Have you noticed the only response you get from a discussion on this subject is on the order of a ‘Statler and Waldorf’ nature? They cannot refute the historical fact that the Catholic Church decided which of all the writings of mankind are of God, and shall be considered scripture. And the Table of Contents of the New Testament is Sacred Tradition; Sacred Catholic Tradition.
Agreed. I’d still like to know the Mormon perspective as to what Scripture is, and how we know what is and isn’t Scripture.
Thurifer Acolyte,
I think that objectively, this “redefinition” occurs in every single church and religion.
I should rephrase what I meant. I was just trying to convey to the original poster that sometimes debate isn’t the answer and in this instance may lead to a certain amount of contention, which I feel in my opinion, diminishes useful communication. I wouldn’t say ALL DEBATE is fruitless and that is certainly not what I meant, if it came accross that way then I apologize for my poor communication skills.
No problem! And yes, I agree that sometimes debate isn’t the answer and can lead to contention. However it seems that the OP said it was a “friendly debate”. I had many of those with my Protestant friends. We’re still friends.
Hi Kdesiel. Welcome to the forums and the True Church founded by Christ Himself.
You’re right it happens all the time, like the time someone redefined the word “lo” to mean “therefore if”.
Hello, Zaffiroborant,You’re right it happens all the time, like the time someone redefined the word “lo” to mean “therefore if”.
Again you are assigning meaning that is not included in the definition in the dictionary. It is you interpreting the word lo. By the way I can’t find a dictionary that defines the word apostasy as “loss of priesthood”. You want to say these words mean certain things fine, all kinds of groups use words in a way that others don’t understand, I think jargon is the word to describe this. But don’t go all snarky on others for doing it when you do the exact same thing.
If you follow these mormon threads for the past two years, usually your old faith takes a bashing and a mocking from the more stalwart catholics who seem to be glued to Mormon threads. I see no debate. Usually the same people bounce information here and there and keep to their old attitudes anyway. No discussion or debate.
Which is actually not so bad at all. It is quite amazing that a farm boy could write the book of mormon, book of abraham, book of moses and add to some verses in the bible. I find it absolutely amazing if he did do it. And we need to remember that he was murdered at the tender age of 38. Quite an accomplishment to write all that and lead a church that was persecuted and chased around a few states.
We are all friends here too. But the tone of some of these debates about mormonism leave much to be desired. However, it is only a small minority of catholics who post in a disrespectful way about the mormon faith.No problem! And yes, I agree that sometimes debate isn’t the answer and can lead to contention. However it seems that the OP said it was a “friendly debate”. I had many of those with my Protestant friends. We’re still friends.
ah, so you think that those that don’t buy Joseph Smith and his scriptures think that he just thought it all up…feel free to start another thread to discuss that.Which is actually not so bad at all. It is quite amazing that a farm boy could write the book of mormon, book of abraham, book of moses and add to some verses in the bible. I find it absolutely amazing if he did do it. And we need to remember that he was murdered at the tender age of 38. Quite an accomplishment to write all that and lead a church that was persecuted and chased around a few states.
But could he have done it without inspiration?
I wonder if a prophet will ever complete it if it isn’t already complete.
Zaffiroborant,
Using Dianaiad statement on scripture, I would think Mormon’s don’t have scripture
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