LDS Beliefs in Focus

The Mormon Times ^ | March 18, 2009 | Joel Campbell

[Elsie]

And try to answer with something original rather than the tired old garbage you anti-mormons seem uniquely able to spew.

But, posting the things the Founder of MORMONism and his followers have said in the past is all we've got.

That and BIBLE truth.

[Elsie]

Can’t you people do anything other than make stuff up?

 

HA HA HA!!!

 

 

[Tennessee Nana]

who have built solid academic careers
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What does that mean anyway ????

That Academie (sp?) is the crowning glory in career chooses ???

Or that the more education one has, the more credibility in religious debate one acquires ???

I only have 2 degrees...

Plus some other stuff...

:(

and I never stayed in a Holiday Inn last night...

:(:(

[Tennessee Nana]

Medieval Holy Women.
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As in Medieval CHRISTIAN Women ????

But how can that be ???

The church was not here...

The whole world was in darkness and ignorance...

waiting for the birth of Joey Smith...

[greyfoxx39]

However, my BA is in Biblical Studies, Honors grad in History, MA in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern History, PhD in Medieval History.

Very impressive, Reaganaut! Of course, since you are apostate, none of that measures up to a BA in Theology from BYU, or an internet law degree! /sarc

[greyfoxx39]

Might make them smell better. :)

You don't like the aroma of breath mints and dirty socks?

[Tennessee Nana]

Years ago when I was in the Air Force, someone had an authentic looking parts book for the Star Trek spaceship...

It looked just like a book for a KC135 or F16 or some other plane...

The person took it around the base and fooled some people into trying to order parts out of it !!!

LOL

[greyfoxx39]

Now THAT’S funny!

[Tennessee Nana]

:)

[Elsie]

Of course, since you are apostate, none of that measures up to a BA in Theology from BYU, or an internet law degree!

 

 

 

In conclusion let us summarize this grand key, these “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet”, for our salvation depends on them.

1. The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
2. The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
3. The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
4. The prophet will never lead the church astray.
5. The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
6. The prophet does not have to say “Thus Saith the Lord,” to give us scripture.
7. The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want to know.
8. The prophet is not limited by men’s reasoning.
9. The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or spiritual.
10. The prophet may advise on civic matters.
11. The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
12. The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly.
13. The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency—the highest quorum in the Church.
14. The prophet and the presidency—the living prophet and the First Presidency—follow them and be blessed—reject them and suffer.

I testify that these fourteen fundamentals in following the living prophet are true. If we want to know how well we stand with the Lord then let us ask ourselves how well we stand with His mortal captain—how close do our lives harmonize with the Lord’s anointed—the living Prophet—President of the Church, and with the Quorum of the First Presidency.

 

Ezra Taft Benson

(Address given Tuesday, February 26, 1980 at Brigham Young University)

[Elsie]

Now THAT’S funny!

It's not so d**ned FUNNY when yer stuck on Arcturus 4 waiting for new Di-lithium crystals!

[Elsie]

Now THAT’S funny!

I never HAVE received my matched flux capacitors yet!

[Tennessee Nana]

Priority One for you and he Interprise...

:)

[Elsie]

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

 

 

11. The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet

      are the proud who are learned

      and the proud who are rich.

While we ANTI's call to the Ignorant, Poor Mormons to "Come out of her"!

[Elsie]

The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet ...

 

Actually; there is a much BIGGER group with 'difficulties':

 

Folks who have some knowledge of what the Bible says and can discern between truth and error.

 

All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

All error passes through three stages: First, it is formulated; Second, it is cynically inserted; and Third, it is rejected as bogus. -- Elsie the Great (2008)

[Old Mountain man]

No, you protestants murdered him over a hundred years before I was born. Why don’t you ask yourselves why you murdered him?

[Old Mountain man]

Ahhhhh, Bible truth. Which version is without error? Seems to be over 200,000 variations between the existing manuscripts added to all the different translations, how do YOU know which version is the correct one?

[fproy2222]

Whatsamatter Fred? unable to figure it out for yourself or unable to explain it. For both to fit into a single picture requires a liberal dose of cognitive dissonance. Don't drink the koolaid Fred and dont eat the spam

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As I said, you do not study deep enough to understand what was said and you seem very happy to not understand the context that each was the answer to.

Why do you want to fool the readers into not knowing that you have taken the ends of two different conversations and tied them together in a way that supports your ideas, but is untrue as you combine them?

[greyfoxx39]

No, you protestants murdered him over a hundred years before I was born. Why don’t you ask yourselves why you murdered him?

[Old Mountain man]

Please provide the names of the two men you claim the Prophet Joseph Smith killed. If you cannot provide the names, please withdraw your remarks.