You may think that you are being all loving and tolerant and Christlike, but you are fooling yourself.
They stopped polygamy 125 years ago, yet you still "look down on them" today.
Dude, thank you for your opinion. I don't think that highly of myself, and in all honesty I don't care what you think of me either!
You come across as a bear with a sore butt and a bully and that hasn't changed a bit in two years, you maybe the foremost authority in Southern Md on arrogance, but your comments show your ignorance, as there are plenty of Mormon families that still have more than one wife.
Fooled? Cult? Really? Gee, that's not hateful at all. Are their"cult like" works their strong belief in charity, giving to the poor, and helping anyone who needs help?
A cult is a perversion, a distortion of biblical Christianity and/or a rejection of the historic teachings of the Christian church. The Apostle Paul warned there would be false Christs and a false gospel that would attempt to deceive the true church and the world.
For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. . . for such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ and no wonder for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their deeds (2 Corinthians 11: 13‑15 NASB).
A cult, then, is a group of people polarized around someone's interpretation of the Bible and is characterized by major deviations from orthodox Christianity relative to the cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith, particularly the fact that God became man in Jesus Christ (Walter Martin, The Rise of the Cults, p. 12).
Calling a spade a spade is not hateful, and I certainly wouldn't want to see anyone else get sucked into their works based righteousness. Trying to earn their way to heaven, which typically becomes so great a burden that although its very appealing at first for man to say he had some part in his salvation, it quickly becomes an unbearable burden that leaves them bitter and hatting religion. Christianity is not based on a social Gospel! The works that real Christians do are based out of thanksgiving and wanting to serve their Lord they have been freed from the burden of the law and sin and cant wait to tell others. Not putting a check in the box because the church tells them need to!
I know two ex Mormon priest that started out in the RCC ended up with the Mormons, both want nothing to do with church now and want nothing to do with God. Also they are a cult and use cult strategies on newbies love bombing and the hole nine yards. Just because the outside of the cup is clean and appealing the reasons behind them are dirty and evil!
Not being Orthodox, i.e. not following the works of men instead of the bible, does not make them non-Christian. Not believing in Christ would make them non-Christian. Let's see "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints." Nope, no Christ in that one!.
That must be a homegrown definition of Orthodox. Orthodox Christianity embraces one God in three persons The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. That Jesus Christ was fully God and fully Man. That he was crucified died and buried that and that on the third day he was risen from the dead, that he is seated at the right hand of the father and will come again to judge the living and the dead.That Salvation is by repentance and faith and is solely an act of God. Want to see a old testament picture of Salvation read Exodus 12 Yes the Apostles creed pretty much, sums up what Orthodox Christianity its what the universal church has declared to be Christian for over 2000 years.
There Jesus is like that of Islam or the JW's its not God in human flesh in fact its a created being the brother of the Satan. Joseph smith was a false teacher, former Presbyterian pastor, pedaling old heresies and repacked them. Truth be told he was a nut case!
In Mormonism Jesus is not the unique Son of God!
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It still works that way today righteousness is imputed not infused, God does all the work and its for Gods glory, its not shared with man!
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</DIR>Mormonism is not Christian, just because you use the name doesn't mean you are. Perhaps you would liked to be schooled on some of there wacko beliefs? They believe in a different God, and a different Jesus and although they are ripping off some of the same evangelical lingo now to appear Christian, the verbiage means something totally different to them. If the meaning is different it doesn't mean the same thing.
They follow the King James Version of the New Testament for their belief in Christ. They add some of their own revelations and interpretations to that, but I fail to see how that is any different than "orthodox" religions that follow the creations of men like the catechism, Nicene Creed, or your favorite prophet Jack Chick. I know, you'll claim that all of these are the inspired works of God, but since that's what they claim one of you is wrong. Maybe you're in the cult?
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Actually your wrong again, The use the book of Mormon As there primary text of which they lifted parts of the KJ version to create, but they also get there doctrine from the Pearl of Great Price and the Doctrine of the covenants yes they use the KJ but not as there scriptural authority but as a supplement to their false doctrine. Do you, really want to talk Mormonism? It might be very educational for you and even to bizarre for you to consider.
Dude you seriously need a new crystal ball, I was given a case of Jack Chick tracts and wouldn't even use them. Not that what he says about the Church of Rome or Islam isn't true, but if I was talking to a Catholic that was interested in the truth, I am not going to offend them, his tracts are offensive. Key words interested in the truth!
First off nothing but the word of God is inspired! And I go to it, first not to the Westminster confession of faith to validate bad Presbyterian doctrine that is not in scripture. Is a good document by its self but not before scripture. There are a lot of good Creeds some better than other but NONE are inspired!!!!! My beliefs stem from the word of God, the Bible for clarification and are based on a grammatical and historical interpretation, not allegory, not by the interpretation of self proclaimed popes that have no more insight into the word of God than anyone else. I take most of the Bible very literal except were we no its symbolic or poetry and not to be read that way. I may be fallen jacked up and get torqued by people that have a way of pushing my buttons at times I also have the holy spirit testifying to the truth of Gods word as well as Pastors and other believers so I don't go off the deep end and start preaching what I dreamed or hear or see angels like Joseph Smith. In fact scripture says that it complete and that even if angels come to you with another Gospel don't believe them as its not from God. Joseph Smith didn't listen to the Bible. Smith claimed he had the one true church and others were false yet when he died the wanted his grandson to take over and the church appointed
Brigham Young instead, so the one true church split, so which false church is the right one? By the way Young's prophetic insights didn't agree with Smiths, and Young's sissier didn't agree with Smith or young fully. So you got three prophets that are told contrary things. The God of the Bible is not the author of confusion nor does he change his mind. Satan on the other hand....
"Persecution" to her is this constant nibbling by atheists, compared to the vile hatred so many spew against other religions. That's like saying "that Mormon only got mauled by one Pit Bull. I was attacked by two Yorkies, and their teeth almost penetrated my sock before I punted them!"
