I’ve sent no strawmen.
I’ve strongly refuted wrong positions.
I’ve used the Bible.
The LDS get it right again and again.
You may disagree with their beliefs, but they are Biblical.
Theosis, anointings, works, faith, the Godhead, ordered church structure, and the expectation of wide-spread apostasy are all there in the Bible.
Something their PR department and many poster her refute and may take issue with right now due to the “We are Christians too!” PR campaign.
Which does lead to an interesting situation...
If they follow one Christ and Christians follow another, only one can be the True Christ...
If the Mormon one is the true one and the Christian Jesus is false, why the desire to be seen as Christian in the same vein as Orthodox Christianity?
If the Christian Jesus is the True Christ, well...
As far as the rest, after clearly demonstrating the fallacy of your theosis argument using your own link, now you are just being obtuse. Of course there is a reason for that, it is old hat among cultist to try and repeat the deceit over and over hoping to net a couple along the way...
BTW, I don't recall you ever answering my question about what faith you follow, what church you attend...
You want to be taken seriously you need to declare where you stand.
There is not one item in lds that is Biblical.
Come on kid, leave the lying for the lord to the mormons. your posts are lacking in biblical citation supporting you 'views'
You may disagree with their beliefs, but they are Biblical.
Not really, they rely upon their 'other' scriptures for this 'doctrine', they are unable (just as you are) to defend it from the bible.
And yet it is amusing to see how blind you are to their doctrines and teachings.
Anointings?...part of the time Lds leaders make the same mistake as JWs in describing the Holy Ghost behind anointings as an "it" -- and yet you think they get it right?
Works? Sorry, but "boomerang works" (works done to accrue godhood destroy whatever outwardly "good" there might be in them)
Faith? Faith is transferring trust to someone else...whereas Lds are not to transfer to God's grace until "AFTER ALL they can do" (2 Nephi 25:23)
The Godhead? The underlying KJV Greek words for the few times it was used just means divine being. Beyond that, it's just "Mormonism" for "Trinity wannabes" without having to subscribe to the Trinity.
Ordered church structure...that's biblical?
You are utterly hilarious, and ignorant all simultaneously!
Where are the Mormon pastors of Ephesians 4? Plus, Deborah, Anna, Huldah, and Philip's daughters were all "prophetesses" in the Bible. Where do Mormons have prophetesses tucked away? Also, Lds claim Jesus had a dozen original disciples in the Middle East and another dozen in America. My math tells me that's 24. Why does the Lds Church have only a "Quorum of the 12" then? Shouldn't they have a "Quorum of the 24?"
Also, please provide your biblical references for stake presidents, stakes, high councilors, unmarried 12 yo deacons, general authorities, presidents, or wards in the Bible?
Let me guess? You won't answer me yet again -- and go about 0 for the
And then you added the expectation of wide-spread apostasy are all there in the Bible.
Note, the "non-Mormon" like description of the apostasy that 1010RD provided. "Wide-spread."
You're funny. Lds leaders galore are on the hook for a complete, total, universal apostasy. (Just a tad, wee bit more than your "wide-spread"...Tell you what 1010RD, next time you hear journalists noting "wide-spread" power outages, please, do us a favor, and note how that's distinct from "a power outage" that would cover the entire earth!)
Oh, and BTW if John the apostle is still alive roaming the earth somewhere, as Mormons claim in their "scriptures," why isn't he listed as an Lds "general authority?" Why, therefore, has the Lds church stripped him of his apostolic authority?
And what about those 3 Nephite disciples also supposed to still be alive? Same Q?
And please tell us how Lds can speak both sides of their mouth and say these 4 didn't apostatize -- but the apostasy was total?
People who try to be "crafty" in "crafting arguments" falling outside of what's reality is quite sickening, 1010RD. (Not a very spiritually healthy habit)