Godzilla, DU’s slanderous lies about you is shameful, but as you already know, this kind of behavior is common among those who belong to cults. Mormons don’t have any problem telling lies, especially when it comes to defending their false religion. In fact, as we’ve learned on these Mormon threads, they are taught to lie for the sake of advancing their false religion. (See Mormon lies http://www.mrm.org/topics/evangelism-issues/ten-lies-i-told-a-mormon-missionary). It’s understandable that they would feel the need to lie, after all, their BOM is based on lies and the only way to defend a lie is to lie about it. How much more simple life would be for them if they just followed the Word of God.
By the way, even if you did get paid as a minister of the gospel, according the the scriptures, there is certainly nothing wrong with that. In 1 Timothy 5:17-18 it says, “The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain, and “The worker deserves his wages”.
Here’s what the Bible has to say about people who are falsely accused from people like DU:
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” (Matt. 5:11,12 NIV)
Godzilla, you are blessed!
On the other hand, the Bible doesn’t speak too kindly regarding liars and slanderers like what we’ve seen DU do:
(1 Corinthians 6:9-10 NIV) “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor *SLANDERERS* nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”
(Revelation 21:7-8 NIV) “He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and *ALL LIARS*-their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
DU, something for you to think about.
Considering the evidence of the past; THIS will not be happening.
What I find disturbing about this whole thing is the obsessive slander of Christian ministers, reminiscent of the teachings of early LDS leaders.
Here you have a mormon FReeper acting as though being a Christian minister is a crime of the worst order, especially if a Christian minister advocates Christianity on a public forum. This, while this forum is being flooded daily by LDS propaganda posts.
It is strange that an advocate for a sect that considers lying to possible converts to be acceptable, by presenting "milk before meat", can become SO outraged at the thought that there something inherently evil in a man of God presenting Christian doctrine to the public without wearing some kind of badge identifying him as being paid an honest wage for honest work. Perhaps if there ARE Christian ministers posting on FR, they should be required to post a yellow star along with their thoughts.
I know Godzilla to be exactly what he states on his home page to be and it appears to me that his genuine scriptural knowledge and ability to present that knowledge in debate winning posts is a thorn in the side of those who rely on voluminous cut-and-paste hacks to try and prove their points.
It is, indeed a window into the soul of those who claim to hold the holy priesthood given only to Jesus Christ alone, that they would claim evil of someone who presents himself only to be a servant of Jesus Christ time and again.
One wonders at the silence of mormons on this thread when these attacks are mounted by their co-religionist.
The way that this case is presented in claiming a good Christian and fellow FReeper to be a liar should disturb anyone who reads this slander.