That would let you fit right in, among our leftist universities and their leftist professors.
From reading this thread it shows that religious tolerance is only for those who are in lock step with the Traditon of Men and to that extreme are bo better than the far leftist!
They too only accept those who are in lock step with their brand!
Would you not say a true Christian strives to...
Col 3
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Gal 5
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
It seems many here have no interest why prominent Americans were disgusted with the creeds of Christendom, only that their traditional ox was gored, but is it the words and commandments that our Savior taught us to live by?
John 13:
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Huh.
I haven't seen such intolerance in this thread. Maybe I'll have to look through it again.
It seems many here have no interest why prominent Americans were disgusted with the creeds of Christendom, only that their traditional ox was gored, but is it the words and commandments that our Savior taught us to live by?
What creeds are those? Please refer. Thank you for listing some of them, but those are ones you seem to think well of, not ones you and apparently Joseph Smith haven't thought well of. Are you referring to things that Christians believe that are based in immutable Scripture instead of the Book of Mormon and the LDS doctrines tht have changed so much through the years?
From what I've seen, Bible believing Christians are quite tolerant, by and large, toward people who either do or do not believe what Jesus said about Himself and what the Holy Spirit inspired to be written about Him (that He is God Himself, revealed to man, also as a man, one in the Trinity).
Christians, however, tend to be intolerant of "a different Gospel" as the apostles strongly warned against. Personally, I pray that followers of Josepth Smith believe in Christ and His atonement and worship Him so truly that their other beliefs against the Word of God are not held against them.
Sometimes, some/many get angry with those who disagree with critically important and foundational truths about God and man. Christ, Paul, and the Johns did, too. But, hopefully, we follow the only begotten Christ's example and seek to save the lost and those who are falling into error, as the Word implores, instead of harboring any malice. Even so, that is uncomfortable stuff in some ways, to be sure.
Those of us who are Christian, are, "in lock step with the traditions of men (A favorite slam at non-mormons by some posters here). Mormons consider themselves to be the only ones "blessed" with what they call "God's church" and are SO more well-informed as to God's wishes.
That gives them, from their high and mighty moral pinnacle (in their minds) the right to condemn those who know Joseph Smith to have been a charlatan, and to baptize the dead of the world into their number to "give them the chance at salvation"...the mormon way.
These are the same people that insists on comparing Mitt Romney to Ronald Reagan as a conservative.