The Transfiguration of Brigham Young

Hear me; for I am the Prophet; the LIVING Prophet, and I say that no harm shall come to you as you cross the fruited plains on the way to ZION!!!

Oooopps...

Just as with homosexuals, we are supposed to hate the sin, not the sinner.

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

Psalms 12:8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Ain't this just FABULOUS?? More?

Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

2 Peter 2

1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...

I’ve said many times, the Quran is seditious hate speech, and should be banned from the USA!

Good Idea!!

Saudi Arabia manages to BAN THE BIBLE from IT's land, and no one flies into a snit over it!!

” nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. “
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exactly.
and i have no sympathy or compassion, for gays who:
“ parade their sin like Sodom;”.

but WE are not supposed to hate sinners.
God will judge them, and punish them, not us.
(...maybe you don’t, but i have my own sins and temptations to worry about.)

in fact, on your FR homepage, you have one of the BEST writings, about hope and reconciliation of sinners:

2 Corinthians 5:17-20
17. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
18. All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
19. that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
20. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.

We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

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...i also much prefer the writings of Peter, over Paul.
you listed one of my favorites!
(many people don’t understand, in addition to false prophets like Mohammad and Joseph Smith, it covers false teachers (particularly one who hated Jews, and had no respect for women, by his OWN words).
But sadly, many people have their ear “tickled” by them, about many things, and are led astray.
2 Peter 2
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

...but again, this is all a tangent, from the great information here by Colofornian and others, about the Mormon church.
(Colofornian has done great work, in educating people!)

i only mentioned Islam, for a legitimate comparison, showing it is a false church, misleading people.
(and that many “muslims” don’t believe it, but are too afraid to officially leave. THEM i have compassion for!)

i only mentioned gays, for a legitimate comparison,
that WE are taught not to hate,
but to hope that all sinners will repent, and pray for forgiveness, and follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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you also make a great point about Bibles being banned in Saudi Arabia. but even without that, Islam should be banned as seditious, and the Quran as hate speech.

but again, the focus here, should be on Colofornian’s great effort to show the Mormon leaders are liars and false prophets, and to help lead good-hearted Mormons to the truth.

but even without that, Islam should be banned as seditious, and the Quran as hate speech.

It appears that yelling FIRE! is allowed in some theaters in the USA.

http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon430.htm
“Joseph Smith’s Arrest Record Surfaces In New York” excerpt:

http://www.padfield.com/2005/mormon-history.html
http://padfieldconsulting.com/mormonism/mormon-comparisons.html
Prisoner brought before the Court March 20, 1826. Prisoner examined: says that he came from the town of Palmyra ... that he had a certain stone which he occasionally looked at to determine where hidden treasures in the bowels of the earth were; that he professed to tell in this manner where gold mines were a distance under ground ... he pretended to tell by looking at this stone where coined money was buried in Pennsylvania, and while at Palmyra he frequently ascertained in that way where lost property was of various kinds...” (Court records of New York).