Posted on 06/02/2010 1:47:13 PM PDT by reaganaut
Jacob Neusner wrote a book on it several years ago. If you have trouble finding it, let me know and I will loan it to you.
I was curious how far you would go. My convictions of right and wrong don’t flap in the wind. ;0)
1 Timothy 4-1,2 Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
I get tired of the Catholic and Mormon threads and try to stay off them, they are all BAIT.
Jesus Christ the Son of God is what matters ...
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I don’t go on the Catholic threads, they may be bait, I don’t know.
But you are right, it is about Christ the Son of God and THE LDS CONSTANTLY TRAMPLE HIM, make Him just another created being(who happened to be good enough to keep all the commandments) and the product of sex between God and Mary (another one of his creations and Jesus’ ‘spirit sister’).
SAY WHAT???
The difference is, Catholics are Christians, Mormons are NOT and what we are doing is not ‘bait’, it is exposing their lies and heresies. Big difference there.
So I suppose we can expect more "attacking the messenger, not the message" type of efforts when you "speak out"?
To deny those of us who disagree with mormonism the opportunity to speak out and to offer counter arguments against mormon posts and threads is a form of bigotry and censorship in and of itself. You disagree with our beliefs, so you make efforts to quell our voices in the name of "social justice". You become a bigot yourself when you do so.
What you call bigotry, a personal prejudice against a specific belief, I would call theological disagreement. I don't compare mormonism with my current religion because I don't have a religion. Ergo, technically, I am not a bigot.
I will expose the fallacies of mormon dogma and present my experiences as an apostate who was once very active and obedient to the tenets of the LdS faith. But I fail to see how that equates to bigotry.
Am I missing something or is it that you personally don't like it when the dogma and doctrines of mormonism are exposed and discussed, because it disagrees with your own beliefs, which in and of itself is bigotry?
The primary purpose of this is to enlighten those who don't think to look for the types of information posted. The blind followers or True Believing Mormons (TBM's) or those Born into the church (BIC's). Or even converts who didn't know their scripture and were led astray by the mormon missionaries. (like me)
Information, that when posted and discussed, reveals many "different" truths than those the LdS church would have their members learn.
There is value in posting against mormonISM. Many just aren't capable or willing to see that. They make the wrong assumption that it's about the person as opposed to the doctrine.
I can't do that seeing as how I've been married to a mormon for over 20 years. I love her dearly, I don't like her religion. That doesn't mean I have to blindly accept the false teachings and heresies of mormonISM.
Nor does it justify yours or anyone else's attempts to silence me or the others who speak out.
It seems to me that the shoe is on the other foot.
There’s a lot of that going around.
Sorry to hear that you aren’t able to give others the considerations you demand for others.
Whoopee!
I offer post #387 as proof of your response.
Completely ignored the content and resorted to denigrating the poster.
Were you "speaking out" when the mormon proselytizing was going on daily here with no rebuttal? I don't recall seeing that.
And how about this one..did you speak out here? Rather than try to wrestle the pig into taking a bath, we are just going to hose it down.
None of us tried to keep the mormons from doing as promised in this article..."So expect to see lots of Mormon threads, now and for as long as we see fit to keep posting them (although probably not as many as there are Catholic threads). (Note the little slam at Catholics here.)
They will be about our basic doctrines and responses to common accusations. If you want to know what our faith is about, read the articles we post. We will post them as open threads and I encourage you to compare the difference in tone and spirit between what we post and what our critics say.
We are encouraging the mormons to do exactly that...post about their basic doctrines and responses to common accusations. "If you want to know what our faith is about, read the articles we post."
Where ARE these articles?
Because they do, any Freeper offended by condemnations of his deeply held beliefs on "open" Religion Forum threads should IGNORE them altogether and instead read/post to the "ecumenical" "caucus" "prayer" and "devotional" RF threads.
Thanks.
And #390.
Thanks, RM. I won’t be visiting this thread again.
Yep, as expected, a very adult like response.
Scurrilous claims and all...
I have no interest in your posts. Any further posts to me will be ignored.
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IOW, since we are not going to play your games, you are taking your dollies and going home.
got it.
And you are an insult to your Catholic faith.
But I still give monthly...because I use the site.
FWIW
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