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As Mormonism apologist usually, you ignore a vast array of Bible passages...

Everything you say revolves around Joseph Smith. The reason would be because you have no message of your own. In reality, you have nothing and this proves it.

Receiving the Holy Ghost does not equal salvation. The Holy Ghost was given because Christ was leaving them. For those on the right path the Holy Ghost was help them along their journey to salvation.

I find it ironic that you claim I ignore the Bible when in fact I don't ignore any of it. Actually, I understand what the prophets were teaching. I understand how it fits into the larger whole. All of it. I don't ignore a single page.

What I also find ironic is in fact it's you that ignores nearly all the writers of the Bible. As a matter of fact I've never seen anyone force square pegs into round holes like you do.

Matt 25: 32-46 destroys every conclusion you've come up with of when and how salvation is received. Jesus granting salvation at the judgement after His commandments were followed. Plain as day. The words are explicit.

The damned are damned because they failed to do what He commanded them to do. Again the words are explicit.

Rev 11 destroys your whole notion of religion and your place in it.

Here's proof that you ignore the Bible, because you will ignore this, completely. I doubt you'll even acknowledge it 2 Tim 3. Powerful, powerful scripture.

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Paul sees a vision of our time. The last days and he lists a whole slew of bad attributes what will be pervasive at that time.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection,...

He goes on and on...But his real point comes next..

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Having a form of godliness. People that go around claiming to be godly. Claiming they're already saved....every religious preacher or confessor since the great apostasy started in the 1rst and 2nd century....all those creeds that sprang up afterwards that were created by men and everyone that follows them. They talk about God, they talk about being saved. But they don't know anything about either. They have form of godliness, but not the real thing. This is what Paul was seeing...

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

They read their Bibles and create conclusion after conclusion. They created their own concepts of God...but they never get to the actual truth...

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

Jannes and Jambres were priests in Pharaoh's court, who resisted Moses, the prophet of their time.

What Paul is describing is people who claim to be "Christian" but don't actually know the truth and they reject the true prophet of their time.

Here's something else for you to reject. Jesus Himself proclaimed what was going to happen to all those people that Paul saw in vision.

Luke 13. All the people that go around claiming they believe in Jesus, but never learned and followed the truth. They actually rejected the true prophets...Jesus said it all.

John explicitly talked about two of those true prophets in that here in our time. They are on the earth right now...

For Jesus to actually know you, you have to be on the right path leading to salvation and exaltation.

27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

It was recorded again, Jesus teaching the same thing over again in Matt 7.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,..

People like you that claim to be saved...

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Jesus' own words. But wait, how can that be MHGinTN? According to you if you profess Jesus is Lord, you're saved. But not according to Jesus....

Matt 25 again... if you're not doing the works as shown explicitly in Matt 25: 32-46...He doesn't even know you.