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To: Godzilla
This is what **Christians** should believe:

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). ...

Uh? Notice the word “begotten”?

You guys ( gals) , I don't believe a word you say about Mormons.

88 posted on 12/31/2011 2:59:30 PM PST by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: wintertime; Godzilla

So you DO believe it was through sex?

And frankly, I don’t care if you don’t believe what we say. It doesn’t stop what we say from being the truth.


90 posted on 12/31/2011 3:10:14 PM PST by reaganaut (Mormonism is all about glory to self, not Glory to God. - which explains Mitt Romney)
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To: wintertime
Uh? Notice the word “begotten”?

Yes, translated from the Greek word monogenes meaning "single of its kind, only". See Heb 11:17* By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Same word - monogenes. But Isaac wasn't Abramham's ONLY BEGOTTEN son now was he - Ishmael was also a son begotten by him. So IF you had STUDIED to show your interpretation to be approved you would have caught this - that monogenes in the context had nothing to do with sex - but "pertaining to being the only one of its kind within a specific relationship" ( Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (BAGD, 3rd Edition)).

Do you home work, then come talk about what we say regarding mormonism. That is unless you believe all mormons are conceived artificially.

95 posted on 12/31/2011 3:18:59 PM PST by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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