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1 posted on 05/12/2010 6:53:07 PM PDT by delacoert
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I’m an Atheo...


2 posted on 05/12/2010 6:54:03 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Many Mormons, when asked what others should do if Mormonism is deeply dishonoring God, is false, and is sending people to everlasting conscious torment, answer that they should just leave Mormons alone.

This statement just boggles the mind that there are those who don't have a problem letting people spend eternity separated from God just to left alone.

3 posted on 05/12/2010 7:00:20 PM PDT by svcw (Habakkuk 2:3)
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Some LDS are pretty frank about their atheological tendencies, “I don't know, and I don't care, because it doesn't concern my salvation.”
4 posted on 05/12/2010 7:02:08 PM PDT by delacoert
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Item G is interesting to me. What is meant by the “joe smith translation”?


5 posted on 05/12/2010 7:08:54 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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So basically trying to pin down the doctrine of the LDS is like try to pin down a car salesman on the price of the car he’s trying to sell you?


8 posted on 05/12/2010 7:36:00 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (?)
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An atheological tendency refers to a lack of concern for truth and theology.

At best, this statement is only half true.

When applied to Mormonism, atheological means we Latter-day Saints do not engage much in what is sometimes called "philosophical theology." So yes, in that sense we tend to lack concern for theology.

However, that is not the same as saying we lack a concern for the truth. Philosophical theology is not the only way of discovering the truth, or even the best way.

Jesus taught that the way to know whether a doctrine comes from God is by obedience to God:

15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. (John 7:15-17)

We take seriously Paul's admonition to the Colossians:

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." (1 Col. 2:8).
Mormons tend to believe that revelation, faith, and experience are more important than philosophy or theology in discerning the truth. For me, Mormonism is a way of life based on a covenantal relationship with God, not merely a set of philosophical beliefs.
19 posted on 05/12/2010 8:55:52 PM PDT by Logophile
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 “Church history shows that General Authorities frequently declare, clarify, refine, and qualify interpretations of doctrine, but these statements generally constitute only informed opinion.”[2]
 
Edward Kimball

22 posted on 05/13/2010 4:50:18 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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