I never said doctrine does not matter. I can argue with you all day long about doctrine but what does that avail us? Read what metmom wrote. That is in the line of thinking I am talking about. How many denominations are you going to condemn because they don't conform to your interpretation? God knows what is inside of our hearts. Our salvation lies in the blood of Jesus Christ. His sacrifice makes our entry ticket into Heaven possible. That is foremost in doctrine. Agree or disagree?
>>God knows what is inside of our hearts. Our salvation lies in the blood of Jesus Christ. His sacrifice makes our entry ticket into Heaven possible. That is foremost in doctrine. Agree or disagree? <<
ABSOLUTELY.
How many denominations are you going to condemn because they don’t conform to your interpretation? God knows what is inside of our hearts. Our salvation lies in the blood of Jesus Christ. His sacrifice makes our entry ticket into Heaven possible. That is foremost in doctrine. Agree or disagree?
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I am going to disagree, BECAUSE I have seen Mormons use those same words and mean something else entirely, basically lie to make non Mormons think they are Christians.
Foremost is what we believe about the Nature of God and the person work and nature of Christ.
And I am one of those that only goes after pseudo Christian cults like Mormonism, JW, etc. I hate the Cath/Prot fights.
Just because there is a hierarchy of doctrinal truths does not mean that only the highest level doctrine is important and others are unimportant.
It is extremely reasonable to understand your comments to mean that in your view only the highest level doctrine is important and others are unimportant - unessential butter on the pancake, unessential gravy on the meat. But that view about doctrine is wrong.
What about the sects that are "works based"? Mormonism teaches that "exaltation" is ONLY reached through baptism and confirmation in the mormon church PLUS the "ticket into Heaven" is an actual paper or digital "ticket" allowing the ticket holder to enter a mormon temple and take part in certain rituals.
So, as a consequence millions of us are considered by the mormon church to be "heretics" because "our work" isn't done.
We are therefore sent to the back of the "celestial" bus while the "elites" enter Heaven and are allowed to associate with God.
So many Christians will enter a thread on mormonism and make the claim that you have just made in ignorance of the exclusivity of mormonism.
(Side note: There is even, in mormon doctrine, a ritual that guarantees the living mormon that their "calling and election" place in Heaven is assured...