That’s not up to me to choose; that’s up to Uncle John.In the catholic faith, Uncle John can go to hell and aunt Mary can go to heaven. Not good. In the mormon faith, uncle john goes to the terrestial (a degree of glory) and aunt mary goes to the celestial (the highest degree of glory). Which one would you choose for Uncle John?
Continuing public revelation (which purports to correct, supplement, or complete the Christian faith – which is what Mormon “revelations” claim to do)?And yet, mormonism is very Pauline in context and in conture.
You are misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God.I think Rebecca you should read what Christ said again. Mathew 22:30:
For in the resurrection hey neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
This can perhaps be true ‘in the resurrection’. But once they get to heaven, they will find their partner. In the resurrection they are like angels in heaven but they are not angels when they get to heaven. Christ did a pretty good play on words here.
Of course it can. The Christian faith needed to be written out in the face of attacks from heretics. There is not a single thing in the Creed that you can point to that you cant find preached by St. Paul.No I don’t. The Nicene creed cannot be used as a barometer for what is a Christian. There was no such creed among Paul and James.
Mormonism is the only form of true Christianity. What you believe in is an apostate, false, and dead religion, and the antithesis of true Christianity.Mormonism is not Christianity by any reasonable measure.
My religion conforms with the Christian Creed the very Symbol of Faith agreed upon by the entire Church.Mormonism is the only form of true Christianity. What you believe in is an apostate, false, and dead religion, and the antithesis of true Christianity.
zerinus
Zerinus,Mormonism is the only form of true Christianity. What you believe in is an apostate, false, and dead religion, and the antithesis of true Christianity.
zerinus
Your religion is apostate. It apostatized centuries ago when the Apostles died. The “Creeds” and the “Symbols of Faith” were formulated by an apostate religion with no authority from God. And they certainly were not “agreed upon by the entire church”.My religion conforms with the Christian Creed the very Symbol of Faith agreed upon by the entire Church.
It does not.My religion conforms with the Scriptures.
Your religion conforms to an apostate Christian Tradition which is false and not true Christianity at all.My religion conforms with the entirety of the Christian Tradition from it’s founding.
It is not. The line of authority was broken when the Apostles died. Your bishops have not a particle of Apostolic authority behind them whatsoever.My religion is Apostolic, each Bishop can directly trace his ordination and those who came before him to a specific Apostle.
Your religion went into apostasy, and corrupted the “original deposit of faith” from the day of Pentecost.My religion has guarded and protected the original deposit of faith from the day of Pentecost.
The LDS Church is a restoration of the original Church of Christ by revelation in the latter days, and is the only true Christian Church in the world today.Your religion is similar to several early heresies, . . .
Neither are you. Faith and works are important. By faith, I meant in the lord, Jesus Christ.Unfortunately, you are not the arbiter of who is Christian and who is not. If faith and works were the only criteria, even moslems would qualify as Christians. Also, you did not answer my question about your profile. Which is it, Catholic or mormon?
Quote by zerinus:Neither are you. Faith and works are important. By faith, I meant in the lord, Jesus Christ.
For the first 18 years of my life, I was catholic. From 18 to 50, I was a Mormon. Now I attend Mass and enjoy the people around me. I suppose that I am a little like Marie and Donny Osmond, a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.
Both faiths are faith promoting and good. I will speak no evil of both.
Of course people can use the term "Christian " very loosly. Simply by being borninto a Chrisitian family they will identify themselves as being Christian event though they may have never once been inside a Church.It seems that many people are not Christian according to some posters on this forum. Can god be so exclusive? I don’ think so.
I will correct that for you one more time, shall I? What you mean to say is that “Mormonism does not resemble the Apostate Christian Faith in it’s doctrines or practices”. That is probably a true statement.What we are saying here is that Moromism does not resemble the Christian Faith in it’s doctrines or practices.
And let me point out once more Catholics take on the exact OPPOSITE view of this. The Church NEVER fell away and we represent a 2000 year continuity, Jesus is not a failure and His Church didnt flop…take the “inverse” of this situation and you have the LDS: the Gospel has been lost for 1800 years, Jesus was essentially a failure in passing on the Gospel, His Church flopped.I will correct that for you one more time, shall I? What you mean to say is that “Mormonism does not resemble the Apostate Christian Faith in it’s doctrines or practices”. That is probably a true statement.
zerinus
zerinus has a real problem with comprehension. He does not understand that mormonism is a failed belief system, as are all belief systems that are false and man-made, particularly those centered around one man (Joseph Smith) Others that come to mind are The People’s Temple (Jim Jones) Branch Davidians (David Koresh). They too, had their own idea of true religion. The True Founder (Jesus Christ) taught a faith that has lasted for nearly two thousand years, guarded by the Church that He founded, The Holy Catholic Church. Mormonism is merely a sham perpetrated by a succession of ecclesiastical con-men. Sorry zerinus, you and your fellow mormons cannot turn the sow’s ear into a silk purse.I will correct that for you one more time, shall I? What you mean to say is that “Mormonism does not resemble the Apostate Christian Faith in it’s doctrines or practices”. That is probably a true statement.
zerinus
Thank you for your patience with me. However, Mormonism does not resemble the Christian religion as it has been understood throughout the world through all of it’s history. Mormonism isn’t even a Monotheistic religion, which is the bare minimum for entry into serious consideration as being Christian. Islam appears to have more common with Christianity then you do.I will correct that for you one more time, shall I? What you mean to say is that “Mormonism does not resemble the Apostate Christian Faith in it’s doctrines or practices”. That is probably a true statement.
zerinus
If the early Christian Church got corrupted after Pentecost, then why do you have all the books in your bible that happened after Pentecost? Actually, why do you have the same New Testament books as us because all the New Testament books were all written after Pentecost.Your religion went into apostasy, and corrupted the “original deposit of faith” from the day of Pentecost.
Our Mormon friend seems to have only absorbed the worst of Protestant myths and not benefited by any of their good points.If the early Christian Church got corrupted after Pentecost, then why do you have all the books in your bible that happened after Pentecost? Actually, why do you have the same New Testament books as us because all the New Testament books were all written after Pentecost.
And also by saying that the Church got corrupted, you’re calling Jesus a lier when he said “I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18 because you’re saying the “gates of hell prevailed” for 1800 years.
Never heard it put that way before, but that is essentially true.Our Mormon friend seems to have only absorbed the worst of Protestant myths and not benefited by any of their good points.
Mormonism has it worse than Protestantism. First, mormons believe that from the time of Christ onward, God abandoned His creations, us humans, entirely. There was no Truth to be found, anywhere. God kept the entire human race in darkness until Joseph Smith. This refutes everything that Jesus taught, in essence, names Him a liar.Never heard it put that way before, but that is essentially true.
A cornerstone of Protestantism (and its offshoots) is that the only thing that is certain is that the Catholic Church has got all it wrong, the true details of when the church supposedly went belly up are secondary details that are best left unanswered.