Exhibit number one:
Posted on 06/02/2010 1:47:13 PM PDT by reaganaut
Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, or simply Jesus, is the central figure of Christianity. The life and sermons of Jesus form the basis of the Christian faith. Jesus Christ is recognized by believing Christians as God incarnate, the Son of God who was raised from the dead—the Redeemer of mankind—the most important figure in history.
According to Mormon doctrine, Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. However, it seems that even the perceived Savior of the world is not exempt from LDS temple rituals. Proxy rites for Jesus Christ were performed in the Salt Lake (LDS) Temple in Utah, in April 2010. The Salt Lake Temple, located on Temple Square in the heart of Mormon-dominated Salt Lake City, was dedicated on April 6, 1893—three years before Utah became a state in 1896—and is one of the oldest of the 132 currently operating temples that are owned and maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS.)
New FamilySearch is the online genealogy database of the LDS Church that contains updated details of LDS temple ordinances that have been done for dead people. There are multiple listings for Jesus Christ in New FamilySearch—under different versions of his identity—which have been submitted by individual Mormons. It is not known how many times Jesus has been subjected to LDS rites because all New FamilySearch records for him—including combined records—show LDS ordinance details as “Not Available.”
On May 27, 2010, there were two similar records for Jesus in New FamilySearch which had been submitted by the same person. One listing was titled “Jesus Christian,” and showed “Jesus Christian” was born “before 1500 Bethlehem, Israel,” and died “before 1550 Jerusalem, Israel.” LDS ordinances were tagged as “Not available” on this record. The other entry was for “Jesus Cristian,” who was born “before 1502 Bethlehem, Israel,” and died “before 1539 Jerusalem, Israel.” The entry for “Jesus Cristian” gave a description of LDS ordinances, along with the name of a spouse—“Maria Magdelena.”
“Jesus Cristian” was baptized and confirmed a member of the LDS Church by proxy on April 8, 2010 in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.” “Jesus Cristian” was also subjected to initiatory temple ordinances on April 8, 2010; an endowment ceremony on April 9, 2010; and a marriage “sealing” to “spouse” “Maria Magdelena” on April 9, 2010—all rites occurred in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.”
It appears the submissions for “Jesus Christian,” and “Jesus Cristian” were attempts to manipulate the identity of Jesus Christ through the LDS temple system. The misspelled “Cristian,” instead of “Christian,” could have been a typo, or a deliberate error. It may have been intentionally entered as “Cristian” to get around a computer program that automatically blocks submissions that contain the names “Jesus Christ.” That would explain why the entry for “Jesus Christian” shows LDS ordinances as “Not available.”
While both New FamilySearch records in question lack complete birth and death data, and give imprecise “before” years of these events—the first name “Jesus” combined with the surnames “Christian” and “Cristian” (both spins on the name of “Christ”) are signs that “Jesus Christian” and “Jesus Cristian” are pseudonyms for Jesus Christ.
Other indicators on the New FamilySearch records that point to Jesus Christ are the birth place, “Bethlehem,” and the death location, “Jerusalem.” (Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem and died outside the walls of old Jerusalem.) Another clue to the identity of “Jesus Cristian” is the name of his “spouse”—“Maria Magdelena,” a misspelled variant of Mary Magdalene. “Maria Magdelena” is not listed on the “Jesus Christian” record.
Because “Jesus Christian” and “Jesus Cristian” have similar names and identical birth and death locations—“Bethlehem” and “Jerusalem,” they are probably the same person. Their birth and death years are similar, but not the same. The estimated dates listed for these events look like they have been fabricated. According to their New FamilySearch records, “Jesus Christian” and “Jesus Cristian” were born and died in the 16th century. “Jesus Christian” lived roughly 50 years, while “Jesus Cristian” died in his thirties.
On May 27, 2010, “Maria Magdelena” was listed in New FamilySearch with her birth date as “1504 Israel,” and death date as “before 1540 Israel.” Both years are likely inventions. Along with “spouse” “Jesus Cristian,” “Maria Magdelena” was baptized and confirmed a member of the LDS Church by proxy on April 8, 2010 in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.” She was subjected to initiatory temple ordinances on April 8, 2010; an endowment ceremony on April 9, 2010; and the marriage “sealing” to “Jesus Cristian” on April 9, 2010—all rites were done in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.”
Mary Magdalene is described in the New Testament as a faithful follower of Jesus. Because the concept of marriage is strongly emphasized in LDS teachings, the notion that a spousal relationship existed between Jesus and Mary Magdalene is common among Mormons—although that belief is not formal LDS doctrine. There is no reliable historical evidence to indicate that Jesus was married—to Mary Magdalene, or anyone else.
LDS Church officials have publicly stated that the New FamilySearch program is a technological deterrent to improper submissions. Yet—under their very noses—on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Jesus Christ—under a false name—two millennia after his birth, was offered Mormon salvation and an erroneous eternal marriage sealing.
Sometime late in the day on May 27, 2010, the individual entries for “Jesus Cristian” and “Maria Magdelena” were scrubbed from New FamilySearch—concealing the evidence that LDS rites had recently been performed for these two names in the Salt Lake Temple. The sudden disappearance of these records is a strong indication that “Jesus Cristian” and “Maria Magdelena” represent Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.
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It does make more sense doesn’t it.
Possibly he thinks your statements reflect your personal belief rather than your thoughts on what American culture believes.
Are you still a Romney supporter...
I guess. (thats a roll eyes, I guess)
Just one thing, just one.
And it is not mormons it is mormomISM
Mormonism is wrong, regardless of the attitude that some perceive to be the case.
You seem to lump all of us in together, when that is not the case at all. We all speak out against Mormonism, we all get tired of the personal attacks when we attack an institution not the individuals, and we all care enough about individual Mormons to not let them go waltzing into hell without a fight.
Most Christians would applaud that.
hmmm, Not new as that has been going on since Joseph Smith.
There are separate planes of existence in life and on FreeRepublic.
We have an entertainment section called “General Chat” that covers a wide variety of topics. Guess what?....- there is no general concensus of opinions there. We have a “Smoky Back Room” where I am almost certain a good Mormon like you has never ventured. Guess what?... - there are knock down, drag out fights among freepers over there.
Then we have the religion section where Mormonism is one religion that is examined. It seems like your favorite ox is gored and you don’t like it. You’ve said your piece, and it seems that management here doesn’t really care about the 3.5 million (1% of the population) active Mormons in the U.S.A. About 90% of whom live and vote in Utah/Idaho/Nevada/and Wyoming and have very little impact on Federal elections. Many of them (like me) will remain conservative even after they leave Mormonism, because conservatism makes sense.
That’s the way I see things.
If the problem is ever cleaned up here, I will donate again.
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So you will continue to use, but not donate to, FR until OUR right to free speech is surpressed?
I don’t JR would be in favor of suppression of free speech.
What does ‘sealed’ mean? Hermetically sealed?
Under the beliefs and ideals of modern American Chritianitiny Jesus sat down and "dialogued" with the money changers over cups of hot chai and organic tea cakes before going off to discuss with the other Rabbis revisions to the "Ten Really Good Suggestions" that Moses brought down from Sinai...
See the tag line.
Sealed means ‘married for all eternity’. The LDS believe that marriages (and family units) continue in the next life and are required for exaltation (to become Gods).
The idea is that the person you are ‘sealed’ to, will become a God/Godess and the mother/father of your ‘spirit children’ which will then be sent down to their own earth, where they will sin and you will provide a savior and basically repeat what we are doing here.
No, I am not kidding, and I can source it upon request.
I saw that and LOVE IT.
Wow. Excellent analysis and summary of the current state of American theology.
Kind of an amazing statement coming from a “reliable conservative” huh?
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I keep telling people that it is a myth that the LDS are ‘reliable conservatives’.
They will throw conservatism under the bus if it will further the LDS church.
Exhibit number one:
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