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To: BipolarBob
The Jesus of the Mormons is another Christ. The true Christ warned that there would be many other Christs and not to follow them. The Mormon "Christ" is a man who worked his way up to being a God. He is not the God of the Bible who always has been and forever will be the only true God. He is supposedly just the "God" of this universe who at this time we are to worship as part of a plan to follow. The true God said that beside Him there is none other. Mormons believe that male Mormons can also work their way up to being a "God" with their own universe and will have many wives with many children and will then be worshiped as God of that universe. They will become a Christ themselves of their won universe. They have swallowed the oldest of lies. It is the lie that Satan told Eve in The Garden of Eden, "...ye shall be as gods". It is the same lie that the New Age movement has swallowed when they believe in the "Christ" within themselves and that they can be like a god. People want to be their own God. The Mormons definitely believe in another "God" with similar borrowed characterizations and names as the true Father, Son and Holy Spirit but not at all with the same essence.
124 posted on 01/03/2006 3:17:09 AM PST by Bellflower (A new day is Coming!)
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To: Bellflower

Oh Please!!! A different Christ?
From the Book of Mormon, Chap 7 7-14.
"7 For behold, I say unto you there be many things to come; and behold, there is one thing which is of more importance than they all—for behold, the time• is not far distant that the Redeemer liveth and cometh among his people.

8 Behold, I do not say that he will come among us at the time• of his dwelling in his mortal tabernacle; for behold, the Spirit hath not said unto me that this should be the case. Now as to this thing I do not know; but this much I do know, that the Lord God hath power to do all things which are according to his word.

9 But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying: Cry unto this people, saying—Repent• ye, and prepare the way of the Lord, and walk in his paths, which are straight; for behold, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the Son of God cometh• upon the face of the earth.

10 And behold, he shall be born• of Mary, at Jerusalem• which is the land• of our forefathers, she being a virgin•, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive• by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.

11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions• and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take• upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose• the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor• his people according to their infirmities.

13 Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take• upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.

14 Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again; for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and to cleanse from all unrighteousness."
Does that sound like a different Christ? That is the exact same Christ that I have read about and came to love in The Bible. As posted earlier it is always wise to go to the source and not to people who have an agenda against Mormonism.


127 posted on 01/03/2006 3:37:07 AM PST by ghostcat
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To: Bellflower
You know, this thread should be about a fellow person who was shot down and murdered. Theology bashing can be wasted on another thread if you are so inclined.
141 posted on 01/03/2006 7:53:09 AM PST by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I looked in my rearview mirror.)
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