Posted on 11/22/2012 6:48:30 AM PST by greyfoxx39
-SNIP- Though a Romney win, by many indicators felt within reach, it didn’t happen. However, the fact that it almost did - and with very few variables could have - this reality has changed everything for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints (Mormon) – for the good. -SNIP-- As members of the LDS Church have taken increased opportunities to discuss their faith because of interest in Mitt Romney’s Mormonism, over time it became increasingly evident that no matter what sensitive issue came our way, be it baptism for the dead, racism, polygamy, Mormon temple worship, gender equality, etc… the chance to share our faith while clarifying Mormon teachings turned out to be a net positive. -SNIP- This evidence clearly suggests that Mormonism, now, can and should be considered a mainstream Christian religion. -SNIP- We have no interest, other than the hope of a general acceptance of our faith as Christian: to be considered the same as other Christian faiths. We understand that our message that boldly proclaims a restoration of the original Christian Church that Jesus Christ organized when He was upon the earth can be, at first, unsettling – and we’re perfectly all right with such reactions. We want our message to be different enough to compel the curious into allowing us to tell that story. -SNIP- As a Mormon, I see great hope in the results of this election. It has brought Mormonism out from relative obscurity, now clearly to be considered a mainstream Christian religion
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What a powerless god.. what a failed "prophecy"....
Though the Dallas Cowboys failed utterly, but if God HADN'T been on the Cowboys' side, the Redskins would have beaten them by much more.
yep..did you see the Graham father/son sell out the gospel? How bout Huckabee ? I am done with them !
Context , context , context... that addressed TAXES.. not choosing your "Caesar "
God was on Mitt's side or he would have lost by much more???....Talk about making lemonade out of sour lemons!!
We got the doctrine of the Triune God from Jesus Christ before he ascended into heaven: "...baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
The main opponents of this Trinitarian doctrine were the Arians, who taught that Jesus, the Son, was a created being, inferior to God. That included Constantine, who chose an Arian bishop, Eusebius of Nicomedia, to baptize him; his son and successor in the east, Constantius II, an Arian who even exiled Nicene bishops; (Constantius' successor Julian the Apostate was a pagan); eventually succeeded in the east by Valens who was, again, an Arian.
So the Nicene (Trinitarian) doctrine wasn't exactly a favorite for Constantine and his successors.
Finally, Theodosius, whose Edict--- it's spelled "Edict of Thessalonica"--- resulted the destruction of pagan temples and the outlawing of animal sacrifice and the reading of entrails, had nothing to do with the Inquisition.
Arianism's main adherents after the Council of 481 were the Germanic tribes (e.g. the Goths, Vandals, Lombards), who in fact invaded and ravaged Catholic Europe.
An anti-trinity faction didn't resurface again until almost 1,000 years later, in the early Protestant Reformation. For instance, first recorded English antitrinitarian was forced to recant before Thomas Cranmer in 1548.
Yeah, render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, not that which is God's (in other words you don't render God's people unto Caesar).
So many of people are unbelievers. Some of the reasons are that the Church is hypocritical or that they don't know what the Church stands for. It is kind of hard to convey the message that killing the unborn and promoting homosexuality is evil and immoral when "we" give a pass for "our guy" solely because he's an (R).
I've detailed out several times bullet by bullet the issues that Myth and Hillary agree on/support the same.......I've yet to have anyone answer the questions:
"If Hillary became a (R) and ran against 0bama in the general election, would you vote for her? If so/not, why/why not?
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