“We take the Adam-God phenomenom doctrine and slide it over to that little trash can, and that’s that!”
Posted on 11/05/2010 6:32:25 PM PDT by Colofornian
You missed an early FI fav
Hosing the pigs...
Sometimes when you formalize something, you distinguish informal commitments already established.
Example: Canonization of the Bible: Yes, this was a formal commitment; but it was based upon what was already comprehensively informally recognized within the Church.
'Twas more a "confirmation" than a "new decision" from scratch.
It's in that spirit I offer these up. I'm not really drawing up any truth commitment that is NOT already loosely or informally held by Mormons -- both those who have given the rough content within posts #599 and #602 some past or present conscious consideration...and those for whom it's been just underneath the surface.
(By "commitment" I mean a commitment to contradictory truth claims...to take one side or the other).
I'm merely "formalizing" what Mormons already loosely hold...These oaths were simply meant to draw a relief-like "word map" -- as does a 3-dimensional map does of mountains and hills and valleys.
It's not the minute details of what I wrote in posts #599 & #602 that's pertinent...I mean, Mormons can choose to "formalize" what I wrote in any way they want to...however...Logo, please answer me this:
Don't you think who gets to be with Heavenly Father in heaven forever is the very heart of the gospel? (It certainly is the Biblical Christian gospel.)
I'm very interested in your opinion on that Q from a Mormon perspective: Don't you think this same Q also either is -- or needs to be -- at the very heart of the Mormon gospel as well?
So when you ask "why" in relation to me...well, who cares about me? What's important is the truth represented there. Which version of that "truth" will John or Jane Mormon commit to? That's what's at stake.
And why is that?
Because truth beckons us to either...
...commit to it by formally and publicly embracing it...
...or run away from it...
...it doesn't leave the luxury of a "neutral middle ground" option.
I can change it to or add "hosing the pigs" but would like the entire quote if you have it.
I would like to keep it in "context" to avoid being accused of something else not already on the list. (Not that it really matters, the list is truncated already and I could use some more recent examples.)
Aaaaah, the classics . . . .
I know you knew I knew.
It was primarily for the edification of any who don't know and don't know that they don't know.
I know this too. You are my brother, (or sister- pretty sure it's brother though) in the Lord Jesus.
A complete aside:
My wife had back surgery Friday and is still in the hospital, I hope and pray she gets to come home tomorrow and ask for all my brother and sisters prayers for her.
“We take the Adam-God phenomenom doctrine and slide it over to that little trash can, and that’s that!”
Well...since I’m relatively new [when compared to you “original” FI’s] to this, I will need edification on “the classics”.
Since it appears there are some who aren’t into the current terms being bandied about. ;^)
I knew that you knew that I knew....ha!
Yeah....I'm a bro. And I appreciate you...
Sorry to hear about your wife....I hope she recovers quickly, and comes home.
I wish I lived near...so to help.
FRegards,
: )
Better than getting sniped, swiped, sucked under...and accused of murder and arson.
That is God instruction to each of us. You cannot change other people's attitude. Only God can do that. Heck, you can't even change your own without God's help. If someone wants to nitpick on you, then you should just accept it and
2) pray that God isn't giving you this problem as chastisement because of your foolishness.
Oh my, dates escape me, at least 2-3 years ago, the others could probably fill the gaps better. It was a time when the imams kinda jelled together against the rampant mormon prosletization and domination of the forum. Faced with this opposition the mormons decided that they would flood (ie hose) the forum with 'pro-mormon' threads in an attempt to overwhelm us 'pigs' with too much to respond to. It was a real donnybrook of a few months. The mormon comments towards us were less than charitable IIRC.
LOL you have a point there. . .
Prayer tree activated...I hope and pray things go well.
beautiful!
prayer bump for graybeard
Almost Mormon like isn’t it..
Note to self:
Don’t read these threads. You know how sad they make you.
Prayer bump for Graybeard’s wife ... hope that’s not to verbose.
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