Sigh...
Yet another "Mormons are good people" poster that says NOTHING about the false religion those 'good people' are deceived by!
Sigh... Yet another "Mormons are good people" poster that says NOTHING about the false religion those 'good people' are deceived by! [Elsie]
We know that Jesus was pretty "down on" the legalistic Pharisees. But...we know of one great compliment He gave to the outward "assets" of legalistic Pharisees, saying to others that unless your righteousness exceeded that of the Pharisees & the teachers of the law, "you will certainly NOT enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matt. 5:20).
IOW, Jesus can still use the legalistic Mormons as an object lesson for all of us -- just like He did legalistic Pharisees -- to remind us that our faith shouldn't be privately tucked away...
...that zeal is to be displayed outwardly...
...and that righteousness was never meant to be hid in a corner.
But...
...Jesus...
...later...(Matthew 23)...
...outlined the true internal vs. external "scorecard" of the Pharisees:
25"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. 27 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Cherry, if Jesus only looked upon outward assets, then the Pharisees & the teachers of the law...
...and perhaps SOME Mormons, too...
...passed -- or would pass -- your standards w/flying colors...
...and, by implication...Jesus was mistaken to "diss" them.
Bottom line: Hey, if you're auditioning for godhood, which temple Mormons are, you better be on your best outward behavior.
But since there's only one God...
...and will only ever be one God...
...what does this kind of Mormoneering inward power grab say about such power-mongers in God's eyes...
...for them to not only postulate
-- but to redefine Jesus' Gospel --
-- to tell the world with vast missionary zeal that hundreds, thousands, millions, & billions gods and/or potential new gods exist or will exist...
...and to openly claim they will such "new gods" on the universal block???
All this is such a contradiction to the foundational principles of our free republic (and to this site, Free Republic)!
I mean c'mon...we properly lambast Obama's utopianistic socialism as an overreach of power-mongering...and yet temple Mormons think they will be new gods creating their own new worlds -- the ultimate power-mongering!
I’m sure there are some “good” Muslim people out there. Pretty sure we could round up a few “good” Atheist people, too. Buddhists are known to be “good” people. I’d venture to say there may even be some “good” pagan people out there. Too bad being “good people” doesn’t count for much in knowing and following the truth. If being “good” was enough, Jesus didn’t have to die.