They see us rollin'; they hatin'...
Posted on 07/25/2011 10:34:37 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
Tell you what, John...if that's true, then take your scissors & go cut out Jude 3 (contending for the faith once delivered to all the saints) & toss it in the trash can.
Oh, and don't stop there...cut out other passages like Titus 1:9: He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
Oh, and don't stop there...cut out those get-in-the-way-of-John's-personal-theology like the Acts synagogue passages that have first Paul, and then Apollos refuting/arguing/reasoning with the Jews. [see Acts 17 & 18]
Then you can move on to 2 Cor. 10:3-5, etc.
All Christians must eventually stand before the judgment seat of Christ regarding their service to Him or lack thereof. Better to do what one knows is pleasing to Him than only hoping that He will reward one for seeking to undermine the faith of others.
Undermining faith in an idol -- a false god -- is a good thing, John.
Do you forget that Joseph Smith taught there are gods many?
I will preach on the plurality of Gods...I wish to declare I have always and in all congregations when I have preached on the subject of the Deity, it has been the plurality of Gods. It has been preached by the Elders for fifteen years. (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, vol. 6, p. 474, 1844)
To "undermine" faith in a low-level "god" is a good thing, John. Our faith is to rest in the Ultimate God who was before all -- the "I AM" of eternity past. The one who was never "organized" but always was.
Just because the restorationists moved into a "one-god" mode doesn't erase the Salt Lake D&C-version references to "gods" Smith made, n or his other teachings. Even when Smith was still in Missouri, in a so-called "revelation" he made in Far West, Missouri on July 18, 1838, he wrote: "According to that which was ordained in the midst of the Council of the Eternal God of all other gods before this world was..." (D&C 121:32, Utah version). And then, of course, was the reference to then they shall be gods when Joseph tried to convince his wife Emma to accept other wives in 1843 (D&C 132).
I, John McDonnell, wrote: But I don't waste the days of my probation attacking Mormons, especially since I am convinced that the Book of Mormon itself is true.
Elsie quoted this statement of mine, and replied in these words:
Well Satan; it's not every day I get to reply directly to you; as it is usually one of your expendable minions that is sent into battle. You DO know your fate; don't you? You time is SHORT: is THAT why you are trying SO hard to steer SO many into YOUR hell? The place CREATED for the DEVIL and his ANGELS??
This takes "demonizing one's opponents" to a new level. What set her off must have been my phrase "the days of my probation", which, as anyone who has calmly read the Book of Mormon knows, is in full harmony with Book of Mormon teachings. My concordance shows 13 occurances of "probation" or "probationary" referring to human life on Earth. It simply means that humans are "tested" by God, which is a solid biblical concept. God tests, Satan tempts. Those who are wise pass God's tests, while not yielding to Satan's tempts away from what is pleasing to God. Within the grace of redemption, our temporal life experiences are a preparation for eternal life experiences, when we will know as we are known.
I don't think that Elsie's reacting to a statement of mine by calling me Satan is the kind of response that is pleasing to God. That it went unchallenged by the many anti-Mormons here says something about them as well. One should be careful that one's zeal for "defending the faith" does not descend into hateful name-calling that is lacking in the love for all people that true Christianity is famous for.
I am still waiting for a response to what Elsie wrote about me from someone other than Elsie. Do you, Colofornian, believe that what she wrote about me is pleasing to God?
Were John LDS, I'd say we have a case of "PMS" here. But since we are dealing with a restorationist, it appears that the ailment has mutated to some degree.
It appears that you may be trying to highjack the thread away from the original article with repeated comments about Elsie.
She's a big girl and can speak for herself, BTW
“She’s a big girl and can speak for herself ...” Bwahahahaha, I’m so glad to see you retain your sense of humor, m’Lady.
Sometimes it’s just TOOO easy! as Jonesie would say. ;0)
So how does that work...
And he was a polygamist. . . .
And the poster is parsing ...
So how does that work...
If someone can actually believe anything that Joseph Smith did is "gospel", they can certainly believe any or all the fiction regarding his life and "works". Quakers on the Moon, Kolob, animals are equal to man, work yourself to death and you can become a god....Emma's bunch desired the property and doubtful honor associated with him, so they cherry-picked doctrine and turned their back on their biggest competitor, Brigham.
At least, the COC has thru the years been leaning more and more towards Christianity, but until they toss out the garbage like the BOM, DOC, etc. they have a long, long way to go.
"Our church has Christ's NAME...therefore...."
And a quack...
Just sayin ;-)
And harsh terms are not unusual on "open" RF threads, e.g. cult, Satanic, apostate, anathema, heretic. Those terms are sometimes used in the posters' holy writings.
For instance, it is not unusual for a poster to use the Biblical quote "Get thee behind me, Satan" in a town square format when speaking of the other poster's beliefs.
That said, such terms should not be used in speaking of another poster, personally. For instance, "That is heresy" is not making it personal whereas "You are a heretic" is making it personal.
Do not make the thread "about" individual Freepers, that is also a form of "making it personal."
Discuss the issues all you want but do not make it personal.
satan lied to Eve, “you to can be god”
satan lied to Joseph Smith, “you to can be god”
Joseph Smith lied to everyone, “you to can be god”
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Galatians 5:12
Yeah... Sure....
Matthew 15:16
"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.
Matthew 231. Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
2. "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
3. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
4. They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5. "Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;
6. they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
7. they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them `Rabbi.'
8. "But you are not to be called `Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.
9. And do not call anyone on earth `father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
10. Nor are you to be called `teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.
11. The greatest among you will be your servant.
12. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
14. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16. "Woe to you, blind guides! You say, `If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
17. You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
18. You also say, `If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.'
19. You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20. Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21. And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.
22. And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
23. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
24. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean.
28. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.
30. And you say, `If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
31. So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
32. Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!
33. "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
34. Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
35. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
36. I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.
37. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
38. Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, `Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.' "
Mark 7:26-27
26. The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27. "First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."
And St. Paul chimes in...
Galatians 5:12
As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
They see us rollin'; they hatin'...
Classic misrepresentation. I made no such claim. I was merely stating what is obvious from the New Testament itself. The Acts of the Apostles is the record of a major shift in missionary outreach from the descendents of Israel (to whom Jesus Himself ministered) to the Gentiles (to whom the disciples of Jesus eventually ministered). When Gentiles become Christians, obviously Christ becomes their shepherd as well. Duh!
In Matthew 15:24 we have Jesus teaching: "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." So I was true to the New Testament when I interpreted the "other sheep" of John 10:16 as predicting a future appearance to decendants of the house of Israel. The Book of Mormon records less than a hundredth part of His Mesoamerican ministry, but those passages contain some unfragmented glimpses of a ministry that even in words only are stunningly beautiful. Thank you, Jesus, for allowing us to have an account of what some of that was like. May we soon become worthy to receive the remainder of the records of Your Mesoamerican ministry!
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