Hey Union boy,
At least my definition of God/Christ was not decreed by an Emperor in 325AD and enforced by threat of banishment.
Even that didn’t work and so it was later enforced under the threat of death in 385.
My God and founder didn’t have to threaten people with death to get their obedience like those who developed yours.
My definition of God comes directly from His Word.
"My God and founder didn’t have to threaten people with death to get their obedience like those who developed yours.
Does the word "Danites" ring a bell??
/At least my definition of God/Christ was not decreed by an Emperor in 325AD and enforced by threat of banishment.//
Neither was ours. Try reading actual history rather than LDS version of it.
//My God and founder didn’t have to threaten people with death to get their obedience like those who developed yours.//
Actually he threatened Joseph and Emma with death unless Joseph practiced polygamy. Want the LDS sources for that too?
**At least my definition of God/Christ was not decreed by an Emperor in 325AD***
Poor Constantine. Without him to rail against who would people blame for holding up sound doctrines that are found in the bible!
Arianism is not taught in the Bible.
"At least my definition of God/Christ was not decreed by an Emperor in 325AD and enforced by threat of banishment."
This statement of yours is unfortunate because it is not historically accurate. The Emperor Constantine was not a Christian, and did not become one until 12 years after the Council of Nicaea. In that interim dozen years, he continued to participate in pagan affairs.
Moreover, Nicene Christianity did not become the state religion of the Roman Empire until the Edict of Thessalonica in 380 --- that was 43 years after the death of Constantine. In the mean time, paganism remained legal and present in public affairs.
Constantine was no theologian. In fact when at last he was baptized on his deeathbed, he chose bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, bishop of the city where he lay dying, as his baptizer --- and Eusebius was an advocate of the Arian position, which was discountenanced at the Council. Carry on, but be careful of your historic facts.
Neither is Christianity.
My God and founder didn’t have to threaten people with death to get their obedience like those who developed yours.
Maybe, maybe not...but Mormons do believe this:
Mormons believe the following about God: He has not always been the Supreme Being of the universe (Mormon Doctrine, p. 321) but attained that status through righteous living and persistent effort (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345). They believe God the Father has a “body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s” (Doctrine and Covenants 130:22). Brigham Young taught that Adam actually was God and the father of Jesus Christ—although this teaching has been abandoned by modern Mormon leaders.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Mormons.html
Mormons aren't even in the ballpark.
Good work!!