When you (DougKC) cited Titus 2:7-8, 11, 13 it included “in all things show yourself to be an example…with purity in doctrine
You know what this verse tells me? It tells me in ALL THINGS show yourself to e an example...with purity in doctrine!!!
This means that we can't just have a "take it or leave it" blah attitude about Brigham Young's "teaching" about "inhabitants of the sun" [see her more recent post about that] or Zakeet's mention of Kolob as yet some other star replacement for heaven!!!
WHAT? DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT GOD IS OVERJOYED THAT HIS HOME ADDRESS OF 'HEAVEN' HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY SOME JOHNNY-COME-LATELY NAMED JOSEPH WHO THINKS HE CAN MARCH IN HEAVEN & TEAR DOWN THE BANNER OF GOD'S 'HOMETOWN' AND SAY, 'I've renamed your Jesus Bail-Out Park as Pottersville?'?????
What I object to here, also, is you joining the "FReeper Mormon Tabernacle chorus" of crits when these threads are simply pointing out how Mormons have re-arranged the universe from...
...renaming Heaven to "Kolob"...
...renaming the graveyard and hell as a baptism for the dead fount...
...renaming Earth as some colony right alongside the Moon, the Sun & every other planet that will have their own "god" & "goddess"
...and establishing all of these multi-galaxy lineup of planets & suns as simply new "colonies" for the practice of polygamy which they dupliciously say has been "done away with" ("oh, we don't live polygamously, anymore...except on Kolob, Celestial Kingdom Planet A, Celestial Kingdom Planet B, CKP C, CKP D, etc. and ALL other planets except those in the 'Ilky' Way")
Finally, what you seem to miss is that the bulk of "ridicule" is the constant stream of names tossed at us..."bigots," "bashers," "antis..." "haters..." and the like. At times when we indeed “show” ourselves as examples focusing on doctrinal purity, we’re going to be the recipients of pot-shots for doing so. We’re going to be accused of all manner of things because we’ve shown a bright light on “impure” doctrine. The purity of the doctrine of Christ is ALWAYS going to be upsetting to the impure among us who are not covering themselves in the Passover blood of the Lamb of Jesus Christ!
You're once again confusing the behavior shown here with defending or disputing doctrine. There was precious little of that occurring on this thread.
Act 17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Paul goes to Athens. I'm assuming it's like you going to Salt Lake City.
Act 17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Did Paul post public information about greek Gods and then chortle, snicker, laugh, and call others over to do so? No, he didn't even address it. He focused on those who believed more closely.
Act 17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Act 17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
Paul didn't even attempt to persuade them until THEY came to ask.
Paul then launches into his discourse. He doesn't hold back words, but he does so in a gracious manner. The end result:
Act 17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Act 17:33 So Paul departed from among them.
He stated his case. When he was mocked he left. He didn't sit there and mock back. He showed Christian charity knowing that to do otherwise would affect how ALL Christian would be perceived in the future.
Compare that with the attitude and behavior of some of those on this thread. It's possible to share your faith without behaving like a bunch of adolescent bullies.