Posted on 05/27/2008 5:44:26 AM PDT by Revelation 911
As with the new thread designations,open threads allow the following:
Open threads are a town square – posters may argue for or against beliefs of any kind.
They may tear down other's beliefs. They may ridicule, similar to the Smoky Backroom with the exception that a poster must never “make it personal.” Reading minds and attributing motives are forms of “making it personal.” Thin-skinned posters will be booted from “open” threads because in the town square, they are the disrupters.
Lets strive for civility though - I worry our zeal and passion is poor witness on occasion
SELECTIONS FROM THE BOOK OF MOSES
CHAPTERS
Moses 1 An extract from the translation of the Bible as revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet, June 1830—February 1831 God reveals himself to Moses—Moses transfigured—Confrontation with Satan—Many inhabited worlds seen—Worlds without number created by the Son—God’s work and glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
Moses 2 God creates the heavens and the earth—All forms of life created—God makes man and gives him dominion over all else.
Moses 3 God created all things spiritually before they were naturally upon the earth—First man and first flesh created—Woman a help meet for man.
Moses 4 How Satan became the devil—He tempts Eve—Adam and Eve fall and death enters the world.
Moses 5 Adam and Eve bring forth children—Adam offers sacrifice, serves God—Cain and Abel born—Cain rebels, loves Satan more than God, and becomes Perdition—Murder and wickedness spread—The gospel preached from the beginning.
Moses 6 Adam’s seed keep a book of remembrance—His righteous posterity preach repentance—God reveals himself to Enoch—Enoch preaches the gospel—The plan of salvation was revealed to Adam—He received baptism and the priesthood.
Moses 7 Enoch teaches, leads the people, moves mountains—The City of Zion is established—Enoch foresees the coming of the Son of Man, his atoning sacrifice, and the resurrection of the saints—He foresees the restoration, the gathering, the Second Coming, and the return of Zion.
Moses 8 Methuselah prophesies—Noah and his sons preach the gospel—Great wickedness prevails—The call to repentance unheeded—God decrees destruction of all flesh by the flood.
I don’t think it’s allowed to be both (LDS) and (OPEN). Doesn’t it have to be one or the other?
I look to the mod to see if I recollect that properly
additionally, while that thread proselytizes, this thread looks at it doctrinally and theologically, so the only similarity is the linked content
Do we have anything to go on that this was the case other than that Joseph Smith said so?
I’m not sure either. Thanks for your kind response, Rev. I’m not trying to be picayunish. It just seems that one says “This is limited to polite LDS discussion...an in-house kind of thing.”
The other says, “This is a free-for-all, no holds barred, biting permitted.” :>)
If, according to Mormon doctrine, God was once a man; then how did God create man? Time travel?
What else would one need ?
This thread will be locked.
But if the poster is not a member of that confession - or worse, is "anti" that confession - then posting an "open" thread with the additional tag can be read as a flame war provocation both by other posters and moderators.
So the additional tag should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary to convey what the thread is about.
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