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Greyfox39 “It only takes a few days for the FR mormons to start defaming the Bible.”

True or false, There are books in the Dead sea scrolls that were part of the Scriptures of the Hebrews that are not in the Bible?

True or false, The Bible references Books of Scripture which are not in it?

True or False, The First five books of the Bible are called the books of Moses because he wrote them during the Exodus from Egypt because the Hebrews had lost their scriptures, so he wrote a synopsis.

True or false, The Apostles and Jesus Quoted from books not in our Bible.

True or false, The Bible can withstand Scrutiny.

The Bible is the word of God, not all the words God has ever spoken, but his words none the less.

The Bible is precious to me, but I am not afraid to examine the word of God as the Bible itself tells me to.

What are you afraid of Greyfoxx39?

A perfect faith Casteth out all fear.

Delph

By all means, institute Sharia law FR style, let the Flying Imams take their rightful place. /sarc

Good luck

Delph

C “What if I announced a new church...Colofornian Community Church? And I claimed that ALL other churches in the WORLD were apostate(?)”

Sounds pretty standard so far...

C “Obviously that would constitute a “scorched earth” approach to “ecumenical” religious “relations.” I would, thereby, be attempting to spiritually bury ALL other churches into one giant spiritual graveyard.”

Then over time you mollify your once condemned apostates and you end up with the Ecumenical conferences as we have them today...

As for the apostasy, I have stated before that in my humble opinion, the Adoption of the Trinity as the definition of God in AD 325 is the single most significant event of apostasy that I can point to happening at a specific time. Which does not make me a non Christian...

So, was it A-OK for protestants to point out the things they thought were wrong with the Catholic Church?

The Hypocrisy of Protestants who now want to treat us just like the Catholics did them is well stunning to say the least.

I do find it funny that Catholics in my experience are never anti’s... I guess they got it out of their system with the Protestants.

Delph

your quotes while interesting have one problem.

There is no guarantee that being called a Christian means you will be saved, period.

Indeed, many who we call “Christian” today will not be saved at the last day, and that includes Mormon Christians (just to be clear).

Delph

... Start your own thread on polygamy if you like, and you can invite me over.

Since I already answered this stuff ages ago, I have a section on my page here you might want to review first :http://www.freerepublic.com/~delphiuser/#Polygamy

Delph

C “”Any tenet” the Mormon church had...they MUST keep!”
Specifically, no.

The covenant with Moses was everlasting because that is one of God's names. It didn't last forever, Jesus fulfilled it.

If you have a prophet, God can alter covenants and tailor revelation to our times (we eat pork too)

They are the ones who claim that they can't be wrong, not me.

Delph

D “You know, I don’t go to threads on Catholicism, and post stuff about the Nicean Creed, or Sale of indulgences, it’s just rude.”
C “Yet Lds missionaries commonly go to neighborhoods that are 78 to 85% Christian, and give the regular spiel that they are daughters and sons of the “Great (universal) apostasy.”
I asked earlier what the percentage is that should stop us and how we should know if the person home is a Cristian or not.

If you're not interested, just say so.

C “So by your own finger-pointing standard...that's quite rude.”
“It's never rude to ask once, it's rude to keep asking the same question, once you know the answer.” - My Mom.

C “I guess that makes all Lds missionaries “antis” — as in anti-perceived ‘apostate’...referencing those in Christ as corrupt apostates. [Bottom line...they are anti-orthodox Christians]”
Any excuse to “go there”, LOL.

I'll agree only if you agree that any church that has any member that has ever asked another Christian if they were interested in learning about their church is also anti Christian... Crickets...

D “Generally speaking, a quick review of someone’s posting history will tell you if they are an anti or not.”
C “Well, we don't have the luxury of being able to check how often an Lds missionary has used the phrasing of “apostasy” and “restoration.”
LOL so why not add the members of any church for that matter, I think Luther would have had a pretty high count in his day, and IMHO, He's a Christan too.

C “But knowing how commonly it's used (see post #322 for details), that indeed makes Lds missionaries out to be “anti-Christian” ... they are against us within the Christian sects...”
Sigh, poor Johnny one note, you should look him up some time.

Delph

C “Sorry, but you're quite incomplete in teaching the official version of Mormonism on this...”
I was simplifying, not wrong.
I left out details on purpose.
I'll bet hardly anyone reads the “block of text” you pasted to the page.

Delph

1) The pages were stolen from Martin Harris family, they didn't alter them, nor did they keep them.

2) Forgeries have been proved in the past, and Anti’s ignore the evidence and continue to “trumpet”, why allow it.

3) changes in the Book of Mormon... Understanding textual changes in the Book of Mormon?lang=eng
If the Bible were held to the standard that you hold the Book of Mormon to, it would fare far worse with every edition's differences being added to the total “errors corrected”...

May I simply state that You have taken much out of context then.

I have never heard that analogy and I was a missionary.

The cross is not offensive, but who knows how many were crucified by the Romans, it was not a one time event, Jesus was crucified between two thieves, was he not?

Jesus Death was voluntary and was the culmination of his sacrifice, not the entirety of it.

The Atonement was a one time thing, no-one else qualified, not was capable of it.

To imply that Mormons discount the Atonement of Jesus Christ is to grossly misstate the facts.

Delph

“Thanks for the discussion, by the way.”

Thank you

God Bless

Delph

And how well did that work our DU - 3000+ changes and counting.

So spelling corrections, punctuation and verses and chapter headings... LOL!

IF you count that stuff then well I don't know if there is a big enough number for the Bible's changes.

Just relax, you don't believe it anyway.

I've read an 1830 replica, it's the same book.

Delph

E “I ‘remember’ that you've avoided BY like the plague!”

Not avoiding Brigham Young at all, some of your posts however, I ignore because they are a waste of time.

I wonder that you have so much time to post...

Delph

E “No Freepers were banned for being Mormon.”

History shows otherwise.

Delph

Yes, he can also just add it to the current open cannon...

E “You are all bound up in the Spirit of Apostacy and your eventual damnation is looming on the horizon.”

Of course, that is always possible with any of us...

Tell you what, I'll see you there, and you can teach me to drink Beer

Delph

E “Since you've posted THIS; you are able to explain just why you are continuing to avoid handling #18; right Delf?”

I have no idea what you are referring to as #18.

Delph

BD “ FR thread comment #211 agrees with many here that criticizing Mormonism is a waste of time.”

Then stop wasting your time.

Delph

BD “I'll not even try to address all the errors your own numerous & lengthy posts contain, for now just a note concerning this exchange;”

Thank you so much for your consideration, I'll try to make sure people who are not part of the conversation understand what is going on.

BD “is false citation of that “rule” or guideline, for reason that Colofornian was not attempting to read your mind or attribute motive, but was speaking of what he “took away from reading”...

It was an invitation to tell him what I thought he was thinking, and I was declining based on the rule, thanks!

Don't bother to ping anyone, the point was that you can find something bad to say about anyone, but it doesn't make it true. (So I'm not saying any of that is true.)

One more example, the Sanhedrin convicted Jesus of blasphemy for saying he was the son of God... Which he was.

BD “Show me what the Mormon Church has done that is a greater.”

Not gonna play that game. What I think is great, you'll dismiss as worthless.

I really don't care if you think the LDS are “Great” or not, we don't do stuff to be seen of men.

Delph

B “Yes, I agree, who cares? I think it’s goofy and unbiblical, but it wouldn’t do me any harm if it was performed for me, so why should it bother me? Getting mad about that would seem to me like an atheist getting mad when Christians say that we’ll pray for them.”

You sir a singularly logical christian!

Delph