Posted on 07/04/2012 1:16:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
“Voting third party because you hate Mormons is pathetic”
How about if I don’t vote for Romney because he is a crypto-leftist RINO wussy?
Sorry.
Must have you confused with greyfox.
The praise rightly goes to those who have gone before me.
To those who have LIVED under the rules and regulations of MORMONism and have told THEIR stories to Free Republic.
And yes, even to the massive MORMON Empire; that is absolutely ANAL about recording EVERYTHING that it's ever done and making it available to the world!
Oh YEAH!?
Then tell him to get OFF of that dang comupuster thingy and come let me out of the barn!
Yup; these examples really makes certain folks look badly; don't they.
Pretending a RINO squish is the same as a radical leftist who hates America and all of the good it stands for is insane. Sorry, pretending that's "conservative" thinking or intelligent is as loony as anything I've ever heard.
Allowing this horrid administration to hold the reigns of power because you have some image of being "pure" is laughable.
I think you must secretly admire Quix for his consistency.......:-).....Hint: I'm not responding to your ssilliness here anymore, take this to another thread please.......
Yes, I know there are many who have gone before all of us here on this forum, and they’ve put in a lot of time and effort. I seem to remember a Sandra and Gerald Tanner, from reading some of their materials years ago. I think Sandra Tanner was a great-great granddaughter of Brigham Young (I can’t remember how many “greats”). She’s done a lot of work in exposing the duplicitous and deceiving ways of the Mormon institutional organization and hierarchy - with ample documentation.
Utah Lighthouse Ministry
http://www.utlm.org/
Then there is Walter Martin and his wonderful reference book - “Kingdom of the Cults”
http://www.waltermartin.com/cults.html
The Mormon cult and the Jehovah’s Witnesses cult are two of the “homegrown cults of the USA”. And I believe they are both two of the biggest CULT GROUPS in the USA.
And of course, what I’m talking about here in terms of CULT GROUPS (which they are) - is in terms of basic, foundational and historic Christianity (i.e., its teachings and doctrines) -versus- the false, apostate and satanic teachings of cult groups. They are a CULT GROUP when they depart from the foundational teachings of Christianity - and they are NOT CHRISTIANITY as a result, but a “pretend-to-be-Christianity” which is, by DEFINITION of Christianity - a CULT!
Now ... I know that many who are secular and not religious at all, or simply celebrate Christmas and Easter and that’s it, think of “cults” as the “Jim Jones types” ... where people are killed in mass suicides by drinking kool-aid and shooting Congressman, etc.
But, this is not the definition that Christianity uses. So, I would advise others to not get this confused with that secular idea of a cult group (as you might read in some large metropolitan newspaper).
What we’re talking about here is a CULT GROUP in terms of the authentic Gospel of Salvation (per the Scriptures, and only the Scriptures and not other spurious sources) and with the Bible being the absolutely authoritative and inerrant Word of God.
To bring home the point on the source of authority being God’s Word, I frequently bring up a very important “church declaration” (and that’s “church” as in the body of believers) - called the “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy”.
http://www.bible-researcher.com/chicago1.html
This is a very important document from the church, as the body of believers and from their leaders who represent them. This would be akin to the Council of Nicea, where leaders gathered to recognize and affirm that Jesus is, without a doubt, the Son of the Living God, and that has become part of our teachings and doctrines ever since then - and BECAUSE that’s what the Bible teaches, and not simply because some leaders “say so”. We can check their statements against the Bible and see that they are saying (in short-hand form) the same thing that the Bible is saying - and that’s why Christianity adheres to it - from then until now.
The Bible being God’s Word and Christians of today putting that forth as a point of recognition of what the Bible says, in being God’s Word - this is another “church gathering” and pronouncement on the order of the Council of Nicea.
SO ... I have personally dealt with those who come to spread the false doctrines and teachings of their CULT GROUPS - like those from Mormonism and from Jehovah’s Witnesses. And I’ve spent time with them and I see they are very deceived in their own minds and their thinking is clouded and they are blinded (as the Bible says) by Satan’s deceptions and wiles and they are taken in by the “ways of the world” which they make out to be God’s ways, but they are far from God’s ways - according to the Scriptures.
There are a lot of us who see those false doctrines - which do seem to be increasing these days and deceiving even more people than in the past. But, we’re told that this deception and false teachings will go on until the time that Jesus, the Messiah of Israel returns to his earth - to take His place as ruler over all the nations (all those you see right now) - and then He will rid the world of all these false doctrines and teaching and deception.
HOWEVER ... for those who have been deceived and “taken in” by those false teachers of some “unknown gospel” (which God has not given) - they will be LOST by then and be condemned to EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION in the lake of fire, as we see told in the book of Revelation. And this is what we’re trying to prevent for many of these people - that “eternal damnation”.
SO ... it doesn’t have to do with simply saying ... “Haha ... I’m right and you’re wrong!” ... and then walking away. No, not at all. It has to do with the ETERNAL DESTINY of these people and the fact that they will end up in the LAKE OF FIRE and ETERNAL TORMENT. That is what is at stake here, and not merely some “online argument” - as some people seem to think it is.
And ... we do so not only out of concern for these people - BUT ALSO - out of a COMMAND to us from our Lord Jesus Christ, in which we are to go out into the world to proclaim the true Gospel of Salvation - in order that THEY MAY BE SAVED — and not allow them to trust in a FALSE GOSPEL which will not save them from that coming judgement that we read about in the book of Revelation.
OKAY ... I signed up over there - and for a couple of reasons. One reason was that I read that another poster here said that his name was “hi-jacked” over there — and that “hi-jacker” was pretending to be him - and saying things that he didn’t say.
WELL ... I could just see someone hijacking me, too ... LOL ... and so I’m making sure they don’t! What you read over there now for “Star Traveler” is really me ... :-)
In fact, I would warn people - if you don’t want to be “hi-jacked” in name, you might consider doing that yourself!
And the second reason is that I figured that would give me a way to talk to my Christian friend - Quix - again. We used to do that a lot here, but, alas, he’s not here anymore; he’s only over “there”.
And so ... yes ... I did read what you were talking about. Apparently Quix says he was “agnostic” to the idea before, but has now come to put more stock in it. Of course, if you know Quix - whatever he gets his mind on - he’s VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ... a sort of understatement ... :-)
But, that doesn’t bother me, because if I disagree with him about something - we don’t get mad at each other and just like friends, it’s okay not to agree on everything.
The MAIN THING is that we’re “right on the mark” as far as the Christian faith is concerned and we are both very concerned about keeping the right doctrines and teachings intact (according to the Scriptures) - and we both know that when Jesus returns to this earth again that we’ll both be here to see Him and be with Him.
Anyway ... thanks for writing and telling me. I just thought I would let you know I found it and followed up on it.
Star Traveler !!!! Praise God ! Good to hear from you! I am not back on FR I left in January never to return. JESUS IS COMING! I had thought I would not hear from you until we meet on the other side of the river Jordan! God Bless you my brother/sister? IN Christ!
Likewise...
Pretending a RINO squish is BETTER THAN a radical leftist who hates America and all of the good it stands for is insane.
I'm on the east side; how 'bout you?
jonathan kleck
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On one side we have people trying to explain why they do not support Romney, on the other we have people who write that if you do not agree with them in supporting Romney you are delusional, insane, stupid, ignorant, democrat operative, secret obama supporter, trouble maker, non-Christian, mormon hater, hater, lunatic, deceiver, liar, incoherent, rambling, and (whatever the phrase of the day is)........this whole thread is fascinating.
I do not support Romney OR obama.
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Yes indeed, we will meet there. In the meantime, I did send a note to you through your FReep mail ... :-)
I don't suppose you see over 95% of mormons voting for Mitt because of their shared mormonism as being pathetic, right?? That has been the case since '08 at least.
Their (your?) shared faith overrides his stance on abortion and homosexuality. Pathetic.
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