anyway it is a new day
Posted on 11/14/2010 8:22:01 AM PST by Colofornian
You just love to tell half stories...
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
Resty, the spirit in you is bubbling the smartaleck side today. Are you trying to earn a moderator’s job at FR ... by your logic?
We should not make personal
Or is this a one Ox standard!:)
Beyond that, I do not want this thread to turn into another pity party. So grow some skin or leave the thread.
I beleive that is point taken!
anyway it is a new day
Point taken. Thank you, I’ll try to ignore better.
Time for a history lesson for you:
MORMONS - PERSECUTED, PERSECUTOR OR BOTH?
I will not ignore the rot posted at FR promoting the heresies in Mormonism, however.
You claim "persecution" without providing any proof. That isn't even a "half" story, just an unsubstantiated claim.
Excellent. The definition of gospel you found on lds.org is a good place to start. It identifies the Atonement of Jesus Christ as "the central doctrine of the gospel." The same glossary defines atone as follows:
As used in the scriptures, to atone is to suffer the penalty for sins, thereby removing the effects of sin from the repentant sinner and allowing him or her to be reconciled to God. Jesus Christ was the only one capable of carrying out the Atonement for all mankind. Because of His Atonement, all people will be resurrected, and those who obey His gospel will receive the gift of eternal life with God.
Note that these definitions make no reference to the many distinctive doctrines and practices of Mormonism that the original article mentions: eternal marriage, temple work, the Word of Wisdom, and so forth.
I admit that many Mormons use gospel as a synonym for all of Mormonism; but such usage is imprecise. As used in the Book of Mormon, the gospel is the "good news'' of Jesus Christ: He atoned for the sins of the world; He arose from the dead on the third day; and He has provided the means whereby we may be cleansed from our sins and enter into the kingdom of God. (See 3 Nephi 27:13-21)
And that is typical Mormon misdirection and double-speak since we have spent months posting what your religion asserts are/is 'the gospel' to be obeyed to obtain salvation/eternal life with God. Mormonism has as fundamental to this supposed 'gospel to be obeyed' all the things you deviously inferred were not a part of the definition of 'Mormon' gospel for salvation: temple recommend, Mormon baptism, eternal marriage, etc ... or should we use Smith's 'and so forth'(?). How very devious that
That is not persecution when I have read this kind of stuff many times it goes no where ones the rest of the story show up...
It is booring...
How about answering a question, truthfully, without cunningly devised phrasing: do you believe you receive eternal life by the presence of the Holy Spirit in you ‘after all that you can do’? ... And even that question is hard to ask of a Mormon since you people claim the Holy Spirit is a separate being from God the Father Almighty and Jesus Christ!
agreed
Me either.
Ah yes, you’re my kind of Lady.
:-) Thank you!
Uh...
Your question was ignored...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.