Posted on 02/19/2008 4:46:10 PM PST by Zakeet
In his pursuit of the presidency, Mitt Romney held fast to his Mormon faith, though his religion remains controversial with evangelicals and some other Christians. But his determined (and ultimately futile) wooing of evangelicals led him to make some statements that didn't quite square with Mormon beliefs and culture. And the effort itself may have deepened the impression of him as inauthentic—even to some fellow Mormons.
Early in his presidential bid, Romney was asked what he thought of polygamy. Prompted by what they considered a divine revelation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discontinued the practice more than a century ago, and the church distances itself from polygamist "fundamentalists." But Romney went one step further, saying he couldn't "imagine anything more awful than polygamy." Many Mormons were privately taken aback. Mormons believe that, in its time, "plural marriage" was a commandment from God, and they are, as a group, fiercely proud of their ancestors, hundreds of whom practiced polygamy. (Romney's own great-grandfather had five wives.) LDS church members loathe the polygamy stereotypes and jokes bandied by outsiders. But hearing Romney—the most recognizable face of their faith these days—disavow it in those terms was mildly unsettling to LDS insiders.
Others were puzzled to hear Romney say he reads the Gideon Bible—a version popular with evangelicals: Mormons uniformly study the King James version, in a Salt Lake edition that is cross-referenced to all other Mormon scripture. "Seems like he just figured he had to say the safest, most Protestant thing he could think of—that was kind of annoying," says Russell Arben Fox, a Mormon professor of political science at Friends University in Wichita, Kans.
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Please provide the Bible reference proving the priesthood was removed from the earth to later be restored by Joseph Smith. Thank you.
What you assert has never been shown.
Is this a YES or a NO??
Do you have any data to disprove that?
Have you looked into the kooky mayor of Salt Lade City?
The Joe Smith Translation (aka "Inspired Version") removed the Song of Solomon and various other chapters and verses.
More to the point is what GOD SAID: the unity of Being that is central to Christian theology, that Christ IS God (as, in part, reflected in my post #180 which is conveniently being ignored), is completely denied by Joseph Smith in the First Vision. And that makes Mormonism, by definition, NOT Christian.
but his Mormon supporters were just like I figured....more loyal to their temple than to God or our nation.....what's up with Romney swearing allegiance to God instead of to his temple?....imagine that....
is it like I thought...that Mormons supported Romney ONLY because of his Mormonism?......not because of his intellect, his leadership, his character, his policies?
true dat.........
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How Mormon's deal with data presented to them by those they call ANTI's:
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I would probably doze off at about the second "And it came to pass." So that would be what? About 10 verses in the BOM? Wasn't it Mark Twain who said if you drop this phrase that Joseph Smith's Bible would be a pamphlet?
On a challenge from a Mormon friend, I read the BOM. I found it incredibly tedious and was thankful when it was finally over.
Romans Chapter 2
23. You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
24. As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
We believe we are all spirit children of our Father in Heaven.
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No we dont...
Bless you!
My son-in-law is with them now.
(I'll add that all of your expenses are NOT paid for out of money that is donated to your organization for Bibles; you pay your own way. We have a Gideon speaker come once a year to speak to our congregation.)
Christ is God, as is God the Father. Nobody is ignoring that point. Nor has it been denied, by Joseph or any other Mormon. We believe that Christ is Yahweh, the God of the Old Testament. He created the world under the direction of God the Father. He is “one” with God the Father, meaning perfectly unified, as he explained in His intercessory prayer in John.
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.If Joseph was just having teen hormones The Spirit of God would not be testifying of his work.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
colorcounty will explain the source of his belief in the "Trinity".
(It came from the noted Catholic Scholar Tertullian and the New Prophecy of Montanus.)
My Momma always said:
"If you always tell the truth, you don't have to have a good memory."
“I would probably doze off at about the second “And it came to pass.” So that would be what? About 10 verses in the BOM? Wasn’t it Mark Twain who said if you drop this phrase that Joseph Smith’s Bible would be a pamphlet?”
Interesting you should bring that up. In ancient languages there was no punctuation or paragraphs. In recent years, archeologists have begun to understand that phrases like “It came to pass” served that function.
Why, after this alleged visitation, three years later Smith sought to join one of these apostate churches?
That’s a good question. Why was that?”
What happened ???
Did he join ???
Get shown the door ???
Steal a wife ???
What ???
Now you KNOW we can't do this!
IT'S BEEN REMOVED!
How hard is THAT to understand?
--MormonDude(When would be a good time for a couple of our fine young men to come by your house and explain to you the RESTORED gospel?)
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