“I’m curious where you thought I was “pimping” Mormonism? I stated I disagreed with everything they believe that isn’t directly from the Bible.”
You were replying to a post that compared the problems of Mormonism to Catholicism by quoting Romney saying he believes in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. You might as well compare Scientologists to Christians and claim old Xenu is a very Biblically-minded fellow.
“Or did you just find it upsetting that I quoted Romney stating “Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior”? I still think it makes Romney much closer in values to me than a Muslim is...”
That also struck me, since Mormons have only been saying that over the past decade or so to pacify Christians. They do not define any single part of that statement the way the Bible does, and it is not a small matter. It is a damnable matter.
“Some (”holier-than- thou” students) begin to pray directly to Christ because of some special friendship they feel has been developed. In this conception a current and unwise book, which advocates gaining a special relationship with Jesus, contains this sentence - quote: “Because the Saviour is our mediator, our prayers go through Christ to the Father, and the Father answers our prayers through his son. “ Unquote. This is plain sectarian nonsense. Our prayers are addressed to the Father, and to him only. They do not go through Christ...You have never heard the First Presidency or the Twelve...advocate this excessive zeal that calls for gaining a so called special and personal relationship with Christ...never, never at any time have they taught or endorsed the inordinate and intemperate zeal that encourages endless, sometimes day-long prayers, in order to gain a personal relationship with the Saviour...I wonder if it is not part of Lucifer’s system to make people feel they are special friends of Jesus when in fact they are not following the normal and usual pattern of worship found in the true Church.” (Bruce McConkie, Speech at BYU on March 2 1982).
McConkie also stated:
“We worship the Father and him only and no one else. We do not worship the Son and we do not worship the Holy Ghost. I know perfectly well about what the scriptures say about worshipping Christ and Jehovah, but they are speaking in an entirely different sense - the sense of standing in awe and being reverentially grateful to Him who has redeemed us. Worship in the true and saving sense is reserved for God first, the Creator.” (Ibid.)
http://www.spotlightministries.org.uk/mormrel.htm
Please stop twisting my statements. I pointed out that it appears to me that Mormonism is closer to my values than Islam.
I could turn your argument around and accuse you of trying to pimp for Islam, but that wouldn’t be a fair assessment of your posts, would it? So please be fair when assessing mine.