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kimg901 said:
I sure do. Satan is hard at work in Utah.
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I have said for YEARS that Satan is very clever. The bad folks are easy. Tempt them with drugs, alcohol, violence, etc.

But what about the good folks who will not fall for those things? How does he get them?

By making religions that seem so goodā€¦but that follow false prophets. That appear wonderful, but have strange and untrue doctrines.

it is sadā€¦and I pray for them every nightā€¦especially those in my family.
 
I wonder why these Millions so-readily believe this man, before God at that, all this as well as many other false religions Proves is that the devil is good at deceiving.
 
Transalosania said:
I wonder why these Millions so-readily believe this man, before God at that, all this as well as many other false religions Proves is that the devil is good at deceiving.
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The problem with being LDS and believing in continuing revelation is picking what revelator to follow since so many have had the same claims Joe had
 
TexanKnight said:
The problem with being LDS and believing in continuing revelation is picking what revelator to follow since so many have had the same claims Joe had
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Well this sums it up really, they should just follow God it would be a lot simpler for everyone.
 
Iā€™m starting to read the BoM atm, Iā€™m just all confused on what the true Church is atmā€¦
 
yogosans14 said:
Iā€™m starting to read the BoM atm, Iā€™m just all confused on what the true Church is atmā€¦
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Let me put it this way. Restorationist churches claim an apostacy has occured. For an apostacy to occur Jesus would have to have failed the first time He gave us His Church. So what does that make Jesus? A failure? A liar? A poor teacher? Since He left us His Church the numbers grew (1.2 billion people) so how does that show an apostacy? I would put the b.o.m down and never look at it again. Look at the other threads about mormonism and the facts we have shown about the lds church and you will be suprised by what their ā€œprophetsā€ claim. Christ gave us His Church, do you think He would let evil prevail against it as it says in Scripture?
 
kimg901 said:
Let me put it this way. Restorationist churches claim an apostacy has occured. For an apostacy to occur Jesus would have to have failed the first time He gave us His Church. So what does that make Jesus? A failure? A liar? A poor teacher? Since He left us His Church the numbers grew (1.2 billion people) so how does that show an apostacy? I would put the b.o.m down and never look at it again. Look at the other threads about mormonism and the facts we have shown about the lds church and you will be suprised by what their ā€œprophetsā€ claim. Christ gave us His Church, do you think He would let evil prevail against it as it says in Scripture?
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^^this^^ is very well said and highly True
 
Do Mormons have baptisms? (sorry if this question may have been answered already but the thread is so long.)
 
yogosans14 said:
Iā€™m starting to read the BoM atm, Iā€™m just all confused on what the true Church is atmā€¦
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That confusion is unnecessary, and usually caused by taling your eyes off Christ and letting the bright lights and ā€œstuffā€ on the side of the road distract you. Sorta like someone slowing down to look at someone elses accident.
Keep your eyes and focus on Jesus Christ, his words and actions. Jesus said, his own mouth mind you, his thoughts and intent, ā€¦ā€œupon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against itā€. If there is indecision then it is us that is the problem, Christ has not changed. The Church that he himself founded is now called the Catholic Church. And sometimes the gates f hell he spoke of is our own members that do not do right, sometimes it is the Clergy, sometimes it is these fly by night "Restoration Churches like the Mormons. I got tricked into the Mormons and found out later what a load of fertilizer they are. Take your Book of Mormon and toss it in the garbage and tell the Missionaries to take a hike. Be strong within yourself and watch Jesus, follow his admonitions and go to Mass regularly to stay on course. Participate in confession, the Sacraments and reading the Bible, not the BOM. For all the good youā€™ll get out of the BOM ya might as well be reading Aesopā€™s fables and giving it religious significance.
I came running back to the loving arms of the Catholic faith who accepted me back. Please, do not make the same mistake I did.

Don, in Las Vegas ā€¦yep, I said it. So what. Its the truth ainā€™t it. :)hahahaha
 
Zayn said:
Do Mormons have baptisms? (sorry if this question may have been answered already but the thread is so long.)
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All religions have some sort of initiation be it baptism, jumping across a broon, waving a bag of chicken guts in the air, shaking the pastors handā€¦ But they lack and will never have the Priesthood Authorization from Jesus Christ that we have.

Don in Las Vegas
 
Great! So, where do I buy the tickets to take the tour of these archeological sites?
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I personally find lots of archaeological evidence consistent with the culture and setting as described in the Book of Mormon, as do many well-educated, trained archeologists who are Mormon. Generally I find the ā€œno archaeological evidenceā€ arguments to be straw-men arguments, they refute claims that the text itself, when studied properly, does not claim - such as that all native inhabitants of the Americas are descended from Book of Mormon peoples or that the Nephites/Lamanites were the only people on the scene in Mesoamerica. I also think any good analysis of the ancient world would not rely exclusively on one arm of scientific inquiry.

There is a thick annotated bibliography of thousands of academic papers showing evidence or pre-Columbian voyaging/contact between the ancient Americans and the Old World (anthropology, archaeology, art history, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, folklore, geography, linguistics, history, and nautical history). maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/bookstore/?id=95

Of course it would be academic suicide to imply that such evidences support a divine explanation of the Book of Mormon, so making the arguments directly will always be left to the apologists.

Mormons would not be surprised in the least if additional records or scripture come to be found, whether related directly to the Book of Mormon peoples or other branches of Israel that God may have led away and commanded to keep a record. All the scriptures we subscribe to, Old & New Testament and Book of Mormon, suggest that other records exist, that there has been an editing and selection process associated with what we have now. The Book of Mormon narrative itself provides three different examples of groups of people led away from Jerusalem who were record keepers. Since Joseph Smithā€™s wild claim of additional scripture on metal plates that looked like gold the world has discovered the Nag Hammadi library, the Dead Sea Scrolls (including the famous Copper scroll), and even ancient records on metal plates buried in stone boxes. So as a believing Mormon I find myself drawn to such discoveries and reports in National Geographic but as an academic I have to temper my enthusiasm and dig in beyond the headlines.
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yogosans14 said:
Iā€™m starting to read the BoM atm, Iā€™m just all confused on what the true Church is atmā€¦
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Iā€™ve read it, and studied it as a Mormon. There is a lot of proof texting going on, and not much rigor.

While I wouldnā€™t say it is a complete waste of time, Iā€™d say time could be better spent studying the Bible and seeking Jesus Christ. You donā€™t need 19th century novelties, that are at heart evidence of manā€™s lack of trust in God.
 
yogosans14 said:
Iā€™m starting to read the BoM atm, Iā€™m just all confused on what the true Church is atmā€¦
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Hello yogosans,
Code: 
 Setting aside the question concerning the actual historicity of the BOM, the book actually has some value because it is about the world of religion.  Since your are on a "looking for the true church" crusade the book might possibly be of some value to you.
How is priestcraft defined?
What is the Gospel?
In the story about king Noah burning Abinadi what steps should be allowed for an individual in power to squash disent?
When someone says they want to build up Zion what type of govenrment is he referring to?
 
MaryElizabeth22 said:
Great! So, where do I buy the tickets to take the tour of these archeological sites?
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Nope, sorry, there have been found no ancient Baptism for the Dead fonts, nothing. None of your so called restored things can be found in the original churchā€¦how do you restore something that never originally existed and you made up? The genetics of science show that the population moved from the North to the South in direct disagreement with the opinion of the Book of Mormon folks view. There is not a single bit of evidence that ANY genetic code exists between the Middle East and the Central Americas, except for the occasional marriage between a person from the Middle east to a Central American. That is it, and only in those instances.
Reality does not prove anything in the BOM, in fact, it is quite the opposite. I was a Mormon for decades and can tell that you are as well, and trying to gently slip in your ****. STOP IT ALREADY.
There is no evidence proving the Book of Mormon on any levelā€¦period. If so share very specific proofs with time, date, place and other information.

Don
 
strevel,

i thnk mary elizabeth22ā€™s comment was gentle sarcasm, not an affirmation of the post she cited below it.
 
MaryElizabeth22 said:
Great! So, where do I buy the tickets to take the tour of these archeological sites?
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exactly. No non-LDS scientist of any of the sciences has ever validated anything to do with the B of M. Folks who claim to have evidence only have supposition not supported by anyone.
 
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