Posted on 01/31/2013 5:05:06 PM PST by Colofornian
If you want to move away from the 'nominal' category, and be a Christain that KNOWS what the bible teaches; then by golly - you've come to the right place!!
You really need to 'know' that agnostic means 'without knowledge'.
NO one can MAKE you that way; you have to CHOOSE to remain ignorant; but refusing to seek knowledge.
Note that IGNORANT is NOT a permenant condition, but can be remedied with KNOWLEDGE.
Perhaps he meant that he knew very little about Christianity's teachings; other than he is trusting in Jesus (of the bible) to assure his salvation.
Oh... you'll be back.
We've sicced the Hound of Heaven onto you...
What do you think tithes are for?
The reason the OT people tithed was so that the priests did not have to worry about the daily expenses.
I predict that your happiness will diminish;
and your nights long and sleep free.
Christians dont actually care if someone is getting paid but it is really bad form to get pay and then call it volunteer work.
Perhaps I can introduce you to my wife; who has the Junior Church ministry, is the church treasurer and check writer and does various other functions, such as being responsible for the annual VBS function.
I'm a slacker - merely running the video infomation display and computer work for the church.
The church board said we were doing such a good job; that our wages will be tripled next year!
;^)
Jews were considered taboo because they were not baptized. We were warned not to bring a Protestant or Jew to the Senior Prom. 1961
Previous post: Should read - you had to agree to raise your children as Catholics....
Well good luck, mayby i will start thinking of sacraficing my life to the Lord also if it pays that good.
JTT, my uncle was not on welfare, he was and in fact still is quite wealthy.
WR I did not say he was paid, I said he received (so called) stipends. Not really going to say, “hey uncle would you please go through all our records from the early to mid ‘70. to show you received a “stipend” while you were bishop”.
Sorry, WR that is not going to happen.
I do find it amusing however, that when people who have had experiences with mormonISM relate these experiences (mine go back to 1962) and they do not fit the paradime of current practitioners of momrmoISM, we are called liars.
It’s ok, beleive what you want about me and my experiences with mormonISM, and I will continue to relate them as well as quoting directly from mormonISM’s sources.
This is the pdf for the book mentioned in article, read appendix B.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/116284222/LDS-Mission-President-Handbook-2006
Why all presiding bishoprics get financial salaries -- and he & other bishops have only rec'd smaller stipends + certain expenses paid?
(All bishops used to get stipends; some now only get certain expenses paid)
Your sonIL may want to read this (book quoted in the article), especially appendix B.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/116284222/LDS-Mission-President-Handbook-2006
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