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To: Logophile; Colofornian
I think you have misunderstood the meaning of the word gospel.

Oh really?

So what is the ‘gospel’ according to mormonism. Like all of their doctrines, nailing it to the wall is like that of jello. > Here is what joseph smith said as the “first principle” of the gospel - It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the character of God and to know that we may converse with him as one man converses with another, and that he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth the same as Jesus Christ himself did;. . . .
Here, then, is eternal life--to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you,--namely, by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one,--from grace to grace, from exaltation to exaltation, until you attain to the resurrection of the dead, and are able to dwell in everlasting burnings and to sit in glory

The gospel of mormonism was also clarified by Brigham Young -

"Gospel of the Son of God that has been revealed is a plan or system of laws and ordinances, by strict obedience to which the people who inhabit this earth are assured that they may return again into the presence of the Father and the Son" (JD, 13:233)

So according to young, this gospel also is a system of rules, laws and ordinances requiring strick compliance.

Looks like Colofornian has it pretty well nailed.

25 posted on 11/14/2010 7:55:22 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: Godzilla

Logo is just sailing down denial with no thought to credulity.


26 posted on 11/14/2010 8:01:23 PM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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