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LDS View of God Contradicts the Bible
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Posted on 11/05/2010 6:32:25 PM PDT by Colofornian
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To: RegulatorCountry
Thank you for proving there are LURKERS who read these threads and rarely post to them.
861
posted on
11/14/2010 5:17:01 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
This is so hypocritical ...
Speaking of HYPOCRITES...
WHY won't these LOVING and CARING men reach out to the people who actually follow MORMON scripture (D&C 132) and ALLOW them to be called MORMON?
Since the SLC hierarchy is afraid of the Government and NOT of GOD, THEY should be the ones who CANNOT be called MORMONs: NOT the FUNDAMENTALISTs!
862
posted on
11/14/2010 5:18:18 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu; Tennessee Nana
Tennessee Nana; why have you EDITTED what Resty said?
This is a fact and can not be denied.
Resty; why haven't you whined about it?
863
posted on
11/14/2010 5:20:05 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: Elsie
864
posted on
11/14/2010 5:20:45 AM PST
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah, where the world comes to see America)
To: restornu; Tennessee Nana
OOPS!!!
Sorry Ladies; my bad!
I didn’t realize that TN typed that for her OWN quotes.
I apologize for not reading closely.
But; I have an excuse or two:
1. It’s early
2. I’ve not read thru the whole thread yet
3. The goats are hungry
4. It rained yesteerday
5. Most importantly - I’m CONFOUNDED!
865
posted on
11/14/2010 5:23:36 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
This continuing to stir the Pot is not of the Lord. This continuing to expose MORMON heresy IS of the Lord.
866
posted on
11/14/2010 5:24:31 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: Tennessee Nana
This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.Indeed!
This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.
What is IT??
They were eating a passover meal: folks can look up in the OT just what it consisted of.
No brainer.
867
posted on
11/14/2010 5:26:33 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: Tennessee Nana
Only the mormons have racism in their docrines...
868
posted on
11/14/2010 5:27:18 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: metmom
Is the Bible just snippets of individual verses? Do you have to take the Bible as a whole or just in parts?
Here’s the pattern people follow as regards the Bible:
1. I believe X (someone taught me this or I discovered it for myself through research or the input of the Holy Ghost
2. I scour the Bible and find verses supporting X
3. I ignore mitigating verses or verses that contradict what I already believe.
You cannot ignore the whole to the convenience of the parts. It’s like treating a human being as a toenail or tooth. Neither accounts for the whole.
For your belief convenience you accept the Trinity, but to get there one has to ignore the parts of the Bible that refute the Trinity, not the least of which is that the Trinity is never established by the words of God or Jesus in either testament as a doctrine of salvation.
That is believing in the Trinity doesn’t save you. Therefore not believing in the Trinity doesn’t condemn you. Arguments that one doesn’t believe the “right” Jesus because one rejects the Trinity are also illogical.
Look at the Jews. God from the beginning establishes behavior as a reflection of belief. Works matter in Hebrew theology and in modern Jewish theology (Jews constituting 1/12th of Israel). Works is part of salvation. Many modern Christians decry works as a saving sacrament, but Jews don’t. Who is correct?
Jesus never condemns the Pharisees for works or for observing the Law, but for hypocrisy in works and observing the Law.
The Bible, using both the Old and New Testaments, establishes God the Father and Jesus Christ, His Son, as God. There isn’t an argument in favor of monotheism in the Bible, just against worshiping false, man-made idols. Jews reject Jesus’ divinity and use monotheism as an argument.
Christians accept Jesus’ divinity and invent the Trinity to reconcile it to monotheism and distinguish it from Roman Theology and other pagan polytheistic systems within the Roman World. These are political and philosophical responses to religious and political realities, not Biblical ones.
In the Bible context matters. Who is the audience, what is the message, and who is the messenger all act in concord to establish the Mind of God, that is God’s intent.
869
posted on
11/14/2010 5:29:30 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: restornu
The Church doctrine was never bigoted towards blacks there were Church policies to still the waters. Thank you for PROVING that you haven't read my POSTS about this!
Thank you for PROVING that you haven't read MORMON teaching about this!
I was GOING to say,
"Thank you for PROVING that your brain can hold conflicting ideas in it.", but decided that would be piling on, and I'd get a penalty flag tossed my way.
870
posted on
11/14/2010 5:31:05 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
Yes many of you antis keep trying to smear the LDS with the mainstream bigotry brush towards Catholic that was held for years until the ecumenical council. Yep; you CONTINUELLY miss what is posted!
Yes many of you antis keep trying to smear the LDS with the MANY THINGS Mormon, Inc. has PUBLISHED through the years.
871
posted on
11/14/2010 5:32:52 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
BTW who is that still today attacking the Catholic on the FR forum?
Number 14!
Standard LDS responses to data put to them:
1. How you interpret it is wrong...
2. You are too ignorant to really understand it because you are not a member....
3. You're not qualified to judge because you're no LONGER a member...
4. You are just a bigot for bringing the whole ugly truth to light ...
5. So's yer Mama!
6. Laugh it all off and post some silly image.
7. Jump down the rabbit hole; Alice!
8. Bait & Switch
9. The OTHER 'half' of the truth is what we are avoiding.
10. "I Know It When I See It"
11. Hand waving...
12. YOU play defense for a while.
13. HEE Hee hee... let's get the Calvinists and the Armenians fighting!
14. GREAT FUN! Let's get the Catholics and the Protestants fighting!
15. Huh? Did you say something?
16. If I repeat this enough times some folks will be fooled into thinking it's true.
17. Playing dumb.
18. Refusing to answer because your ATTITUDE offends them.
19. (Let's see if they'll fall for the 'Defend a freak' ploy.)
20. And the MOST used... IGNORE what they posted and answer the question that SHOULD have been asked.
872
posted on
11/14/2010 5:34:38 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: Tennessee Nana
Oh Elsie, dear.... Haven't I done this at LEAST 421 times already??
873
posted on
11/14/2010 5:35:33 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
As I have Love you Love One Another.
All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have.
The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
Orson Pratt
(You guys first...)
874
posted on
11/14/2010 5:37:30 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
You been here since 2000 it is not my fault you are ignorant to this news TN! You was Presbyterian; NOT you is MORMON - but you STILL know nothing about JS' claim of what he 'learned' about PRESBYTERIANism!
875
posted on
11/14/2010 5:39:21 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
You was Presbyterian;
NOW you is MORMON - but you STILL know nothing about JS' claim of what he 'learned' about PRESBYTERIANism!
Although NOT seems to work just as well; for you are always being SHOWN what MORMONism has taught when you claimed it hasn't.
876
posted on
11/14/2010 5:41:02 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
At least you posted TWO scriptures that you KNOW are translated right!
(How can a guy, with his face in his hat, go WRONG?)
877
posted on
11/14/2010 5:42:20 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: restornu
What question? Numbers #15 & 17
878
posted on
11/14/2010 5:44:06 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: T Minus Four
Youre a jerk and a disgrace.
Now now...........
Give her a bit of leeway; for she is disabled.
"Any Latter-day Saint who denounces or opposes, whether actively or otherwise, any plan or doctrine advocated by the 'prophets, seers, and revelators' of the Church is cultivating the spirit of apostacy..."
(Improvement Era, June 1945, p. 354)
Reinforced here......
MP3 File
This is the audio clip of Dallin H. Oaks, current Mormon Apostle leader, from the PBS documentary, "The Mormons", declaring unequivocally:
"IT'S WRONG TO CRITICIZE LEADERS OF THE (MORMON) CHURCH, EVEN IF THE CRITICISM IS TRUE."
Don't criticize?
|
And here:
Temple Recommend Questions:
1 Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost?
2 Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer?
3 Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days?
4 Do you sustain the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and as the only person on the earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys? Do you sustain members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators? Do you sustain the other General Authorities and local authorities of the Church?
5 Do you live the law of chastity?
6 Is there anything in your conduct relating to members of your family that is not in harmony with the teachings of the Church?
7 Do you support, affiliate with, or agree with any group or individual whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
8 Do you strive to keep the covenants you have made, to attend your sacrament and other meetings, and to keep your life in harmony with the laws and commandments of the gospel?
9 Are you honest in your dealings with your fellowmen?
10 Are you a full-tithe payer?
11 Do your keep the Word of Wisdom?
12 Do you have financial or other oblgations to a former spouse or children? If yes, are you current in meeting those obligations?
13 If you have previously received your temple endowment:
Do you keep the covenants that you made in the temple? Do you wear the garment both night and day as instructed in the endowment and in accordance with the covenant you made in the temple?
14 Have there been any sins or misdeeds in your life that should have been resolved with priesthood authorities but have not been?
15 Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord's house and participate in temple ordinances? |
Oh, they can say that their leaders were NOT speaking for GOD when they said WHATEVER but that's NOT the same as criticizing!
( Remember fellow Christians: the Mormon's criticize US because they've been taught that they CAN'T criticize ANY of their leaders; so they HAVE to vent somehow! )
879
posted on
11/14/2010 5:46:05 AM PST
by
Elsie
To: metmom
Let’s take a look at two of your verses and put them into Biblical context. I am not trying to force you to believe something, just showing you that there can be alternative conclusions, OK?
I am not looking to injure your beliefs or testimony. This is, for me, a discussion not an argument or fight.
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “... Whoever has seen me has seen the Father...”
Acts 7:55, “But he [Stephen], being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.”
What did Stephen see? Don’t interpret or attempt to reconcile the two passages at first. Just view them for what they say.
Clearly they are open to interpretation. If you reject the Trinity you see that Stephen saw Jesus Christ and God (not Jesus Christ, but possibly appearing similar or like Jesus Christ): Two personages, not one.
To view those verses that way is not illogical, just not in keeping with what you believe to be true and that’s OK.
Trinitarians reconcile the two by making Stephen’s vision allegorical and not physical, that is “standing on the right hand” isn’t a location, but a metaphor. That’s OK, too.
Each of us has to decide for ourselves which one makes more sense. That confusion exists tells us that there is more to salvation than currently meets the eye. I believe that Jesus doesn’t lie and neither does Stephen. Jesus (the Son of God) and God (the Father, His Father) are not one and the same. I choose the iota. http://www.xefer.com/2002/10/iota
Let’s look at Luke 1:34-35
34And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
35And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy the Son of God.
Here’s Young’s Literal Translation:
34 And Mary said unto the messenger, ‘How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?’
35 And the messenger answering said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;
The word being translated as “virgin” really means “man” and in this context - “husband”. See here: http://biblos.com/luke/1-34.htm
Mary understands the Angels message to be imminent conception and replies, logically, how can I a human woman and a virgin be pregnant without sexual intercourse with my husband Joseph. This is logical on its face and also proper given that Mary knows the prophecies regarding a soon to come Messiah - a man in the flesh - that will redeem Israel.
The Angel corrects her explaining the method: Luke 1:35
Take a look here at the Greek used: http://biblos.com/luke/1-35.htm
We don’t know the method, but it is miraculous as are all God’s actions. The Greek word used to describe the action is “procreate”. Note also that the scripture is specific. This is God Most High acting and not the Lord God.
You don’t have to agree, you just can see that there are logical and faithful God-loving interpretations that are different from what you believe.
Imagine how this story must have sounded to a Greek speaking Jew. Holy-begotten means “sacred procreation”.
880
posted on
11/14/2010 6:02:33 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
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