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To: CynicalBear
It is an interesting phenomenon that someone who insists on interpreting the oneness to mean 'being with' will insist that the phrase 'standing at the right hand of God' to mean a literal standing of one physical body next to the physical body of another.

It is the hallmark of scripture twisting when such foolishness is on parade. Can I make you my 'right-hand man'? If I give you directions that 'the hammer is over on the right-hand of the tool box' does the tool box have right and left hands to grasp with? The same 'teachers' who try to misdirect so their twisted interpretations have room to fester will vacillate from two physical body beings as godhead members to a myriad of gods in ages past to God alone can save one from eternal damnation, and then to work your way to worthiness so God can apply His Grace to you in some future event of salvation. The Bible is clear that it is God in you The Hope of Salvation. It is God in you delivering from the wiles of the evil one. Without His Spirit in you, you are none of His for He never knew you! That is the message Jesus taught and Paul amplified and James affirmed and Peter stood by (perhaps I could mean physically stood next to something, if I was one of those twisting 'teachers' ping ponging back and forth from literal interpretation to figurative meaning).

The issue is 'how can it be that the God Who created the Universe and is thus greater than it can be a man and walk among us'? It is by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit of that same God Who creates that such a thing can be. And that makes it miraculous, which ticks off some who want to bottle God for their own purposes.

894 posted on 11/14/2010 8:34:20 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN
Remember one thing, without Polytheism there is no exaltation for Mormons.

Hence the Holy Trinity must be destroyed at all costs.

The Bible is clear there is only once God, very clear. From Genesis through the New Testament.

898 posted on 11/14/2010 11:09:46 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: MHGinTN
Remember one thing, without Polytheism there is no exaltation for Mormons.

Hence the Holy Trinity must be destroyed at all costs.

The Bible is clear there is only once God, very clear. From Genesis through the New Testament.

899 posted on 11/14/2010 11:09:54 AM PST by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: MHGinTN; CynicalBear; ejonesie22
It is an interesting phenomenon that someone who insists on interpreting the oneness to mean 'being with' will insist that the phrase 'standing at the right hand of God' to mean a literal standing of one physical body next to the physical body of another. It is the hallmark of scripture twisting when such foolishness is on parade. Can I make you my 'right-hand man'? If I give you directions that 'the hammer is over on the right-hand of the tool box' does the tool box have right and left hands to grasp with?

Can I make you my 'right-hand man?' Well, Joe Smith is probably the ONLY (false) 'prophet' who claimed God was HIS "right-hand man":

"I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth-diamond truth; and God is my 'right hand man'." (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, vol. 6, p. 78)

So...apparently the Mormon progression is...
Jesus is the 'right-hand man' of Heavenly Father...
...and Heavenly Father is the 'right-hand man' of Joseph Smith...

There ya have the 'Mormon trinity,' replete with hymns int he Mormon hymnal with titles like "Praise to the Man" which...hint, hint...isn't a worship song to somebody with the initials J.C. but rather J.S., Jr.!

901 posted on 11/14/2010 12:28:06 PM PST by Colofornian ("So how do LDS deal with the [Adam-God] phenomenon? WE DON'T; WE SIMPLY SET IT ASIDE" - BYU prof)
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