Posted on 12/04/2006 7:52:47 PM PST by Pyro7480
"promoting gay clergy"
What about young boys and the RC church?
That we don't should give you the reason it's not "very Mormon."
So what happened to her parents? Why don't you worship them?
As you know we don't worship Mary.
But instead of why not Mary's grandparents, ask why Mary?
I have seen that answer.
Now please answer my question: Why not pray to her parents and ask them to intercede for us? After all, they are the parents of the mother of God. In the scheme of things that should carry some weight.
When it comes down to brass tacks, the Mormons do not "worship" other gods, they merely believe in them and I suspect, that since they believe that God has a Mother (literally), that they also venerate God's mother in much the same way that Catholics claim to "venerate" God's mother.
Carry on.
Then you know the answer to your question. Why Mary answers why not Mary's parents - in the context of your equivalence.
Why not pray to her parents and ask them to intercede for us?
We ask for the prayers of all Saints in Heaven.
After all, they are the parents of the mother of God. In the scheme of things that should carry some weight.
See the first answer above.
If I remember correctly Mormons also baptist ancestors - their own and others. I'm guessing this is what Gamecock is referring to.
So the comparison breaks down on several counts.
And since knowing Jesus IS eternal life, John 17:3, then we only have eternal life through Mary. Right?
"You mean one could inflect "theou" in genitive but not inflect "stylos", and still refer stylos to theos? (I am using stylos and not the other noun and adjective because I am fairly sure of how to inflect stylos)."
I think so, yes. If stylos were an adjective, it would be different. I just don't see it being said that way. More likely one would say a clause beginning with tou. But then again, my Greek cousins tell me I speak Greek like a Spanish cow (same thing my French friends say about my French)! :)
If I remember correctly Catholics do penance for their ancestors in order to get them released from purgatory and Mormons baptize their ancestors in order to get them released from purgatory, so the comparison appears to be quite apropos.
Sorry. According to my historical references the deuterocanonical books were not considered inspired scripture by the Hebrew fathers at the time of Christ. If you could point me to some sources that would say otherwise I'd be happy to review the material.
As I stated before, I'm really not interested in what the Sadducees believed because they were way off base as our Lord told them. He considered the Pharisees to be knowledgable in the scriptures but legalistic in practice.
At the time of Christ, everyone knew what our Lord Christ meant when He stated, "You search the scriptures...", "What does the scriptures say...", "The scriptures states...". People didn't run around saying, "Gosh, does He mean the Sadducees' version or the Pharisee's version?
What is left of Judaism today is a corrupt religion, from a true Christian perspective. They do not worship the one true God which means that their minds are darkened. Those Jews who where chosen of the Father and Son became the foundation of Christianity and everything that encompasses, including the theology of Satan. The things we believe about Christ, the resurrection, Satan and everything else has been handed down to us from our Jewish founders.
Gentiles are grafted into the belief structure established by our Jewish founders. You seem to be saying Judaism and Christianity were two seperate religious beliefs. This is not the case.
What an interesting, and accurate, comparison.
The Septuagint was a Jewish Bible used by the hellenized Jews for two hundred years before Chirst and at the time when the Apostles wrote the NT, and it contained the books that the Pharisaical bible did not.
It is important because the Apostles quote from the Septuagint and not from the "Hebrew" Bible in over 93% of the cases. You figure out the rest.
I couldn't care less what the Sadducees believed either. I used them to show you that there was no such tinng as one Judaism or that the "Hebrew" Bible was one and the same book you read today in your Old Testament.
Mormons believe that they can be god some day, don't they? They worship the god of this universe but are more polytheists. (Small g was deliberate, as the god of Mormonism and the God of Scripture are not synonymous. God was never a man that 'became' a god).
"What an interesting, and accurate, comparison."
Psalms 49:7, "None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)"
There was no such thing as the Judaism. Christianity was only one version of it. However, all forms of Judaism have certain things in common.
But when +Paul broke with the Law and circumcision, Christianity ceased being a form of Judaism.
Sorry. Leaving the thread. I have a life.
Official policies.
Protestants make it official policy to odrain gay clergy.
Romans even with their faults state clearly that they should NOT be ordained.
It is PROTESTANTS doing evil IN GOD'S NAME.
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