The LDS Church is the only true and living Church of God on earth today. There is no other.(Click,whirrrr) The LDS Church is the only true and living Church of God on earth today. There is no other. (Click,whirrrr) The LDS Church is the only true and living Church of God on earth today. There is no other.(Click,whirrrr)
What do you mean it’s not the official position? It is in your own scriptures!
I am a professor of the Nicene Creed. What part of that creed is abominable (filthy, shameful, disgusting)? How does my profession of that creed make me “corrupt” (debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil)? If it is in your LDS scriptures, it is the official position of the LDS Church.
Paul,
Zerinus, it is not true that a mormon has a choice to follow or not follow what a mormon prophet says. Your lesson manuals clearly state that a prophet is to be submitted to, without exception. There is no option presented to pick or choose what will or will not be followed, based on Holy Ghost burning bosoms or anything else.
Quite likelyI am beginning to wonder if one of the posterZ on this site is computer generated…
As I said, he/she/it has definitely improved my prayer life.
**PaulDupre;2653047 [/quote said:]What do you mean it’s not the official position? It is in your own scriptures!
I am a professor of the Nicene Creed. What part of that creed is abominable (filthy, shameful, disgusting)? How does my profession of that creed make me “corrupt” (debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil)? If it is in your LDS scriptures, it is the official position of the LDS Church.
That’s what you have repeatedly affirmed.
Paul
When welcoming new contributors to CAF often inform of the diversity of folk, information and knowledge available on CAF. I think that maybe Paul Dupre bears testimony to the specialism and expertise to be found here…and one of the hazards if you come here to pick a fight
You have not understood. Blind obedience is not something that is expected of Latter-day Saints.
You have not understood the meaning of those words, and I do not believe you want to.
zerinus,
You are making a big mistake if you think that all Catholics are as stupid as you are!
It looks to me that the rest of the people are having the same problem understanding your logic as I am. Your official mormon “scriptures” call us “an abomination” and yet you say that they don’t.
Or, apparently to actually believe it!
Well, I’ll take a stab at it. When I was LDS, I assumed the “professors” were the ministers and leaders of the various denominations, not the people within the denominations themselves. So Paul Dupre would not have been one of those who was considered a “professor.” It wouldn’t make any sense to refer to the general membership of the denominations as corrupt – only those were were leading them. At least that is how I interpreted it as a Latter-day Saint, and I think that was the general interpretation. Professors meant those who were teaching (ministers), not the students who were listening (members of the denomination).
A “professor” is “one who professes” - I think you are confusing it with the word that we use for an instructor of University courses or college courses - that’s not what’s meant by the “professor” of a Creed, though.
I think you are looking at it as a Catholic would. Joseph Smith and his comrades had problems with ministers, not with members of congregations. The focus was on those who were leading the revivals. When Joseph Smith was talking about professors he meant it as an American would – a teacher. I think most Mormons see it that way. Joseph would not have been referring to the general membership of the churches as corrupt. We have to look at the word as Joseph meant it, not how we would see it. I do have to tell you it really seems to me a stretch to believe that most Catholics would even see it as other than referring to the ministers of the congregations. Perhaps it is hard for you to understand the contempt the early LDS had for professional clergy – this is one of the themes that runs throughout the Book of Mormon. Priestcraft was consideered an abomination by these people.
Zerinus, you are so horribly misguided that the only compassionate thing left to do for you is to pray that God shows you the True path and gives you the wisdom and the opportunity to follow that path. Good luck to you, Zerinus. You are in my prayers. May our Blessed Mother guide you home.
You can register at mormonapologetics.com. I used to read the stuff posted there but no longer do. There is discussion about many topics and once in a while topics regarding Catholicism appear. If I remember correctly there were a couple of Catholics who responded.I do however wonder if we would receive the same if we tried to register on a LDS site. I suspect they would not even accept our registration.
Worth a bit of research
The speaker in the passage is supposed to be Jesus himself. Jesus is not an American. I assume that Jesus knows what a “professor” of a given creed is. Whether current LDS understand what the word really means is immaterial. If the Mormon god says that all the creeds are an abomination and all the professors of those creeds are corrupt, I think he knows what he is saying.
God bless,
This is very insightful, and good advice.Zerinus, you are so horribly misguided that the only compassionate thing left to do for you is to pray that God shows you the True path and gives you the wisdom and the opportunity to follow that path. Good luck to you, Zerinus. You are in my prayers. May our Blessed Mother guide you home.
FINALLY! Zerinus quotes a credible source: John Stossel.
