Can we please keep comments about the Mormon faith off the political discussion threads?

To: airdalechief

I keep my faith to myself, between me and my God.

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So you don’t believe in the Great Commission and Evangelism?

We are to share the Good News and FWIW, the Mormon threads on here have led 3 Mormons away from the Mormon church and to a relationship with Christ. One other person was considering joining the Mormon church and changed their mind after reading things posted about them.

We should be aware of what the cults really believe in order to know how best to witness to them.

1,041 posted on 07/31/2011 8:34:18 AM PDT by reaganaut ( "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")

Sounds crazy, but I used to be Mormon and that is how their minds work.

Or don't...

1,042 posted on 07/31/2011 11:34:39 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

1,043 posted on 07/31/2011 11:43:04 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")

. Sounds crazy, but I used to be Mormon and that is how their minds work.

Or don't...

1,044 posted on 07/31/2011 11:45:43 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

I had a laptop meltdown between 1042 and 1044; thus the double posts separated so widely in time.

1,045 posted on 07/31/2011 11:49:42 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

To: airdalechief

Keep Religion in the Religion forum.

Damn STRAIGHT!

How DARE they mention it ANYwhere else!!!!

1,046 posted on 07/31/2011 11:51:13 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

To: airdalechief

... I have no interest in.... having to scroll down half a page with the bar to get away from whatever is posted.

Psalm 139:7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

King James Version

Good luck...

1,047 posted on 07/31/2011 11:53:37 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

That’s ok, it was worth a repost.

1,048 posted on 07/31/2011 11:55:55 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")

To: airdalechief

Do not try to influence me with what you believe.

This, from a King James bible Christian.

Ok; but THESE are from the NIV. Hope your head doesn't explode!

Acts 17:18-19
18. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
19. Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

Acts 18:11
So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 16:17
I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

1 Corinthians 4:17
For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

1 Corinthians 11:2
2. I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the teachings, just as I passed them on to you.

Ephesians 4:14-15
14. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.
15. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:15
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

2 Thessalonians 3:6
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

1 Timothy 1:3-4
3. As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer
4. nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work--which is by faith.

1 Timothy 1:7
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

1 Timothy 2:7
And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am telling the truth, I am not lying--and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles.

1 Timothy 4:1-2
1. The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
2. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

1 Timothy 4:6
If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

1 Timothy 4:11
Command and teach these things.

1 Timothy 6:3-5
3. If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
4. he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions
5. and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

2 Timothy 1:13
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:15-17
15. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
16. Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.
17. Their teaching will spread like gangrene.

2 Timothy 3:16-17
16. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17. so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4:3-4
3. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
4. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Titus 1:11
They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

Titus 2:1
You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.

Titus 2:15
These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.

2 Peter 2:1-3
1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

2 John 1:10
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.

1,049 posted on 07/31/2011 11:55:57 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

1,050 posted on 07/31/2011 11:59:32 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)

Just so you know, I and I am sure many others do not go to the the individual thread sections. I always go to comments so I see everything that is posted. I rarely, like never, post on the morman threads even though I might occasionally be tempted.

1,051 posted on 07/31/2011 12:05:29 PM PDT by Ditter

To: airdalechief

someone’s faith I have no interest in.... having to scroll down half a page with the bar to get away from whatever is posted.

I keep my faith to myself, between me and my God. ...

This, from a King James bible Christian.
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WOW

Your KJV Bible must be awfully thin after you ripped out the pages you dont believe...

1,052 posted on 07/31/2011 1:15:49 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana

Harold Camping is a Trinity and is one of your people, Godzilla

1,053 posted on 10/30/2011 7:04:06 PM PDT by restornu (Love One Another)

Mormon? Did you say Mormon? Don’t you realize saying Mormon here on FR is akin to plugging in a bug zapper in Arkansas?

Now that is funny....

1,054 posted on 10/30/2011 7:08:07 PM PDT by restornu (Love One Another)

When Kennedy was running for president, the anti-catholic’s were quite vocal, but there was not internet, it was in the newspapers and on the tv news until he came out and said the pope would not be running the White house...it was ugly. Same as the anti-mormon threads are here, but like I say, there wasn’t an internet and we weren’t hit with it several times a day.

1,055 posted on 10/30/2011 7:25:54 PM PDT by goat granny

camping has been condemned by Christians as a heritic, plus he isn’t running for president.

BTW resty - better read up better. Camping denies the Trinity and instead teaches modalism.

He’s closer to ‘your’ people than mine resty.

1,056 posted on 10/30/2011 8:06:03 PM PDT by Godzilla (3/7/77)

the break down in civility will be the ruin of this country...

Love One Another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHt7U2RL4A

The things I hold most dear as they are being by those who mock and jeer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYDixwxeRAE&feature=related

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1. As now we take the sacrament,
Our thoughts are turned to thee,
Thou Son of God, who lived for us,
Then died on Calvary.
We contemplate thy lasting grace,
Thy boundless charity;
To us the gift of life was giv’n
For all eternity.

2. As now our minds review the past,
We know we must repent;
The way to thee is righteousness–
The way thy life was spent.
Forgiveness is a gift from thee
We seek with pure intent.
With hands now pledged to do thy work,
We take the sacrament.

3. As now we praise thy name with song,
The blessings of this day
Will linger in our thankful hearts,
And silently we pray
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To listen and obey.
We love thee, Lord; our hearts are full.
We’ll walk thy chosen way.

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1,057 posted on 10/30/2011 8:19:32 PM PDT by restornu (Love One Another)

I’m Trying to be Like Jesus” - Mormon Tabernacle Choir (MOTAB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY-tt7cf7CA&feature=related

Teach me to walk in the light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slLqkBZ0F9Q&feature=related

Mormont Tabernacle Choir - How Great Thou Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7g1aaUeBn8

Nearer My God to Thee - Mormon - General Conference 2010 April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7b7ybDaGEE&feature=related

Amazing Grace- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSc-CDL61u8&feature=related

1,058 posted on 10/30/2011 9:01:16 PM PDT by restornu (Love One Another)

All I know Camping in the scheme of things another insignificant anti Mormon

True there will always be those who’s take pleasure in their pride and exercise enmity towards others

but why should I waste prescious time when there are so many good things going on in the world.

When a new day is breaking and many faiths are choosing to be good neighbors towards one another.

If the Savior stood beside me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Z-M6EOzmY&feature=related

1,059 posted on 10/30/2011 10:05:28 PM PDT by restornu (Love One Another)

When a new day is breaking and many faiths are choosing to be good neighbors towards one another.

“Believers in the doctrines of modern Christendom will reap damnation to their souls.”
- Apostle Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, see pp. 45-46

“... all the millions of apostate Christendom have abased themselves before the mythical throne of a mythical Christ.... in large part the worship of apostate Christendom is performed in ignorance, as much so as was the worship of the Athenians who bowed the Unknown Gods.”
- Apostle Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pp. 269, 374-375

1,060 posted on 10/31/2011 7:23:20 AM PDT by Godzilla (3/7/77)

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