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To: Catsrus

One of the main differences between our belief system is the LDS belief that all of man are spiritual creations of God the Father that existed in a premortal existance as angels awaiting birth in mortality.

This doctrine has strong underpinnings in both the Old and New Testament and was taught by many “Main Stream” Christians Theologians prior to the 4th Century.

This doctrine requires that all people born into mortality and all of the angels who followed Satan were spiritual brothers and sisters, which would include me, you, Satan, and yes even Jesus Christ.

Sorry you don’t like this doctrine, it was taught by 2nd Century Oridgen, and unfortuantely didn’t survive the Roman Emperor edits of Christian Doctrine that regularly occurred after Constantine in the 4th Century.

However, this is secondary, a person may obtain salvation being totally ignorant about of this principle.

The main focus is repentance, faith, and continued fealty to God the Father, through, our Savior, Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of God.


55 posted on 11/22/2012 9:32:58 AM PST by teppe (... for my God ... for my Family ... for my Country)
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To: teppe

Angels will never attain mortality. They don’t have souls - only men do. When we go to heaven - the mortal will take on immortality. You err in your belief that we are brothers to spiritual angels. When we become born again - our spirit and God’s spirit become one. We never become angels and angels will never be able to partake in redemption. Its apparent that you don’t understand truth. I’m not attacking you - just trying to straighten you out on your theology, which is in error and false.

When you talk about the blood of Christ - you aren’t referring to the shed blood on the cross. You are referring to the drops of blood that Jesus shed while praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, where he was greatly stressed because He knew the suffering which lay ahead of Him. It was there that He asked the Father if it be possible that the cup of suffering be removed, but He knew the Father’s will and so became obedient to it.


59 posted on 11/22/2012 9:44:04 AM PST by Catsrus
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To: teppe

One cannot obtain salvation and remain in ignorance to the Word. Once a person is born again, the Holy Spirit guides him/her into the Truth - which is in Jesus Christ.

How can you reconcile Jesus Christ as being the only begotten of the Father is one breath, then in another say He was a spiritual brother to Satan, just as we are?

Satan isn’t mortal, never was and never will be. Jesus became flesh - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God and the Word became flesh. You’ll find this in 1 John.


63 posted on 11/22/2012 9:51:59 AM PST by Catsrus
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