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CarolNoel
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Maybe that is what he needs. A good dose of Texan Knight…That was kind of you. Whatever you do don’t give him TexanKnight’s number!
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debbie_h
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debbie_h
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Don’t be ashamed! I just cringe! Lol
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mjf001
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I lost my faith when I began discovering the inconsistencies
in LDS teaching. Of course, this was before the internet.
I’m so glad God led me to his church.
in LDS teaching. Of course, this was before the internet.
I’m so glad God led me to his church.
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debbie_h
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When I was having doubt about the LDS church I never thought to search the web, it was only when I started RCIA that I really opened my eyes to the vast amount of information out on the web, in doing so, my doubts were pretty much confirmed.
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TexanKnight
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I did not have the internet. I simply read old LDS Doctrinal books. Their past leaders have done more to ruin the lds church than anything anyone else could do. Lies are hard to maintain.
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KathleenGee
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They do even more damage when they deny they ever taught such things, and then the sleuths and former Mormons pull out these materials here on CAF.
That was an eye opener for me. The other, in the collapse of Mormonism, is how they then started claiming early Church Fathers and CCC460 were affirming Joseph Smith, and taking our beliefs out of context and making them into something else. An article came out in May, 2008, stating that the early church fathers proved Smith right.
That is a very different mindset indeed. It is like you cannot pour fresh wine into an old flask without it disintegrating.
I was also taken by a poster’s comment here how Mormonism puts Christ and His saving power over to the side, but that the direction is in another direction. Christ still can enter and plant seed here, just as He did in ancient Rome through sending the apostles there. I recall the recent post how someone at a Mormon service said out loud that affirmed faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and how the declaration of faith affected those attending.
Joseph Smith and his followers refer to Christ but they are not following Him, but using Him.
That was an eye opener for me. The other, in the collapse of Mormonism, is how they then started claiming early Church Fathers and CCC460 were affirming Joseph Smith, and taking our beliefs out of context and making them into something else. An article came out in May, 2008, stating that the early church fathers proved Smith right.
That is a very different mindset indeed. It is like you cannot pour fresh wine into an old flask without it disintegrating.
I was also taken by a poster’s comment here how Mormonism puts Christ and His saving power over to the side, but that the direction is in another direction. Christ still can enter and plant seed here, just as He did in ancient Rome through sending the apostles there. I recall the recent post how someone at a Mormon service said out loud that affirmed faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and how the declaration of faith affected those attending.
Joseph Smith and his followers refer to Christ but they are not following Him, but using Him.
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Slaney
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Yes, this came to me when I read your quote, the wedding feast at Cana, they never went to Jesus saying " they have no more wine " they went to Mary…
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kimg901
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They (lds) also believe that it was Jesus getting married at Cana
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SteveVH
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Are you certain this is actually the case? I have never read or heard this.They (lds) also believe that it was Jesus getting married at Cana
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campeador
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Mormon view (wiki link):
Contrary to current mainstream Mormon belief, Mormon leader Orson Hyde taught that the marriage at Cana was Jesus’ own wedding, that Jesus was a polygamist and that the sisters Mary Magdalene and Martha as well as another Mary were his wives.
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Delta2
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it is amazing how harmful can be a false religion such as Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and so on…
the way they can be ostracized by family, friends, etc., the way they follow human rules…
I’m truly Happy to be a Roman Catholic
the way they can be ostracized by family, friends, etc., the way they follow human rules…
I’m truly Happy to be a Roman Catholic
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iepuras
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I have heard this many times in Gospel Doctrine. I don’t know that it is official teaching or not, but the general assumption and understanding of many LDS is that the wedding of Cana was Jesus’ wedding. The thinking is that Mary wouldn’t have been worried about the wine unless she was the mother of either the bride or the groom.
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RebeccaJ
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Jesus was invited to the wedding (John 2:2). Do Mormons think being invited to your own wedding is the usual thing?
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NeuroTypical
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I do not believe this, and can’t really find any reason to believe it. I don’t know any Mormons who believe this. In my ~37 active LDS years spanning ~8 wards in two states, I have never been taught this. In my callings as sunday school teacher or Gospel principles teacher, I have never taught it, or ever seen any source that asked me to teach it.They (lds) also believe that it was Jesus getting married at Cana
I have, over the decades, occasionally run into a small handful of mormons who speculate about it or believe it. Maybe a dozen or so. I heard one lady point to the fact, that scripture doesn’t explicitly say Jesus did not get married, and to her, that was “strong evidence” in her mind that it was Jesus’ wedding.
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PaulDupre1
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Brigham Young taught it, too. I heard this many times when I was LDS. They teach that Jesus was a polygamist and had children and that the wedding feast at Cana was one of Jesus’ several weddings.
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PaulDupre1
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Ah, the well-worn “I never heard that” dodge. Come on, NT, if BY taught it and all of us ex-Mos were taught it, do you really expect us to believe that you never heard this at church?
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Marie5890
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Ratzinger’s comments on scripture came to you ?
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Marie5890
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Some LDS speculate/speculated that, but it’s not really believed.They (lds) also believe that it was Jesus getting married at Cana
When I was LDS I heard of that speculation, but I never really heard it given any credence, nor was it taught during the New Testament cycle of SS…
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iepuras
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I would bet that younger LDS are more likely to have not heard it.
I first heard this teaching when I was a student at BYU both in Gospel Doctrine and in a New Testament Religion class. I was at BYU in the mid to late 90’s so it wasn’t that long ago. I have heard it come up almost every Gospel Doctrine lesson on the wedding of Cana I have attended in all my 17+ years attending Gospel Doctrine classes in numerous wards and stakes in two states (Provo/BYU, D/FW, Houston). Many times it was not the teacher who brought it up, but rather the know-it-all member of the ward who always brings up “crazy stuff” in Gospel Doctrine (there is always one). The general consensus of the class was always that even though we may not know for sure, Jesus was the groom at the wedding of Cana.
When I was a naive BYU student, I could not believe all the “false doctrine” that I heard in Gospel Doctrine classes that did not go along with all the correlated teachings I heard in Primary, Young Women and early morning seminary. I only heard one doozy in seminary, which I won’t get into on this thread as it has been discussed at length on another. Funny thing is that I learned that all this “false doctrine” I heard at BYU was actually true doctrine taught by LDS prophets and apostles that Correlation tried to sweep under the rug.
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