Well; it worked for Joseph Smith!
Posted on 09/09/2012 10:23:41 AM PDT by Mozilla
“Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.”
6. The prophet does not have to say “Thus Saith the Lord,” to give us scripture.
“I do what I do, because of what Jesus has done," Elsie tells the world...
Glenn said that the media would love nothing more than for people to equate Mormons with polygamists like Warren Jeffs, but nothing could be further than the truth. He said polygamy was a perversion of everything they believe in, and practitioners are excommunicated. He compared it to the portrayal of Corleones in the Godfather Trilogy – simply because they call themselves Catholics doesn’t mean for one second they are following practices of the LDS church.
(I'm sure he misspoke here, meaning the Roman Catholic Church instead of LDS.)
But anyway, he DOES have a valid point:
Merely because MORMONism chooses to identify itself as "The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints" and places the Messiah's name upon their buildings; does NOT mean that the teachings of JESUS are being adhered to.
Oh?
Glenn; your GOD has stated otherwise, and it's right there in your SCRIPTURES!!
The Doctrine and Covenants
Section 132:58-66
Well said!
For any readers that might not understand how Mormons view Jesus let me add:
"Jesus became a God and reached His great state of understanding through consistent effort and continuous obedience to all the Gospel truths and universal laws." The Gospel Through the Ages; Deseret Book Co. 1945, p.51
“He is the First born of the Father. By obedience and devotion to the truth he attained that pinnacle of intelligence whiched ranked him as a God, as the Lord Omnipotent, while yet in his pre existent state.” Bruce. R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pg 129
"We believe that we have a correct idea of the character of the Son from the writings of the Apostles, so far as they learned it. But while he was tabernacling in the flesh, he was more or less contaminated with fallen nature." Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol.6,pg.95-95
"Since the Messiah came to earth to work out his salvation, as well as make salvation available to all men-we are justified in concluding that he himself needed baptism…the Lord Jesus, being a man, required baptism, even as other men…There is no other way." Bruce R. McConkie, The Promised Messiah, Pg 482-485
"Among the spirit children of Elohim, the first-born was and is Jehovah, or Jesus Christ, to whom all others are juniors" Joseph Smith, Gospel Doctrine, p. 70
It is obvious that the Jesus that the Mormons claim saves them is not the Jesus Christ Christians worship.
Well; it worked for Joseph Smith!
Only because no one around him opened their King James Bible and said, "hey wait a minute this stuff isn't in here".
It seems when the "you're so hateful" defense fails and Christians start showing what Mormons believe and how it isn't even close to the Scriptures the Mormons don't want to talk anymore. I think the Mormons are doing Romney a disservice trying to mainstream their religion with his election.
I am voting for Romney. He is clearly better qualified than the Rat candidate and has shown his willingness to surround himself with talent that doesn't always agree with him by selecting Ryan for VP. Everytime Momons want to try and use Romney as a tool for mainstreaming their religion I will be among the first to point out it is not a Christian Faith. I believe a lot of Christians who vote for Romney will be willing to do the same.
You've noticed this behavior as well?
But if they VOTE for him; why would they?
I think that if a Christian will vote for a known believer in HERESY; then, like Lucy; they'll have a lot of 'splainin' to do...
That's a red herring. It has nothing to do with the posted comment. No one mentioned anything about Mitt having more than one wife. In fact, I never mentioned Mitt at all, nor did I mention voting, or any other candidate running for the presidency. We were talking about Mormon doctrine and the LDS Church's official position on polygamy, not presidential politics.
Thus your comment is really not germane to the issue being discussed which is doctrinal not political. The fact is that the LDS Church does not reject polygamy in principle, it only condemns people contracting polygamous marriages outside of the First Presidency's approval. This doctrinal argument has nothing to do with voting for or against Mitt Romney.
Your little flock of anti-Romney campaign workers has become absurdly comical.
nonsense
Are there any mormons on these threads?
The system called reciprocity...
You are right - nuttin' 'bout votin' here!
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.
Is there anyone claiming NOT to be MORMON in this thread?
Harry Truman
Seek help
Nonsense
and
Seek help....
Is this ALL you’ve got?
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