Mormonism in the Early Jewish Christian Milieu (ecumenical)

FAIR ^ | by Barry R. Bickmore

[reaganaut]

FR is anonymous for a good reason. I will not risk my anonymity to satiate your ego.

Pearls before swine and all that...

G’day

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Heretic! Everyone knows that the Church of the Risen Elvis is the true Preslyterian faith!***

My Elvis is better than your Elvis!

Now, where have I heard something like that...Oh yes, our OTHER atheist troll!

[reaganaut]

MrR is far from an atheist. He is too humble to worship his own intellect.

[LeGrande]

FR is anonymous for a good reason. I will not risk my anonymity to satiate your ego.

Translation, you made a claim that you can't back up. Are you familiar with the old phrase 'put up or ---- up?'

[colorcountry]

I will not risk my anonymity to satiate your ego.

I can't say that I blame her.

[Grig]

“The author does not deal with the fact that each heretical group that challenged the church was condemned as heresy.”

Probably because that is totally irrelevant to the point the author is discussing.

Joseph Smith, a man of little worldly education (and certainly no means to conduct any of the research done by the author), established a church claiming the doctrines in it had roots in early Christianity even though it was a radical departure from what orthodox Christianity taught.

The historical records (what parts of it we have) shows there were early Christians who held to ‘unique’ Mormon doctrines. That groups of early Christians were branded as heretics for those ideas doesn’t change that, in fact it is consistent with his claim that there was an apostacy.

You would expect that if somebody did make up a bunch of radical stuff and try to pass it off as ideas that existed in early Christianity that they wouldn’t be so lucky as to have their made up ideas turn out be things actually supported by the historical record. It doesn’t really constitute proof that Joseph was right, but it is significant evidence in his favour.

[reaganaut]

Not at all. Those who know me know my CV. I don’t need to prove my ‘creds’ to a troll.

As for you, why don’t you post your name and address and the name and address of your employer?

[reaganaut]

seriously. Especially in an open forum.

[colorcountry]

I wonder if Legrande would like to tell us his IRL information.

I will if he does. But he goes first.

[reaganaut]

And we would have to verify it is accurate first.

[colorcountry]

Yep.

I once agreed to meet him in a shopping mall. He didn’t show up.

[LeGrande]

I wonder if Legrande would like to tell us his IRL information.

I will if he does. But he goes first.

Would you like me to post your info and where you work? I am pretty sure I know it colorcountry, you haven't exactly been a model of discretion.

[colorcountry]

Would you like me to post your info and where you work? I am pretty sure I know it colorcountry, you haven't exactly been a model of discretion.

Are you blackmailing me?

[reaganaut]

Would you like me to post your info and where you work?

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So you would post CC’s IRL info but not your own and you expect me give you that info as well?

Wow. Just wow.

[reaganaut]

Sounds like.

[reaganaut]

Why am I not surprised.

[colorcountry]

It seems like FreeRepublic is not the place for that kind of threat.

[reaganaut]

I agree. That certainly isn’t what freerepublic is all about.

[LeGrande]

Are you blackmailing me?

You were the one offering to post your personal info if I did it first. How is it Blackmail for you or someone who knows you to do it first?

[colorcountry]

Ummmm YOU threatened to post MINE. I did not threaten you, nor do I know any of your personal information. If you’ve found out mine through my posts here, FreeRepublic forbids you to post it publicly as you threatened to do.