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One of the guys on this site posted the following:
quote:As to Mormons, there is a primary contention between Christianity as a whole and Mormon beliefs. Every denomination of Christianity, from the Catholics to the Evangelicals, the Baptists to the Lutherans, all believe in the divinity of Christ. Even the word Christian -- A Christian is like an American, we are members in the Body of Christ. Yet Mormon belief puts forward that we are not members in the Body of Christ, but rather this Jesus character was actually the Archangel Michael pretending to be this Jesus character.
I don't know where the poster got this idea but it couldn't be further from the truth. In 40+ years of being Mormon I've never heard anything like it from either Mormons or anti-Mormons. If you are going to take the effort to slander some ones religions, you should at least make an effort to get the facts believable.
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Rabbit, it's a lot easier to make up facts and statistics. The target audience (ie, gullible people) never bother to check.
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quote: Yet Mormon belief puts forward that we are not members in the Body of Christ, but rather this Jesus character was actually the Archangel Michael pretending to be this Jesus character.
Damn those Mormons for their unholy emphasis on obscure and incomprehensible theological arguments that they don't actually have. Damn them to hell.
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Eh, if you're having to actively resist it's already to late for you Pat. It's time for somebody to make an official "Welcome Back Pat!" thread.
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quote:As to Mormons, there is a primary contention between Christianity as a whole and Mormon beliefs. Every denomination of Christianity, from the Catholics to the Evangelicals, the Baptists to the Lutherans, all believe in the divinity of Christ. Even the word Christian -- A Christian is like an American, we are members in the Body of Christ. Yet Mormon belief puts forward that we are not members in the Body of Christ, but rather this Jesus character was actually the Archangel Michael pretending to be this Jesus character.
Someone's confused. Isn't that something similar (if a twisted and editorialized version) to the Jehovah's Witness view of Christ?
I've had people who, when I informed them I was Mormon, started asking me questions as if they thought I was amish.
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quote:Yet Mormon belief puts forward that we are not members in the Body of Christ, but rather this Jesus character was actually the Archangel Michael pretending to be this Jesus character.
Someone's confused. Isn't that something similar (if a twisted and editorialized version) to the Jehovah's Witness view of Christ?
Brigham Young said (in the Journal of Discourses) something that could be interpreted to mean what that poster said. Nobody believes that is what it means though.
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quote:Originally posted by Taalcon: I've had people who, when I informed them I was Mormon, started asking me questions as if they thought I was amish.
Oh! I love that! I admire you people and your Mormon quilts and horses and buggies! And did you make that charming bonnet yourself?
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Still looks like a bunch of people being apoplecticly bent on condemning each other and the world to me.
I used to have a similar attitude, I hope I have changed enough to be able to appreciate why another equally inteligent individual can hold beliefs completely different from my own.
In regards to the last poster thirddensity, what he is talking about there is not LDS doctrine, rather what seems to be a personal expansion of general beliefs that are held by many who IMHO are trying to get to the calculus before having mastered long division. By that I mean I have heard vaguely similar discussions, but it remains speculatory expansion of scant information quite unrelated to core church doctrines.
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