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One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church
EdensideChristian.org ^
| 2011
Posted on 12/20/2011 11:29:15 AM PST by Colofornian
Founded in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was initially perceived as a movement of polygamous, radical zealots; now in parts of the U.S. it has become synonymous with the establishment. In reevaluating its preoccupation with issues of church and state, Abanes uncovers the political agenda at Mormonisms core: the transformation of the world into a theocratic kingdom under Mormon authority. This illustrated edition has been revised and offers a new postscript by the author.
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TOPICS: Apologetics; History; Other non-Christian; Theology
KEYWORDS: gods; history; inman; lds; mormon
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To: pgkdan
101
posted on
12/21/2011 6:34:11 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: pgkdan
And, in keeping with the Christmas theme:
102
posted on
12/21/2011 6:35:33 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
103
posted on
12/21/2011 6:41:23 AM PST
by
pgkdan
("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
To: pgkdan
Then who would I play with?
104
posted on
12/21/2011 7:13:04 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: pgkdan; restornu
"I despise them."Then you despise the truth. You may not like it, but that's how it is.
Mormons have been caught lying on these threads, lying about Christianity and yet you throw your lot in with them.
Thanks, I now know where you stand.
105
posted on
12/21/2011 7:16:25 AM PST
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political party's in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: svcw; pgkdan
"You still have not named one bigotry or falsehood."He can't and he won't, it's much easier to call people names.
Just like a schoolyard bully trying to intimidate people into silence because they don't like hearing the truth.
106
posted on
12/21/2011 7:18:21 AM PST
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political party's in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: pgkdan
And here is what mormonISM teaches about Catholics.
“Babylon, literally understood, is the gay world; spiritual wickedness, the golden city, and the glory of the world, The priests of Egypt, who received a portion gratis from Pharaoh; the priests of Baal, and the Pharisees, and Sadducees, with their “long robes,” among the Jews, are equally included in their mother’s family, with the Roman Catholics, Protestants, and all that have not had the keys of the kingdom and power thereof, according to the ordinances of God.”
- Prophet John Taylor, Times and Seasons, Vol.6, No.1, p.939
“Both Catholics and Protestants are nothing less than the “whore of Babylon” whom the Lord denounces... as having corrupted all the earth by their fornications and wickedness. And any person who shall be so wicked as to receive a holy ordinance of the gospel from the ministers of any of these apostate churches will be sent down to hell with them, unless they repent of the unholy and impious act. If any penitent believer desires to obtain forgiveness of sins through baptism, let him beware of having any thing to do with the churches of apostate Christendom, lest he perish in the awful plagues and judgments, denounced against them. The only persons among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people who have authority from Jesus Christ to administer any gospel ordinance are those called and authorized among the Latter-day Saints. Before the restoration of the church of Christ to the earth in the year 1830, there have been no people on the earth for many generations possessing authority from God to minister gospel ordinances. We again repeat. Beware of the hypocritical false teachers and imposters of Babylon!
- Apostle Orson Pratt The Seer, Vol.2, No.4, p.255
“The Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant church is the great corrupt ecclesiastic power, represented by great Babylon which has made all nations drunk with her wickedness, and she must fall, after she has been warned with the sound of the everlasting gospel. Her overthrow will be by a series of the most terrible judgments which will quickly succeed each other, and sweep over the nations where she has her dominion, and at last she will be utterly burned by fire, for thus hath the Lord spoken. Great, and fearful, and most terrible judgments are decreed upon these corrupt powers, the nations of modern Christendom; for strong is the Lord God who shall execute His fierce wrath upon them, and He will not cease until He has made a full end, and until their names be blotted out from under heaven.”
- Apostle Orson Pratt, Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon, p.84 - p.85
- This church had a history of an Inquisition similar to the Roman Catholic Church in that it “slayeth the Saints of God, yea and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron and bringeth them down into captivity” (1 Ne. 13:5).
- The people involved with this depraved organization wore finery similar to priestly vestments; their church structures were ornate; and women in their church, like nineteenth-century Catholic nuns, were accused of sexual misconduct. Smith’s Nephi reported in the Book of Mormon that he “saw gold, silver, and silks, and scarlets, and fine twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing; and I saw many harlots” (1 Ne. 13).
107
posted on
12/21/2011 7:29:44 AM PST
by
svcw
(God's Grace - thank you!)
To: Elsie
I suppose that this includes the acceptance of the droit de seigneur. If JS said it; then I believe it!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The SLC branch of the LDS seems to have gotten away from it; whereas the Flds folks may not ...
I wouldn't bet the farm on their seeming departure.
108
posted on
12/21/2011 8:15:24 AM PST
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: Elsie; restornu; Saundra Duffy
It lives and dies here, doesn't it? These two would know; right girls??
It wouldn't do to become a Profit without the cash.
109
posted on
12/21/2011 8:16:43 AM PST
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: Elsie
Mormon rapper:
110
posted on
12/21/2011 8:20:10 AM PST
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
Comment #111 Removed by Moderator
To: BlueMoose
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Likeness, not exactness.... And its on Earth and not some distant planet.
112
posted on
12/21/2011 9:12:21 AM PST
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: SZonian
He can't and he won't, it's much easier to call people names. Just like a schoolyard bully trying to intimidate people into silence because they don't like hearing the truth. Reminds me of the gays who cry "bigot" at anyone who opposes same sex marriage.
113
posted on
12/21/2011 9:25:11 AM PST
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: dragonblustar
114
posted on
12/21/2011 9:46:12 AM PST
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(You know, 99.99999965% of the lawyers give all of them a bad name)
To: dragonblustar
And its on Earth and not some distant planet.
Correct
To: MarkBsnr
116
posted on
12/21/2011 12:10:59 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: pgkdan
117
posted on
12/21/2011 12:15:41 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie; MarkBsnr
118
posted on
12/21/2011 12:16:25 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: Elsie
The temple wear I’d recommend (limited to supermodels only) comes from Rio de Janeiro, not the locker room in the quarry.
119
posted on
12/21/2011 5:10:39 PM PST
by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
To: MarkBsnr
Yep, we're due to take over the world approximately next April. May at the latest.Gotta find a new council. Most of the Knights I know are too old to use their swords, and they would look pretty damn silly in the nude.
Exmo, KofC 3rd degree since 1966.
120
posted on
12/21/2011 6:52:38 PM PST
by
Don Carlos
(01/20/2009 - Begin the Obama Interregnum)
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