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To: maine-iac7
Well, let' see. One of the biggest reasons the evangelicals won't vote for a Mormon is because "they don't' believe in Christ!" (The fact that the actual name of the church is The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter Day Saints doesn't fase their pronouncements. (and "Saints" is what the original followers of Jesus called each other 2000 years ago)

You left out a couple of things. For one thing, Mormons don't believe in the Trinity; they believe that Jesus is a separate being from God. They believe that Jesus is actually the son of God and of God's wife. And that you and I are all also spiritual children of God and his wife, with our spirits placed in our bodies after our bodies' conception in our earthly parents. This and a few other beliefs are why no Christian denomination accepts Mormon baptism, while they do accept each others' baptisms. Mormons don't believe in Jesus's oneness with the Father and the Holy Ghost, they view them as 3 separate beings, each with their own power. The only people who think Mormons are Christians are Mormons.

and "They don't believe in the Bible!" (They not only believe in the Bible, they study it from verse one in Genesis to the end of Revelations.

Except for those parts of the Bible that have been "mistranslated" throughout the centuries; in those cases, the other Mormon scriptures supercede the Bible. Mormons do not accept the whole of the Bible as being the Word of God.

By all means, check out the links posted. But be sure to read them all carefully, and ask questions about how Mormons view the doctrine of the Trinity, etc. Ask about the belief that if you and your wife live properly, you can be elevated from your mortal status not just to Heaven, but to actual divinity and get your own planet to be God over and populate with your spiritual children.

116 posted on 04/28/2006 3:30:46 PM PDT by RonF
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To: ohioWfan; mlc9852

Please see my post 116.


117 posted on 04/28/2006 3:33:59 PM PDT by RonF
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Sorry if this has been already addressed and I'm just being repetitive. Mormons have a different view from most pro-lifers on stem-cell research because life doesn't begin at conception. It began in this "pre-conception" spirit world.

http://www.slate.com/?id=112974

"But Mormon doctrine holds that each person lived as a spirit child of God prior to being born and receiving a physical body on Earth. From this point of view, it makes no sense to say that life begins at conception. Instead, Mormons would say that life on earth begins when the spirit and body are united.

In his testimony, Sen. Smith made this very point. Without calling attention to his Mormon beliefs, he cited Genesis 2:7, "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Smith went on to explain, "This allegory of creation describes a two-step process to life, one of the flesh, the other of the spirit." He compared stem cells to "the dust of the earth —they are essential to life, but standing alone, will never constitute life." As Smith portrayed it, the onset of life—the union of spirit and body—takes place when the embryo is implanted in a womb."


252 posted on 04/29/2006 10:46:47 AM PDT by twippo
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