Are you trying to say that since soldiers have authority doled out to them through their immediate commanding officer [we all know how the military is known for its sharp adherence to a chain of command] that such an immediate commanding officer is that soldier's "ultimate authority?" I thought the "commander-in-chief"--who in turn answers to God, Himself--one of these would be deemed as the "ultimate" authorities.
So why is it any soldier knows where the buck stops, but in your spiritual warfare where we're supposed to be a soldier of Christ (Paul's analogy), you pretend commanders in chief are irrelevant to your role.
I can think of one of those movie lines where a new boot camp recruitee would be told by his seargant something to the effect of "While you're here, I will be your momma and your daddy!! In short, I will be your god."
Yet you seem to claim that just because an immediate commanding officer is the only supervisor--the only authority he reports to in this chain of command--that just because he's the only "god" in that young soldier's new universe, that somehow making the claim "Well, he's the only god with which we have to do" gets you off the hook of being under the authority of other commands further up the chain.
Furthermore, it shows extreme shortsightedness that you don't know the ultimate spirit to whom Joseph Smith was reporting to. Somehow you reduce the LDS version of Elohim to be the "ultimate" authority when you know full well he's not. The key question to ask is, "what spirit" (if any) appeared to Joe Smith? Was it an "angel of light" masquerading under another identity? [Gal 1:8-9] And what spirit entity was really behind the scenes?
One can't make what went on and met for those days to say it was about today!
How foolish!
How laughable!
CCing P-Marlowe; colorcountry; restornu
>>Are you trying to say that since soldiers have authority doled out to them through their
>>immediate commanding officer [we all know how the military is known for its sharp
>>adherence to a chain of command] that such an immediate commanding officer is that
>>soldier's "ultimate authority?" I thought the "commander-in-chief"--who in turn
>>answers to God, Himself--one of these would be deemed as the "ultimate" authorities.
>>So why is it any soldier knows where the buck stops, but in your spiritual warfare
>>where we're supposed to be a soldier of Christ (Paul's analogy), you pretend
>>commanders in chief are irrelevant to your role.
God is where the buck stops. We are his creations we answer to him, we always will.
I have said this in posts past on this thread. It amazes me that you don’t get it, but you and your Allies (CC’s words) apparently don’t speak English.
If I make a Lego™ car, and then decide to destroy it, I do not have to ask anyone’s permission. It does not matter if I have a father who can build with Lego’s or if he has a father, only that the car belongs to me, I created it. End of chain of authority.
>>Yet you seem to claim that just because an immediate commanding officer is the only
>>supervisor--the only authority he reports to in this chain of command--that just
>>because he's the only "god" in that young soldier's new universe, that somehow
>>making the claim "Well, he's the only god with which we have to do" gets you off the
>>hook of being under the authority of other commands further up the chain.
See above…
>>Furthermore, it shows extreme shortsightedness that you don't know the ultimate spirit
>>to whom Joseph Smith was reporting to. Somehow you reduce the LDS version of
>>Elohim to be the "ultimate" authority when you know full well he's not. The key
>>question to ask is, "what spirit" (if any) appeared to Joe Smith? Was it an "angel of
>>light" masquerading under another identity? [Gal 1:8-9] And what spirit entity was
>>really behind the scenes?
I do know, you have not been listening. Elohim is the ultimate authority to us; we are his and Christ creations.
Are you trying to be purposefully offensive? I ask because I am not sure.