Posted on 10/25/2013 10:58:04 AM PDT by Colofornian
Grant Wilson is the co-founder (with Jason Hawes) of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS). TAPS is based in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is also the co-star and co-producer of "Ghost Hunters", a Syfy channel reality program that follows a group of people as they investigate paranormal phenomena and hunt for ghosts.
Wilson recently left the TV show. He is married and has three sons. He is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“* Founders
o Convicted and imprisoned for illegal activities
o Died during their trouble with the law”
Oooops.....I don’t think Christians have a problem with this...
You see, when a Daddy Earth and a Mommy Earth love each other, they align their orbits....
Geron: You see, when a Daddy Earth and a Mommy Earth love each other, they align their orbits....
LOL.
Now here's what's interesting. People might laugh when they read Kimball's comment, and your response. They might think that this is some outmoded obscure 19th century Mormon belief that was eventually jettisoned as Mormonism entered into modernism in the 20th century. But that's not the case.
If anybody goes to Lds.org -- THE OFFICIAL Mormon church Web site -- we can see an "element" of this teaching STILL being taught by the Mormon church even today!
Here's the phrase from Lds.org to which I'm referencing:
And Mormons wonder why Christians regard Mormonism as pagan animism...with its New Age-tinged like "the earth has a spirit" theology & its rampant polytheism?
Btw, this linked Lds.org article has LOTS of strange Mormon worldviews on "the spirit world"...for those who want to see two earlier-year discussions on this article, click on:
* The Spirit World, our Next Home
* The Spirit World, Our Next Home(The OTHER World Series: Mormon beliefs beyond this world)
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Yes...in fact your comment just prompted me to post an entire thread on book written by a descendant of Poe... Poe’s book corrects falsehoods, explores spiritual development of Edgar Allan Poe
From that thread just posted:
2009– A new book by Union University’s Harry Lee (Hal) Poe seeks to correct some of the misconceptions about his ancestor, Edgar Allan Poe. “He’s generally thought of as a gloomy, dark loner, obsessed with death and that sort of thing, said Hal Poe, the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture at Union. “Actually, he was a rather cheerful, witty, friendly person who enjoyed music and singing with his friends around the piano.” ...In the book, Hal Poe also discusses some of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, and traces his spiritual development. Hal Poe said Edgar Allan Poe became a Christian before his death. “It’s a story of Poe’s spiritual experience and how he came to believe in the God who created the universe, and how he came to go forward at a revival meeting five weeks before he died,” Hal Poe said. “The book discusses all of his stories in light of the spiritual questions he was asking.”
Your oft stated goal of posting stories about MormonISM and the horrors thereof is to bring current Mormons to the light. To convert them to true Christianity. Do I have that about right?
I’m missing the connection entirely on this particular thread.
How does a guy on a tv show about ghosts and paranormal behavior shed any light on the horrors and dangers of MormonISM?
My point may have been opaque but do you think Episcopalians believe in ghosts as a matter of theology or was Poe simply exploring the topic as a form of entertainment?
Well, this time of year is one when our culture tends to obsess upon the dead...
...tales of ghosts, vamps, monsters, gory films, etc.
And the point here is that Mormons have a Halloween obsess-with-the-dead culture year-around...
Genealogical research...big-time focus on the dead
Over a million endowments for the dead in Mormon temples...big-time focus on the dead
Necro-baptisms in the Mormon temples...big-time focus on the dead.
Etc
So here we have a "ghost-hunter." And what do ghost-hunters do? Big-time focus on the dead.
This guy's simply "careerizing" what his Mormon culture has ingrained within him.
(Is it any wonder that the Vampire series was written by what else? A Mormon)
You should spend your time explaining why Christians can’t seem to agree on how to practice Christianity.
Who’s right among the hundreds of Christian cult sects and why isn’t there just one Christian church?
Which sect should I join? Will I go to hell if I choose the wrong Christian church? If it doesn’t matter which one I join, why is more than one needed?
Christian are a very confused group.
Is it OK if I join the Westboro Baptists? The snake handlers? Those that speak in tongues?
Ask yourself: What defining characteristic is there for this group? For the Phelps (Westboro), it's picketing.
Is that reflective of historic Christian "Scripture?" (Answer: NO!)
Secondly the Phelps are better defined as one extended family -- versus a "church." (That's about all its "church" is made up of).
So there ya go...Stop using the existence of a family that likes to picket as an excuse for not more thoroughly investigating the Christian faith. (It's a rather lame excuse and one that won't sit well with God Almighty when you meet Him face-to-face)
Who’s right among the hundreds of Christian cult sects and why isn’t there just one Christian church?
Is there more than Christian denomination? (Of course!)
Is there more than one Christian family? (Of course!)
Is there more than one Person within the Holy Trinity? (Of course!)
So if God, Himself is defined as "diversity-within-Unity", why would you strangely somehow think that this same component of who He is wouldn't also be reflected in...
...His Church?
...in families on earth?
...in animal life? [distinct species of dogs, cats, etc...yet each are in the dog family...which is part of the larger animal family, etc.]
...in plant life?
...on and on and on!
What? Are you next going to start to complain how diverse families are on earth?
Well even tho Poe was a confirmed Episcopalian, that confirmation process usually ends around the end of middle school...he seemed to then back off that commitment starting during his teen years.
By age 27, I'd say what sums up his lack of morals could be found in that he married his 13-year-old cousin at this age!
Unfortunately, there are "bookends" people -- tho "spiritual" at the beginnings -- and end-- of life...
Marrying a cousin was the norm for the vast bulk of human history; the little villages that were home to most humans offered few other options. Bar Mitzvas are held around the thirteenth birthday because that was the low end of the marrying age, again for most of human history.
The facts of Poe’s marriage are hardly evidence of immorality given the time. It may have been a stain on the reputation of Jerry Lee Lewis to do so but I doubt it was much news in Poe’s day.
Have Mormons "proxy baptized" him?
Is there a reason we are supposed to care about this revelation?
Major, major, major correction: The Lds have been working on their second 100 million endowments for the dead for over a quarter of a century!
See: 25 years ago today - 1988 Oct.1 [Lds complete 100 million endowments for the dead in temples]
You mean MORMONs??
Joseph Smith, the first prophet of the modern Mormon Church, once wrote thirteen basic principles of Mormon beliefs. These are called The Articles of Faith. The seventh says: “We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.”
Yuh gotta love the PRECISE language used in the AoF.
This phrase shows up TWICE!
At least he married her!
No.
Go back to sleep.
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