Posted on 01/07/2008 6:50:17 AM PST by Alex Murphy
Mormonism is not an issue.
Ditto.
That’s because Mormonism is still considered as a cult in most textbooks. Plus, there’s not a lot of large clusters of them in any community.
I live in northeast Ohio where one of their main temples is a tourist and pilgramage attraction, but I dare say that I’ve met no more than 4 or 5 Mormons in my life around here.
A majority of Americans don’t know what they themselves believe let alone what Mormons believe.
I wish I could find special glasses that allowed me to read & translate ancient egyptian text.
Whats the deal with the underwear ?
While mormonism is a cult, all of the mormons I’ve met have been kind, loving, caring people , unlike many of my Christian “brothers”.
I have less a problem with Mitt than I do with Huckabee, whose Christianity, I fear, is that of jimmy carter’s. Misguided hatred towards Jews, and “wealthy” Americans, whom he will blame for the world’s ills. He will not have America stand strong because we should as a Christian nation stand up righteously, but he will have us prostrate before our enemies, that they may walk upon us for “our transgressions.”
Compared with
Acts 26:26 For the king knows about these things, and to him I speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this has not been done in a corner.
Not done in a corner? So the NT has no secrets, but Mormonism does. Go fiqure!
I bet if you asked people to list each candidate and their religious denonimation, they would get Romney right more than any other candidate.
There has certainly been a wealth of stories about Romney’s religion, compared to all the other candidates.
I do know and I’ll a Methodist. I also agree this is not the major Romney issue.
Trouble is the majority of Mormons don’t know what they believe either.
Another FReeper thread from a month ago said 54% of Americans wouldn't vote for an atheist. This absolutely proves that other worldly commitments--and lack of them--matters to the majority of Americans. Beyond that majority consensus, what you find is that folks will just draw the line at different places...for example, I'm sure most Mormons would not vote for a polygamous Mormon who's part of a fundamentalist sect.
No, the reaction of the Mormon Church was to go into full-steam defensive mode & massacre the 120 to 140-member Fancher party when it came thru their state in 1857.
As for treating this as a "new wave of persecution," does this mean, then, that if Americans oppose homosexual marriage--including homosexual marriage in MA--that they are guilty of "persecuting" households in that state?
Just wait til the MSM starts asking questions of a certain GOP nominee dealing with this last part. For some reason, they've avoided it up til now...They are right above in that altho the LDS faith has gotten much media play in '07, these two beliefs & practices mentioned above haven't.
It's going to be an "eye-opening" experience, to use the concepts of Gen. 3, where the Serpent promised that their eyes would be opened & the pathway to godhood would be opened if only they would disobey God's command.
And this then, is a third peculiar doctrine the average American Joe doesn't know about...that when Adam & Eve disobeyed--called the Fall--Mormons believe this was a fall "upward." They believe that only thru "mortality" (death) do they earn "immortality" (what they call divinity). As one LDS leader called it, Adam & Eve's "fall" was a "celebration." This is proof positive that "Serpent theology" runs thru the midst of the Mormon church.
The Serpent made a claim in Gen. 3:5. The Mormon church believes that claim to this very day!
TO ALL WHO WANT TO HELP US TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT CHRIST AND HOW HE GUIDES HIS PEOPLE ON EARTH.
If this thread is like most others that have anything to do with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or as we are more often called, the Mormons, it will soon be taken over by those who, for reasons of their own, choose to put down my Church, and those of us who worship with it.
We find no problem with people who really want to talk to us about converting to their religion, we spend a lot of time doing it ourselves.
What we find offensive is when people leave out part of the truth to make a half-true lie , or when some one renames something, that we find important or sacred, so it sounds like gutter talk.
I do not know how to tell the difference all the time. There are some Handles that keep showing up, and they are easy to spot. Sometimes, though, I have given a hard and not so kind response to some who honestly care for us and our salvation.
Please forgive us if we get you mixed up.
Thanks for your time,
fred
LOL
I have found in most cases is it is very rare for the average Latter-day Saint to fully explain the unique teachings of Mormonism. In the LDS Church it is taught that milk must be given before meat. Since many Mormons know that some of their unique teachings will be questioned by their evangelical acquaintances, they often give an explanation of the LDS faith that is less than precise.
I therefore encourage others on this site to click HERE or HERE to see some of the things the Mormon Church sometimes forgets to reveal.
/ducks
Find a Mormon to run for the GOP nomination who's actually a conservative, and we'll talk.
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