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To: greyfoxx39
"You and each of you covenant and promise before God, angels, and these witnesses at this altar, that you do accept the law of consecration as contained in this, the book of Doctrine and Covenants [he displays the book], in that you do consecrate yourselves, your time, talents, and everything with which the Lord has blessed you, or with which he may bless you, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for the building up of the kingdom of God on the earth and for the establishment of Zion. This vow is made by every "worthy" mormon who takes part in their temple ritual."

You know, Bluto took something similar...

Brother: "I, state your name. All: "I, state your name. Brother: "Do hereby pledge allegiance to the frat." All: "Do hereby pledge allegiance to the frat." Brother: "With liberty and fraternity for all." All: "Amen."

And he still ended up a Senator!

204 posted on 05/25/2012 7:40:18 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (=)
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To: StAnDeliver; dirtboy; iwonder; HollyB; Tzar; Neoliberalnot; Colofornian; Elsie; svcw; Zakeet; ...
You know, Bluto took something similar...

Glad you can ridicule the oath of consecration...millions of mormons, including Mitt consider it "sacred".

I'd recommend to you that you ALL study mormonism if you are planning to defend it.

STRATEGIES OF THE MORMON CHURCH

"Mormon leaders, F. Burton Howard and F. Enzio Busche, members of the First Quorum of the Seventy, said: “We have an obligation to conceal our doctrines; [because] we are trying to be a mainstream Christian church . . .”11 This deception is so successful, that converts who later leave the LDS Church after discovering the real beliefs, said they believed they were simply joining another Christian church. (In the U.S. in 2009, an estimated 83,483 left.)

I encourage mormon defenders to research the ties between mormons and muslims, since so many use the term "better mormon than muslim."

http://www.mormontimes.com/article/16673/LDS-church-gymnasium-open-for-Muslim-worship-services?s_cid=search_queue&utm_source=search_queue
LDS church gymnasium open for Muslim worship services
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a Mormon church on Old Highway 94 in St. Charles,
provides space every Friday in its gymnasium for Muslims to spread their prayer rugs and worship." (August 24, 2010)
http://www.mormontimes.com/article/631/BYU-publishes-classic-text-written-by-Islamic-philosopher?s_cid=search_queue&utm_source=search_queue
BYU publishes classic text written by Islamic philosopher
"The publication of Avicenna's work is "an acknowledgment of the great contributions Arabic and Islamic civilization have made to the world,"
Daniel C. Peterson said. "It is an expression of respect for Muslim tradition on the part of Latter-day Saints."
http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17289/Mormons-Muslims-get-along-by-creating-books-not-destroying-them?s_cid=search_queue&utm_source=search_queue
Mormons, Muslims get along by creating books, not destroying them
"The threat by Pastor Terry Jones to burn the Qur'an was all over the news. What if, instead of destroying Muslim books,
we were actually to create them, by translating the classic works of the Islamic golden age into English?
"That is the project Dan Peterson, a professor of Arabic at Brigham Young University has been engaged in for more than a decade,
a project that has built tremendous goodwill and resulted in many lasting friendships between Muslims and those of the Mormon faith.

http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17020/McKay-Coppins-Why-I-defend-Muslims?s_cid=search_queue&utm_source=search_queue
McKay Coppins: Why I defend Muslims
http://www.mormontimes.com/article/16943/Muslim-Day-of-Dignity-observed-in-Baltimore?s_cid=search_queue&utm_source=search_queue
Muslim 'Day of Dignity' observed in Baltimore
"The Mormon Church donated some of the school supplies and all of the hygiene kits. While interfaith charity efforts are not uncommon,
the Muslim-Mormon team catches some people by surprise, Amin said."
http://www.mormontimes.com/article/16942/Orange-County-Calif-Muslims-Mormons-break-fast?s_cid=search_queue&utm_source=search_queueOrange
Orange County, Calif., Muslims, Mormons break fast (Sept. 7, 2010)
http://www.mormontimes.com/article/353/Make-LDS-part-of-Mideast-solution-rabbi-suggests?s_cid=search_queue&utm_source=search_queue
Make LDS part of Mideast solution, rabbi suggests
""If the (Quorum of the) Twelve were to approach the United States government and say,
'We really feel that the religious dimension should be engaged in any kind of process to seek a way
to bring about peace in the Holy Land' ... I think that would be very helpful," Rabbi David Rosen told an audience at BYU."
Want your future in eternity guaranteed before you die? All you have to do is to be one of the chosen: ""The elect of God comprise a very select group, an inner circle of faithful members of the Church.... They are the portion of church members who are striving with all their hearts to keep the fulness of the gospel law in this life so that they can become inheritors of the fulness of the gospel rewards in the life to come."

To have one's calling and election made sure is to be sealed up unto eternal life; it is to have the unconditional guarantee of exaltation in the highest heaven of the celestial world; it is to receive the assurance of godhood; it is, in effect, to have the day of judgment advanced, so that an inheritance of all the glory and honor of the Father's kingdom is assured prior to the day when the faithful actually enter into the divine presence to sit with Christ in his throne, even as he is "set down" with his "Father in his throne." (Rev 3:21.)

From mormon university BYU

231 posted on 05/25/2012 9:09:58 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (The inability or unwillingness to reality test beliefs is okay for my plumber but not for POTUS.)
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