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that still doesn’t answer my first question though.

I also have to wonder why Jesus chose turning water into wine as the first miracle manifesting his glory during his earthly ministry if wine is bad.
 
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majick275:
that still doesn’t answer my first question though.

I also have to wonder why Jesus chose turning water into wine as the first miracle manifesting his glory during his earthly ministry if wine is bad.
you did not read my last message. we can only argue if you can find mormon scripture after 27 feb 1833. that says its fine to drink. thats why it’s called a revelation. remember your arguing mormon doctrine here not yours. 👍
 
You still didn’t answer my first question. (which part of the WoW must you obey to be temple worthy? and if not all why?)

Are you implying that the WoW teaches that Jesus acted in error? I see contradictory scriptures within the LDS canon.

Last time I checked ALL of the scriptures that I referenced are still in the LDS canon.

POST the WoW revelation, BY intstructed the LDS coming out west to bring coffee and tea.

I have to chime in here on the cooking wine too. I have never heard that before in all my LDS years. I knew some pretty hard core “molly mormons” and none of them ever had a problem cooking with wine. I mean it’s okay to take medications that contain alcohol. eating food in which the alcohol has “cooked out” can’t be considered “drinking”.
 
originally posted by **Paul Barlow **
and when a law is there we must keep it.
Apparently, only untill you have another new revelation or update.
Our beliefs are rooted in 2000 years of unchanged doctrine and Tradition. (note the capital “T”)
There really is no comparison.
I do admire how lds are able to keep on top of all their different books, revelations and changes.
originally posted by Paul Barlow
I hope that you study your churchs teaching as well as you do ours.
Let me put your inquiring mind to rest by letting you know that I DO study the teachings of Holy Mother Church and know said teachings to be the only inerrant Word of God.
 
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majick275:
You still didn’t answer my first question. (which part of the WoW must you obey to be temple worthy? and if not all why?)

Are you implying that the WoW teaches that Jesus acted in error? I see contradictory scriptures within the LDS canon.

Last time I checked ALL of the scriptures that I referenced are still in the LDS canon.

POST the WoW revelation, BY intstructed the LDS coming out west to bring coffee and tea.

I have to chime in here on the cooking wine too. I have never heard that before in all my LDS years. I knew some pretty hard core “molly mormons” and none of them ever had a problem cooking with wine. I mean it’s okay to take medications that contain alcohol. eating food in which the alcohol has “cooked out” can’t be considered “drinking”.
whoops we are not listerning.mormon doctrine. as an lost member you know the truth. that the w o w became a commandment in 1851 by brigham young are you saying as an exmember of many years that you did not know this. The W o W was explained to you and unless your memory is like mine which i suspect its not. You know which bits you must obay to be considerd worthy by the church to enter the Temple.Again as an exmember of many years when did you read that it was ok to cook with alcohol. As an ex member you know we teach of christ or why were you a member for those years. and maybe if you did not keep to the promise that you made to god then maybe i can understand why you are now attacking the church. brigham young left a message in toole utah 17 aug 1867 why dont you look it up in the journal of discourses12:117 or in the discourses of brigham young 183
then you may attack my beliefs again
 
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catsrus:
Apparently, only untill you have another new revelation or update.
Our beliefs are rooted in 2000 years of unchanged doctrine and Tradition. (note the capital “T”)
There really is no comparison.
I do admire how lds are able to keep on top of all their different books, revelations and changes.

Let me put your inquiring mind to rest by letting you know that I DO study the teachings of Holy Mother Church and know said teachings to be the only inerrant Word of God.
at last a catholic that recognizes that we need modern revalation. can i set up an appointment with ou elders so you can learn more. has the Saviour not spoken in the last 2000 years.
now to stop being silly it is easy to live our beliefs and to except modern revalation. thats why our church is growing.

Does your church not have fast days and lent. do you still follow that or has that changed.
 
paul barlow:
whoops we are not listerning.mormon doctrine. as an lost member you know the truth. that the w o w became a commandment in 1851 by brigham young are you saying as an exmember of many years that you did not know this.
I can assure you that I am NOT lost. I find this here somewhat problematic. First of all, why isn’t BY making it a commandment and defining hot drinks as tea and coffee, etc. in the standard works? If LDS doctrine is only that which exists in scripture then it’s a problem because the WoW is then only a suggestion and is undefined. If you are telling me that uncanonized proclamations by BY are binding doctrine then you open up a huge can of worms. (Adam God, blood atonement, Jesus polygamy, moon inhabitants, etc.)
paul barlow:
The W o W was explained to you and unless your memory is like mine which i suspect its not. You know which bits you must obay to be considerd worthy by the church to enter the Temple.
But LDS doctrine changes periodically and I do NOT claim to be the expert on LDS doctrine. I have never had anyone explain to me why iced tea keeps you out of the temple but you can pound all the beef and pork down your gullet that you want even though the same WoW says not to. I was hoping that yuo could share how you reconcile that.
paul barlow:
Again as an exmember of many years when did you read that it was ok to cook with alcohol.
When did I read that it’s okay to play basketball? yet every LDS chapel in America has a basketball court. I never heard, read, saw or had been made aware that any LDS member thought it was wrong. I was always told that it was prohibited by the WoW to drink coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages or to use illegal drinks. Proper use of medications containing alcohol was okay and cooking with wine was okay.
paul barlow:
As an ex member you know we teach of christ or why were you a member for those years. and maybe if you did not keep to the promise that you made to god then maybe i can understand why you are now attacking the church.
No, I know that the LDS church teaches people to worship an exalted man who was once like us and his literal son who was chosen democratically by a majority of us to be our savior. I do not believe that accurately describes the one true God. (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) I worship God now and not Jospeh Smiths “elohim”, “Jehovah” or “michael”. I was a member because I did not know any better. LDS is what my parents taught me. Careful study aided by the loving help of the one true God has shown me that I was wrong.
paul barlow:
brigham young left a message in toole utah 17 aug 1867 why dont you look it up in the journal of discourses12:117 or in the discourses of brigham young 183
then you may attack my beliefs again
first of all I am NOT attacking YOU. I am not attacking YOUR beliefs. I do not know even know what you believe, from your posts you seemed to embrace some positions that were new to me. I apologize if you thought any of my comments were personal attacks. As for BY, He used tobacco most of his time as president of the LDS church. He told the LDS to bring coffe and tea west. When he didn’t want their money leaving the area to import these items he stopped people from using them. He owned and operated one of Utahs first distilleries. He was self -indulgent polygamist who participated in Joseph Smiths deception on this. The original book of commandments published a stinging rebuke to all who accused mormons of polygamy. Yet Joseph was already married to multiple women. If you want top go by the Journal of discourses then we’re back to inhabitants of the moon, adam-God, Jesus polygamy and so on. (not to mention the death penalty for interacial marriage)

I believe that you are a sincere, good hearted individual. I believe that the LDS church (not necessarily the people in it) is a dangerous cult that Satan uses to deceive people into thinking that they will become Gods.
 
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majick275:
I can assure you that I am NOT lost. I find this here somewhat problematic. First of all, why isn’t BY making it a commandment and defining hot drinks as tea and coffee, etc. in the standard works? If LDS doctrine is only that which exists in scripture then it’s a problem because the WoW is then only a suggestion and is undefined. If you are telling me that uncanonized proclamations by BY are binding doctrine then you open up a huge can of worms. (Adam God, blood atonement, Jesus polygamy, moon inhabitants, etc.)

Lost is the wrong word. first as a child or young adult you did not gain a full knowledge of the lds church.
brigham young did in 1851 with the consent of the membership.
modern revelation.
its clear on this last bit that you did not understand the churches teachings. 🙂

But LDS doctrine changes periodically and I do NOT claim to be the expert on LDS doctrine. I have never had anyone explain to me why iced tea keeps you out of the temple but you can pound all the beef and pork down your gullet that you want even though the same WoW says not to. I was hoping that yuo could share how you reconcile that.

modern day revelation thats why things apear to change.
i assumed that you had been taught when in the church as a child or youth. this seems not to have happend. in a recommed iterview we are asked about smoking,drinking,tea and coffee and habit forming drugs see brighams youngs statement again. the remainder of the w o w is advice that comes with a promise read it again and remember when it was written. 🙂

When did I read that it’s okay to play basketball? yet every LDS chapel in America has a basketball court. I never heard, read, saw or had been made aware that any LDS member thought it was wrong. I was always told that it was prohibited by the WoW to drink coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages or to use illegal drinks. Proper use of medications containing alcohol was okay and cooking with wine was okay.

well as an older british person there probably should be a ban on basket ball especialy if your short like me.

the cooking is wrong its common sense. for us i am sure there are lots of mormons who do use this excuse but they are wrong.
propermedication as long as it is medication is fine since the ban on cfcs ashma inhalers now contain it. 🙂

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No, I know that the LDS church teaches people to worship an exalted man who was once like us and his literal son who was chosen democratically by a majority of us to be our savior. I do not believe that accurately describes the one true God. (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) I worship God now and not Jospeh Smiths “elohim”, “Jehovah” or “michael”. I was a member because I did not know any better. LDS is what my parents taught me. Careful study aided by the loving help of the one true God has shown me that I was wrong.

you really dont understand our teachings here. how old were you when you left our church. god is god. he instructed jesus jehovah to create the earth. now heres the bit where you will find it hard to understand we belive that we have god as our god he is omnipotent and all the rest of the omnis but he as a body he as a body because he was once as we are. to us he is god our heveanly father. what went on before he became god is not important for our salvation but its infinate in its extent. jehovah is our brother he was a child of god as we are. he is our mediator through him we are saved the holy ghost is a seperate person who acts as a witness to the truth of the saviours teachings. your belief in one god but three is more difficult to understand than ours. we belive the three are one in purpose motivation and passion. joseph smith did not invent the name of Elohim its a hebrew name for the most high god. and i hope you do worship god the father and jesus christ or jehovah. they seemed to have had problems what caused you to leave the church. 🙂

first of all I am NOT attacking YOU. I am not attacking YOUR beliefs. I do not know even know what you believe, from your posts you seemed to embrace some positions that were new to me. I apologize if you thought any of my comments were personal attacks. As for BY, He used tobacco most of his time as president of the LDS church. He told the LDS to bring coffe and tea west. When he didn’t want their money leaving the area to import these items he stopped people from using them. He owned and operated one of Utahs first distilleries. He was self -indulgent polygamist who participated in Joseph Smiths deception on this. The original book of commandments published a stinging rebuke to all who accused mormons of polygamy. Yet Joseph was already married to multiple women. If you want top go by the Journal of discourses then we’re back to inhabitants of the moon, adam-God, Jesus polygamy and so on. (not to mention the death penalty for interacial marriage)

no you have that bit wrong about brigham young wanting to stop money going out so he banned it. you need to understand the spiritual side. simuler to if you tried to teach me the trinity theory.
don’t mock peoples beliefs joseph smith and brigham young were great men and leaders of our church. how many wives did your dad have. modern revelation. you wanted to know why we kept the word of wisdom thats why i sent you to the discourses they are not doctrine. 🙂

I believe that you are a sincere, good hearted individual. I believe that the LDS church (not necessarily the people in it) is a dangerous cult that Satan uses to deceive people into thinking that they will become Gods.

i thought you were trying to have a sensible discusion. so you are saying that you parents are or were satanists. your church does not even teach this doctrine. we are christians just as you say you are we follow christs teachings closer than your church. becareful or we may need to look at the book of revalations. :mad:

you seem very confused about our teachings which does puzzle me. i think you need to overcome these feeling you have to our church. we love you and don’t hate you for joining the catholic church thats why we have free agency to worship. was there more to your leaving our church than you have said it just does not seem to follow the usual pattern for inactives. are your parents still members.
:rolleyes
 
Jesus turned water into wine at Cana. Where in the Scriptures (OT or NT) is it forbidden and where do any prophets (before Joseph Smith) say drinking alcohol is wrong (as long as it is within its limits)?
 
Semper Fi:
Jesus turned water into wine at Cana. Where in the Scriptures (OT or NT) is it forbidden and where do any prophets (before Joseph Smith) say drinking alcohol is wrong (as long as it is within its limits)?
i think you need to look in the old and new testements. but you do seem to have missed the above posts. the word of wisdom is adressed to my church it only applies if you were to join my church so ether there are a lot of catholics who want to join our church or your trying to bash which is not christ like. so as it applies to my church all the prophets of my church have said the same about the w o w. 😛
 
paul barlow:
i think you need to look in the old and new testements. but you do seem to have missed the above posts. the word of wisdom is adressed to my church it only applies if you were to join my church so ether there are a lot of catholics who want to join our church or your trying to bash which is not christ like. so as it applies to my church all the prophets of my church have said the same about the w o w. 😛
You fail to address my question and begin to assume/change the topic of the discussion. What I asked was clear.

Where in the OT or in the NT have prophets forbade the drinking of alcohol? Jesus Himself drank alcohol on more than one occasion.
paul barlow:
i think you need to look in the old and new testements.
Could you please clarify your rebutals? It will make the discussion easier on us.
 
The only case that I can recall regarding the forbiddance of alchohol, in toto, is in the case of the Nazarines in the OT, but reveiw of those optional obligations reveals them to be temporary.
 
Paul,
While I may not be an expert on LDS doctrine I’m not entirely clueless about it either.

I left the LDS church for good at age 42 while serving as my wards gospel doctrine teacher. (which I had done for a few years)

I taught seminary and sunday school for years and have been an elders quorum president, a veil worker as well as many other callings.

I’ve read every volume of the JoD cover to cover as well as doctrines of salvation, the seer, history of the church, the teachings of the prophet joseph smith, modern day prophets speak and whole list of other such books.

My parents were not satanists they were mormons. I believe they worshipped false Gods and taught me to do the same.

I worship God. God the Father, God the son, god the Holy Spirit.One God. Always God. The ONLY GOD.

You might want to research BY and the early days in Utah. He was quite the despot and made many economic policies that were presented as “revelations”. (just like Joseph Smith had done before) These early LDS “prophets” were womanizing con men.

Please look at the book of hebrews and see that the church no longer needs to be led by a prophet, nor does it need Temples with secret handshakes and masonic symbols.

The Catholic church is true to what Jesus established. Where in the scriptures (even in the BoM with the “fulness of the gospel”) is being sealed in the temple taught? or the endowment?

My father had one wife. What I asked wasn’t why you keep the word of wisdom but rather why you only keep part of it? I’m not mocking beliefs when I mention the horrible things that these early LDS leaders did. They are all verifiable by LDS sources. (in spite of Boyd Packer exing the historians to hide it.)

Perhaps you’re interviews are more detailed but the list of TR questions used in America only asks “do you keep the word of wisdom?” (in regards to the WoW, other questions on other subjects are obviously asked)

My reasons for leaving are that after years of teaching in LDS churches I could no longer the numerous contradictions and began to research the origins and development of LDS doctrine. (searching for truth I thought) I found a dark seedy underbelly and was convinced that it could not be Gods church. I had studied Catholicism before (as well as many other churches) and came to the realization (after much study and prayer) that The RCC is Gods church. This was a lengthy multi stage process that has not always been easy but has definitely been worth it. My wife is now taking RCIA in preparation to join the RCC.

I really wish that you would see the difference I try to make between you and your church. I don’t know you, I have nothing against you. I only know that god loves you and you seem from your posts to be sincere and goodhearted.

I do know the LDS church though and have many problems with the false and dangerous things that it teaches.
 
I highly reccomend a reading of 1 Peter Ch. 2 and
1 timothy chapter 1.

I think they warn us of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and what they taught.
 
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majick275:
I highly reccomend a reading of 1 Peter Ch. 2 and
1 timothy chapter 1.

I think they warn us of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and what they taught.
oh good lets have a deep look at revealations then and work out who john was talking about. i know it was not my church.
 
Please do so then. I invite you to start a new thread on the book of revelations so that we can explore your viewpoint on this. I find that book to be fascinating and full of spiritual “meat”.
 
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majick275:
Paul,
While I may not be an expert on LDS doctrine I’m not entirely clueless about it either.

I left the LDS church for good at age 42 while serving as my wards gospel doctrine teacher. (which I had done for a few years)

I taught seminary and sunday school for years and have been an elders quorum president, a veil worker as well as many other callings.

I’ve read every volume of the JoD cover to cover as well as doctrines of salvation, the seer, history of the church, the teachings of the prophet joseph smith, modern day prophets speak and whole list of other such books.

My parents were not satanists they were mormons. I believe they worshipped false Gods and taught me to do the same.

I worship God. God the Father, God the son, god the Holy Spirit.One God. Always God. The ONLY GOD.

You might want to research BY and the early days in Utah. He was quite the despot and made many economic policies that were presented as “revelations”. (just like Joseph Smith had done before) These early LDS “prophets” were womanizing con men.

Please look at the book of hebrews and see that the church no longer needs to be led by a prophet, nor does it need Temples with secret handshakes and masonic symbols.

The Catholic church is true to what Jesus established. Where in the scriptures (even in the BoM with the “fulness of the gospel”) is being sealed in the temple taught? or the endowment?

My father had one wife. What I asked wasn’t why you keep the word of wisdom but rather why you only keep part of it? I’m not mocking beliefs when I mention the horrible things that these early LDS leaders did. They are all verifiable by LDS sources. (in spite of Boyd Packer exing the historians to hide it.)

Perhaps you’re interviews are more detailed but the list of TR questions used in America only asks “do you keep the word of wisdom?” (in regards to the WoW, other questions on other subjects are obviously asked)

My reasons for leaving are that after years of teaching in LDS churches I could no longer the numerous contradictions and began to research the origins and development of LDS doctrine. (searching for truth I thought) I found a dark seedy underbelly and was convinced that it could not be Gods church. I had studied Catholicism before (as well as many other churches) and came to the realization (after much study and prayer) that The RCC is Gods church. This was a lengthy multi stage process that has not always been easy but has definitely been worth it. My wife is now taking RCIA in preparation to join the RCC.

I really wish that you would see the difference I try to make between you and your church. I don’t know you, I have nothing against you. I only know that god loves you and you seem from your posts to be sincere and goodhearted.

I do know the LDS church though and have many problems with the false and dangerous things that it teaches.
then you are very much on the path to hell you cannot keep covenants you make, and like other apostates that lead people astay you face the future that is set for you by your actions. as you keep telling me repent but unlike your present church death bed repentance will not save you. you taught in my church and then your guilty of leading all us poor sinners into the path of hell. have you gone to them all and begged them for forgiveness for teaching the false teachings. oh you are in trouble.
 
paul barlow:
then you are very much on the path to hell
Not very charitable, Paul. When has Majick ever used invective like this in any of his posts?
 
originally posted by Paul Barlow
at last a catholic that recognizes that we need modern revalation. can i set up an appointment with ou elders so you can learn more. has the Saviour not spoken in the last 2000 years.
I don’t know how you came to the conclusion that I, in any way, said that anyone needs modern revelation. Hopefully, you were joking.
No, you may not set up any appointment. I’ve already had discussions with mormons at the door and have learned enough to know that The Holy Catholic Church is the One True Faith only.
Of course Christ has spoken these past 2K years; through the information he passed on to us through His appointed apostles and their successors, the Popes.
 
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