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Yes, Mormons tithe, but most others don’t
Religion News Service ^ | February 2, 2012 | Bruce Nolan

Posted on 02/04/2012 10:06:44 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Downinthedixie; ansel12; hope

Well since you have been here less than a week, and have already posted in favor of the legalization of marijuana and now this, I am smelling a retread.


61 posted on 02/05/2012 12:19:51 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: Downinthedixie

ha...you said it...not me! I do not judge the intentions of ones heart..Not my job...


62 posted on 02/05/2012 12:20:28 AM PST by hope
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To: reaganaut

If that’s how you feel, than it is sad to me because I follow almost all conservative principles. I am a Christian in how I live my life. I do not however believe that others are wrong in their beliefs. My girlfriend is Jewish and she is an amazing person. I will never believe that she is not worthy of heaven.

No one knows the truth. Why believe that others are damned for differences? A just God would judge each one of us how we are.


63 posted on 02/05/2012 12:22:38 AM PST by Downinthedixie (ABO)
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To: hope; mrreaganaut

It is sis. Mrreaganaut (fellow freeper) is my husband and childhood friend (since we were 3) who led me to the Lord almost 20 years ago after I left Mormonism.


64 posted on 02/05/2012 12:22:48 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: onyx

I’m surprised he doesn’t use the plural since the LDS teach that the council of gods ‘organized’ (not CREATED) matter.

I can give you LDS sources for this if you wish, but I’m about ready to head to bed and don’t want to dig them out tonight.


65 posted on 02/05/2012 12:25:12 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: ansel12

I’m not mocking zotting. I’ve read here for a few months. I was just commenting on the fact that it seems prevalent.


66 posted on 02/05/2012 12:26:04 AM PST by Downinthedixie (ABO)
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To: reaganaut

What does the legalization issue have to do with anything?


67 posted on 02/05/2012 12:27:06 AM PST by Downinthedixie (ABO)
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To: Downinthedixie
I’ve read the Bible and the Torah along with many Buddhist verses. I have found my religion through my experiences.

You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder. ~James 2:19

68 posted on 02/05/2012 12:27:41 AM PST by The Citizen Soldier (America needs Gingrich in 2012 about as much as England needed Churchill in 1940!)
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To: Downinthedixie

ha...you said it...not me! I do not judge the intentions of ones heart..Not my job...


69 posted on 02/05/2012 12:29:23 AM PST by hope
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To: The Citizen Soldier

And now I am a demon? What??


70 posted on 02/05/2012 12:30:46 AM PST by Downinthedixie (ABO)
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To: Downinthedixie

I am a Christian in how I live my life. I do not however believe that others are wrong in their beliefs.

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Then you are not really a Christian. I’m sorry. Christianity is about FAITH in Christ, what we BELIEVE NOT WHAT WE DO.

A holy God cannot abide sin, a just God provided a way, salvation by grace through faith in Christ. If works had ANYTHING to do with it (including your claim that God judges us on how we are) then Christ didn’t need to die. If works have anything to do with it, then a HOLY God a JUST God, would not let anyone into heaven because we are all sinners and He cannot abide sin.

You have it backwards and will get no quarter from me. I stand for biblical truth always and fight heresy where ever I see it.


71 posted on 02/05/2012 12:31:30 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: onyx

The father is also an often term..


72 posted on 02/05/2012 12:31:41 AM PST by hope
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To: Downinthedixie

Well, when you start speaking openly and forcefully, then we can respond more accurately.

As a man, I am finding it hard to know who, are what I am talking to.


73 posted on 02/05/2012 12:32:42 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: reaganaut
"I meant to ping to to #53"

Still love ya!

74 posted on 02/05/2012 12:33:35 AM PST by hope
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To: reaganaut

Wow. If I’m a heretic then you really have failed to get what I am saying.

Maybe you can answer this for me:

If you are Jewish, are you damned?


75 posted on 02/05/2012 12:34:08 AM PST by Downinthedixie (ABO)
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To: Downinthedixie

It isn’t a conservative principle. Are you a Ron Paul supporter?


76 posted on 02/05/2012 12:35:00 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: hope; onyx

The father is also an often term..

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Correction. The LDS never just use “the father”, it is ALWAYS “Heavenly Father”, even as a reference.

I once got scolded harshly for addressing a prayer to just “Father” rather than “Heavenly Father” when I was LDS.


77 posted on 02/05/2012 12:37:32 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: reaganaut

What isn’t a conservative principle?

And no, I am an anti-0, anti-commi, anti-destruction of America supporter.

You?


78 posted on 02/05/2012 12:38:45 AM PST by Downinthedixie (ABO)
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To: Downinthedixie

The Jews are God’s chosen people. If you had read the Bible you could answer your own question. Paul addresses that very thing in Hebrews.

Abraham’s faith was counted to him as righteousness. However, if they hear the Gospel of Christ and reject it then they are no better off than any other unbeliever. That is biblical.

The Bible is my standard of truth. Tell me are you fluent in Greek and Hebrew? I am.


79 posted on 02/05/2012 12:40:19 AM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, Now Christian - "I wasn't brainwashed, just brain pre-soaked.")
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To: Downinthedixie

God gave us the truth...Goodness is not a free pass. None of us are good enough to earn it...If that wer’nt so we would not be in need of forgiveness.


80 posted on 02/05/2012 12:40:19 AM PST by hope
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