pretty clear that Savior means; one who saves. And still he asked me for a definition and so I posted Merriam-Webster's definition. He still doesn't understand a simple question about a simple word. So here are some examples:
If I am drowning in the ocean and someone throws me a lifeline and saves my life, I call him a savior. He saved my life.
If I am going bankrupt and the bank comes to take my house, but a kindly benefactor pays the bank for me, and saves my reputation, I can call him a redeemer for he redeemed my debt, and a savior because he saved my home.
Words have meaning. Savior means someone who "saved" someone. What did your savior save you from. (Fourth time I've asked a simple question.....still waiting for an answer - - quite telling isn't it?)
There is nothing there, at your link.
It has been disabled?
Of course. They wouldn’t want to air their dirty laundry. I wouldn’t be surprised it the thread was removed.
It was a thread started by the moderator (at the Mormon Apologetics site) asking for all the posters at the site to come gang up on one disruptor, and invited name calling. Quite amazing (and sickening too), IMO.
Dang, I’m sorry I missed it. :)
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Ecclesiastes 10:20
Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
Is it just me, or have the other troops left the field?
Tracer lost his bet. Thread hasn’t hit 1000.
You remind me of the prison ministries and those that minister to the people that live on the edges of society... the “undesirables”, those with terrible physical ailments, those who reside in mental wards trying to quiet their minds so they can return to a normal state of mind, if you will.
God and His grace, His life-affirming message can be found ANYWHERE on the planet.
I often think that God spends a lot of time sitting in quiet bedrooms of those who suffer alone. He holds them and consoles them. He doesn’t demand that they come to a “house of worship”. For Christians are blessed with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
God will come to us ANYWHERE, at ANYTIME. All we need to do is ask for His comfort, and He will provide it.
And this is such a blessing.
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