“I find it strange that people spend so much time on here trying to run down a church that teaches hard work, independence and service to your fellow man (and yes military service). I thought this was a political forum.”
Although Free Republic is a political forum, the RELIGION Forum on Free Republic is a place where theological matters are routinely discussed, with the permission and acceptance of Free Republic’s management. Discussing the theology of this or that religion is a perfectly acceptable practice herein.
And bringing it up is really just a way on your part to change the subject.
The subject of this thread is whether members of the LDS believe that God was “once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!”
If so, then the LDS organization is at complete odds with all those who worship the God revealed to Moses, at odds not merely with all Christians, but with all Jews (to whom the initial Divine Revelation was originally given), and even to all Muslims.
“You guys act like a bunch of missionaries rode their bikes up to the airport and hijacked the planes on 9/11. Wrong religion guys.”
Again, you’re changing the subject. Myself, I’ve known more than a couple of LDS folks in my life, and have pretty much liked and respected them all.
Nonetheless, the bottom line is that I believe that the foundation of LDS theology is entirely false, a false prophecy by a false prophet. I don’t believe that members of the LDS are Christians. I don’t believe that LDS baptism is valid, that it actually brings a person into the life of grace, into the family of God, into a real, ontological relationship with Jesus Christ.
This is because the being identified as "God" by the LDS is not ontologically the same being identified by all Christians, Jews, and Muslims as God.
And that’s the subject of this thread.
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Yeh, I was changing the subject, my question is why you guys need to run down the church all the time. What drives the need? I dont agree with your church either but you dont see me on here posting how wrong every one else is.
No problem, I’ll see if I can just filter out the “run down the LDS faith” category, so I can just get the news. I just wonder why some folks like to constantly attack their allies.