"I am not even sure how i view the trinity, but i do agree that the teaching is man made because the word is not there." (Ravenwolf, post #74)
"Irrelevant word games." (Ruy Dias de Bivar)
Continuation of last post:
I'd be curious from others, especially ex-Mormons, to tell me what common LDS words are not found in any of the standard works.
For example, is "temple recommend" in any standard work?
How about LDS' retrogression of Heavenly Father to when he was a man?
Where is that in any standard work--that he was once a mere man?
What about "general authorities?" Where is that found?
What about "stake presidents?" Is that "scriptural?"
Or "high councilors?"
"Wards?" “Stakes?” Where are those to be found?
I thought the LDS church pretends to be a "restoration" of the original New Testament church pre-apostasy. Where do we find any of these titled leaders mentioned above in the New Testament?
Where is "president" in the New Testament? (That's a distinctly American term coined by George Washington himself...so the Mormon god follows George?)
[Guess to be consistent, Restornu, you'll have to get rid of all these titled "callings" in the Mormon church!]
And speaking of titled leaders and the LDS church being a "restoration" of the original NT church, where are Mormon "pastors" (Eph 4:11)?
Where are Mormon "prophetesses" like Anna in Luke 2:36 or Philip's daughters in Acts 21:9 (others in OT, too)?
Where can we find unmarried 12-year-old deacons in the NT?
Continuation of last post:
I think it would be great if the Church teachers would just teach the Gospel as it came to us from scripture.