Just for clarification the LDS believes that this is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and NOT another denomination or spawns from a previous one, it is the restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ that was taken from the earth after the last apostle.
9 We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
The Articles of Faith
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph Smith |
Despite the simplicity of the aforementioned definitions, there are some individuals and institutions who sternly contend that there are self-described Christians, and in fact entire sects of self-proclaimed Christian religions, who should not be considered Christians at all.
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That would include mormons...
Just for clarification the LDS believes that this is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and NOT another denomination
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Well, that’s right
The mormon cult is NOT a denomination of the Christian Churches...
Mormonism has nothing to do with Christianity...
11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
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And yet Smith started a murderous gang he called the Avenging Angels and later “Danites” to murder innocent people who did not want to belong to the mormon cult but worshipped and believed differently...
Also members who wanted to leave were hunted down and slaughtered hideously...
Young continued the practice and was a despot over a theocracy...
Even in the temple rites, mormons promise to murder people who dont believe as they do and to take revenge for the death of Smith...
Smith declared that he wanted to be like Mohammad and convert people to mormonism at the point of a sword....convert or die...
“Just for clarification the LDS believes that this is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and NOT another denomination or spawns from a previous one, it is the restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ that was taken from the earth after the last apostle.”
Would you please share the specific verse/s in the BIBLE
where God says he will EVER take the Church of Jesus Christ
from the earth before the rapture?
I see none (cause there aren’t any).
Also, would you please LIST what was restored in the LDS
restoration, along with the specific verse/s from the BIBLE
showing that those “restored things” are Biblical?
Thanks in advance. I’ll get the popcorn ready!
ampu
11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience,
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That would be the collective conscienceness of the celestial being Smith
mormons dont get to think for themselves or have a separate conscience thought that is not controlled by the central governing body in Temple Square...
Non-conformity in thought is grounds for excommunication...
REAL Christians look to Jesus Christ the Lord for leadership...when there is a need or trouble...
Mormons look to Joey Smith, their “prophet” for leadership...when there is a need or trouble...
For Christians, the blood that Jesus that was shed on the Cross at calvary paid the price of our salvation...
For mormons, following Joey Smith brings salvation...
“In conclusion, let us summarize this grand key, these “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet,” for our salvation hangs on them.
First: The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
Second: The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
Third: The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
Fourth: The prophet will never lead the Church astray.
Fifth: The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
Sixth: The prophet does not have to say “Thus saith the Lord” to give us scripture.
Seventh: The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want to know.
Eighth: The prophet is not limited by men’s reasoning.
Ninth: The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or spiritual.
Tenth: The prophet may be involved in civic matters.
Eleventh: The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
Twelfth: The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly.
Thirteenth: The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency—the highest quorum in the Church.
Fourteenth: The prophet and the presidency—the living prophet and the First Presidency—follow them and be blessed; reject them and suffer.
I testify that these fourteen fundamentals in following the living prophet are true. if we want to know how well we stand with the Lord, then let us ask ourselves how well we stand with His mortal captain. How closely do our lives harmonize with the words of the Lord’s anointed—the living prophet, the President of the Church, and with the Quorum of the First Presidency?
May God bless us all to look to the prophet and the presidency in the critical and crucial days ahead, is my prayer. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.”
(Mormon Elder Ezra Taft Benson, exerpt of a speech to students in BYU “Fourteen fundamentals in following the prophet”, February 26, 1980)
My how the Restored® have mellowed over the years! (Not OFFICIALLY, that is)