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To: presently no screen name; Invincibly Ignorant

The Antis are exposing what their tainted version muddy the water so much that the on looker has no clue.

So we LDS seem strange as a convert I am amazed from the humble beginnings of the restoration of the Lord’s Church again on earth.

Today you get to witness in the raw the formation the restoration of the Lord’s Church taking place warts and all.

Our wonderful Bible there seems to be no journals, or records of handbooks etc only the sanitary version that has been handed down through the ages which were many times copies of copies that also were edited or revised depending upon church or secular polices.

The scriptures were not always in the hands of the people until the 1500’s AD by that time much has changed.

If one is alert when happening upon other articles one will see those debating old text mean OT & NT that many feel they
were mistranslated or what ever man is capable of doing.

Remember not all gatekeeppers of the word were annointed by the Lord.

Here is an organization telling you all is well don’t worry about what you don’t know for sure.

Was the Bible tampered with? How do we know the Bible was copied accurately? The good news is that the Bible is reliable, even though it was hand copied and there are variations between texts. This pamphlet explains the variations and why they don’t affect the trustworthiness of the Scriptures.

http://www.biblearchaeology.org/bookstore/product.aspx?id=78

This same organization is warning you to not trust the Mormon

Biblia Hebraica Quinta: Buyer Use Caution!
Amerisrael ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2546974/posts

Man has to do his own home work and man has to learn how to discern the Holy Spirit for the things of the Lord and to recognized the Word of God and not relie upon those who set themselves up as authority who were not called of God.


2,149 posted on 07/13/2010 5:39:31 AM PDT by restornu (BTW, I donÂ’t belong to any organized religion Birds of an anti feather flock togather)
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To: restornu
GOD

Christian There is only one God (Isaiah 43:11; 44:6,8; 45:5).

mormon "And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light: and there was light (Book of Abraham 4:3).

Christian God has always been God (Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 57:15).

mormon "God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!!! . . . We have imagined that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil, so that you may see," (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345).

2,150 posted on 07/13/2010 6:08:33 AM PDT by svcw (True freedom cannot be granted by any man or government, only by Christ.)
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To: restornu
Hi Resty, where've ya been girl! Hey, what does this mean?:

Remember not all gatekeeppers of the word were annointed by the Lord

2,165 posted on 07/13/2010 6:57:28 AM PDT by T Minus Four ("All religion ever made of me was a sinner with a rock tied to my feet" - FFH)
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To: restornu
Your chosen religion is a demonically inspired thing: ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.


Was the Bible tampered with?
How do we know the Bible was copied accurately?

Was the Book of MORMON tampered with?
How do we know the Book of MORMON was copied accurately?

2,209 posted on 07/13/2010 8:58:15 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: restornu
As an ex-PRESBYTERIAN; one would think that YOU would know what JS learned to be UNTRUE about it.

Folks will note that you haven't a clue...

2,210 posted on 07/13/2010 8:59:38 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: restornu
 
 
 



In conclusion let us summarize this grand key, these “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet”, for our salvation depends on them.


1. The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
2. The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
3. The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
4. The prophet will never lead the church astray.
5. 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.
6. The prophet  does not have to say “Thus Saith the Lord,” to give us scripture.
7. The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want to know.
8. The prophet is not limited by men’s reasoning.
9. The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or spiritual.
10. The prophet may advise on civic matters.
11. The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
12. The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly.
13. The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency—the highest quorum in the Church.
14. 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 close do our lives harmonize with the Lord’s anointed—the living Prophet—President of the Church, and with the Quorum of the First Presidency.

Ezra Taft Benson

(Address given Tuesday, February 26, 1980 at Brigham Young University)

 


2,211 posted on 07/13/2010 9:02:32 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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