Actually, is a lamb not a beast?
Think about it, after 150 years of doing the same thing, the Mormon church took this part out and everyone now keeps their clothes on.
You’re a friendly sort, aren’t you?
copticchurch.net/topics/thecopticchurch/sacraments/2_confirmation.html
Not very tolerant of deceptive dialog. We’re open. You can read all about it. Maybe you should have done this, that or the other thing and someone would answer your question. Deceptive Mormon **** that I have no tolerance for.
First, the Coptic Orthodox practice infant baptism, so in the main, we’re talking about babies here. Second, adult converts are fully clothed.
All catholics are anointed at confirmation. It is up to the priest where the anointing is placed. Mine was on my forehead. I was fully clothed, at all times. Some priests add other points, of senses. Did you forget your confirmation anointing or what? Was it alone in a room mostly naked, or in front of an entire community who celebrated with you?
Alls I needs is Jesus, and He via His Holy Spirit is alls mys every need.
Ok, you are claiming that the LDS ceremony is a word for word copy of a Masonic ceremony, which is a copy of a Catholic one.
It is not a claim, it is a fact. If you dared to read what your church is telling you not to read, you would see it is so.
We’re not alone in a room with one person naked but a poncho while someone mutters a masonic ritual and touches us all over our bodies.
Well, it does take all kinds to make the world go round, doesn’t it.
I already know what mormons think about infant baptism. I imagine anointing a CLOTHED child in front of a community of believers scares you to death.
Well, if you honestly believe that such a thing would scare me, you don’t know what we think about infant baptism.
This is an old bedbug by antimormons. You can find adequate information from FAIR. I list some sites for your reading pleasure:
It is not a claim, it is a fact. If you dared to read what your church is telling you not to read, you would see it is so.
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Come on Rebecca…you have been here long enough to know that Mormons have addressed this claim very adequately.
The reality is that in its original form the Mormon temple endowment copied many of the elements of the Masonic rite. As the years have gone by the Mormons have continually changed their temple ceremony and many of the Masonic elements have been removed or watered down. When I first went to the temple all kinds of enactments of punishments were included which were very Masonic. Those have been removed. The penalties as found in the temple endowment I received were much watered down from the original penalties which were much more graphic. The constant changing of the Mormon temple ceremony calls into question in my mind its claim to be revealed from heaven. In fact the temple ceremony changes in 1990 were pivotal in my questioning of the entire Mormon enterprise though my final straw was discovering the legion of problems associated with the Book of Mormon.
You know what I meant. I am referring to the reference of it, not the shape.
The entire issue people are debating now is that anyone can attend Mass (I am not talking participation in all Rites) but the same cannot be said for attending services in the Temple (not talking participation, just attendance). PERIOD.
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By “work,” I mean that we don’t believe that infant baptism does anything for the infant. We believe that infants are born innocent of any taint of sin. They don’t need baptism.
No, I don’t think so. The principle is the same thing whether we are talking about participating in the Eucharist and making confession to a priest, or going into a Temple and participating there.