“As man is, God once was. As God is, man may become”
The Catholic Church has aired its dirty laundry? Please inform us when that took place? From the every report one hears in the USA and in Europe and Africa, there continues to be an onslaught of sexual abuse of both male and female children and adults. Has the CC ever once admitted to the widespread proliferation of mistresses and children out-of-wedlock, the progeny of parish priests. Mind you, this sexual abuse and fornication has lasted for for almost the entire time the CC has existed and it has never been an open book, the CC has never taken full responsibility because it has never admitted to every case.Caprica:
I have to agree with stormy99. There is much that is hidden and denied by the LDS church while the Catholic Church is open. It has aired its dirty laundry and has never denied its black moments in history. Its archival library is open to all serious scholars and theologians, regardless of religious affiliation. It receives and accepts more converts that are true than all other religions combined, and yet it has the strictest moral and religious code of all. Can the LDS church compare?
I also have one question that has never been answered. Joseph Smith had claimed that the Book of Mormon “is the most correct book ever written”. If this is so then why has it been necessary to revise it ( and not for typographical or grammatical errors alone ) so many times?
PAX DOMINI
Shalom Aleichem
The idea that Mormons are untainted by sexual sin, in and out of the organizational leadership, is ridiculous in the extreme. Certainly the leadership of the CC does not enjoy airing dirty laundry publicly…but the LDS leaders simply do not and will not do the same.
Your foundation is sexual allegations is a lie in the extreme. Never once has the LDS Church attempted to deny its practice of denied its belief in polygny. The history books are full of these marriages and sealings and always have been. The sealings and marriages of Joseph Smith are on the internet on LDS websites and well as countless others. There is no hiding, except the tinkling brass allegations of anti-Mormons and ignorant critics.
Stormy, you really don’t get it. You cannot forgive your own Church of gross sin unless you are willing to forgive the shortcomings of others. What is worse is that you are so ignorant of the LDS Church’s doctrine. Either know it and know you know or hold your tongue. How is the LDS Church tainted when the Catholic Church is not? God only forgives Catholics…oh please. The error of logic is stagging and not worth the time of conversation.
I assume you’ll issue a retraction now that I’ve shown you what the old D&C 101 clearly stated in view of what the church and Joseph Smith was actually doing.
This is silly. You do realize that many also believe that the Catholic Church is a cult? Many of those same websites that call the LDS Church a cult have a “ministry” for Catholicism on the same website. And that proves what exactly?
Latter-day Saints also seek to be united with God, to be in His presence forever. Eternal life for Latter-day Saints is to return to the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, becoming heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.
Jesus is not a man now? What do you mean? Do you mean that He does not retain His resurrected body? Catholicism teaches that Jesus was bodily resurrected and bodily ascended to Heaven, and He retains that body.
A religion? Do you know how many times the Catholic Church has been called a cult by other Churches? Google it, you might be amazed. So know that we have confirmed that you belong to a cult, what should we do? First, I recommend dropping the silly word games and get serious. Unless, of course you want to prove to me that you don’t belong to a cult first? Go ahead, you brought this ridiculous test up; you go first. You might also want to bring up a standard definition of a cult too. It could be fun to see you dance around sculpting a definition such that it does not condemn your position.
Uuh…the improper and illegal sexual activity I was referencing was not the result of plural marriage. I was and am talking about plain garden contemporary child molestation and other illegal sexual activity. Now…ongoing.
