Posted on 03/31/2010 9:00:52 AM PDT by Colofornian
Jews have one. Catholics have one. Do Mormons need an independent anti-defamation group...
-- I suppose Latter-day Saints shouldn't be too surprised the latest put-down from Chuck Colson, leader of the Prison Fellowship. Ironically, it was as he and leaders of Christian groups announced a new "civility covenant."
When a reporter asked if the covenant should include Glenn Beck, CNN reported Colson saying that the document:
"Wouldn't apply to Glenn Beck because we're talking about the conversation in the family of believers ... Glenn Beck is a Mormon." CNN continues: "Many Christians don't consider Mormons -- members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- to be Christians, though Mormons consider themselves Christian."
Colson's statements follow a long line of less-than-civil evangelical exclusionary actions including keeping Mormons out of National Day of Prayer services to a Christian student press group excluding BYU journalism students from its competition.
SNIP
Here's another example from friends at the ADL during the campaign entitled "Judge Romney by his platform, not his Mormonism":
"But two recent polls found that at least one quarter of Americans said they would not vote for a Mormon for president. These findings are troubling and disappointing, but so is the fact that some religious conservatives have compared the Mormon religion to a 'cult' and its doctrines to paganism. The Web site of Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, for example, says the religious beliefs of Mormons 'are simply wrong,' and 'when it comes to spiritual matters, the Mormons are far from the truth.' While doctrinal differences and debates among Christian groups are their own theological business, such assertions are surely painful and disturbing."
(Excerpt) Read more at mormontimes.com ...
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BG, TNG, heck, throw the Cybermen and Daleks from Dr. Who and the Tin Man from Oz in there, too - when the machines rise up, you’re not gonna ask your toaster for credentials! You obviously have a spirit of contention ... just repent and follow the steps in post 87...
Is this the one?
That’s it! That’s the light!
You now have a testimony!
I have faith in Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible. The only things I should have faith in.
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Amen, dear brother in Christ, Amen!
You sure you dont have your tv series mixed up? ;^)
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated = Borg = STNG
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He knows, he is a real SciFi geek, but I love him anyway.
And there is quite a bit of SciFi in Mormonism.
You forgot the /sarcam tag, dear.
Don’t worry, SZ, he really isn’t this weird, IRL.
Fair enough. Wait until you have time and just respond to one blantant misrepresentation. If the errors are so obvious, it shouldn't be hard to disprove.
Attacking Mormonism? We are asking questions about the conflicts of your religion and your scriptures.
We seek understanding and clarification and rarely receive anything other than feigned indignation when we point out your tenets.
The funny thing is, a week ago I had a friend attempt to tell me that there was a historical LDS and then a modern doctrine. We were discussing a specific subject in which the modern doctrine coincides with the historical doctrine.
The reply? “There is a historical LDS and there is a modern doctrine”.
To which I only said “Oh?”.
In the back of mind I was trying to understand the statement in the context of the current student manuals, words and revelation of the prophets, etc. and just stood there in stunned blankness.
This person was a missionary at one point so the answer could have only been one thing but perhaps that is not the case if one is not “truthfully and heartfelt in seeking the spirit and word of the truth of LDS”(paraphrased)
Well you are in cahoots then...
I am under that impression and that you will have a passport that Joseph Smith will inspect to determine if you are worthy to enter heaven.
LOL. I will tell her you said that.
Heck YES!!
ANYTHING to stop those HAteful, bigotted ANTI's from posting official MORMON writings!
I am under that impression and that you will have a passport that Joseph Smith will inspect to determine if you are worthy to enter heaven.
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That is correct, I can post sources if needed. Or do you want to respond PD?
Does LOGIC really work in these threads?
Boo Hoo HOO!!!
Those HYPOCRITS ought to be DEFAMED!!!
THEY do NOT follow their own god's law found in D&C 132 and the Flds folks do!
The Salt Lake City based MORMONs are a bunch of COWARDS!
;-)
I am being polite and have almost anything I post about detailed. I am sure you have seen some of my rather lengthy posts discussing in detail and quoting directly their leaders and writings.
I am attempting to reach out and gain understanding through exchange with the other poster.
LOL, like that will ever happen.
Hasn’t yet.
I Will Be a Second MohammedIn the heat of the Missouri Mormon War of 1838, Joseph Smith made the following claim, I will be to this generation a second Mohammed, whose motto in treating for peace was the Alcoran [Koran] or the Sword. So shall it eventually be with usJoseph Smith or the Sword! [1] It is most interesting that a self-proclaimed Christian prophet would liken himself to Mohammed, the founder of Islam. His own comparison invites us to take a closer look as well. And when we do, we find some strikingand troublingparallels. Consider the following.
I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A large majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I. The followers of Jesus ran away from Him, but the Latter-day Saints never ran away from me yet.[4] In light of these parallels, perhaps Joseph Smiths claim to be a second Mohammed unwittingly became his most genuine prophecy of all. [1] Joseph Smith made this statement at the conclusion of a speech in the public square at Far West, Missouri on October 14, 1838. This particular quote is documented in Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History, second edition, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971), p. 230231. Fawn Brodies footnote regarding this speech contains valuable information, and follows. Except where noted, all the details of this chapter [16] are taken from the History of the [Mormon] Church. This speech, however, was not recorded there, and the report given here is based upon the accounts of seven men. See the affidavits of T.B. Marsh, Orson Hyde, George M. Hinkle, John Corrill, W.W. Phelps, Samson Avard, and Reed Peck in Correspondence, Orders, etc., pp. 579, 97129. The Marsh and Hyde account, which was made on October 24, is particularly important. Part of it was reproduced in History of the [Mormon] Church, Vol. III, p. 167. See also the Peck manuscript, p. 80. Joseph himself barely mentioned the speech in his history; see Vol. III, p. 162. [2] John Ankerberg & John Weldon, The Facts on Islam, (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1998), pp.89. Eric Johnson, Joseph Smith & Muhammed, (El Cajon, CA: Mormonism Research Ministry, 1998), pp. 67. [3] Documentary History of the [Mormon] Church, vol.4, pp.461. [4] Documentary History of the [Mormon] Church, vol.6, pp.408409. |
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