Mormons and Idiosyncrasy

jws »

Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:52 pm Agree: 4   Disagree: 1

"Mormons and Idiosyncrasy" is a great article, but the some of the comments added below contain the very hate-speech and untruths that the article decries.

Mormons and Idiosyncrasy

jws »

Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:11 pm Agree: 5   Disagree: 1

My, my…. The venomous language here reminds me of what we read in The Acts of the Apostles:

The fundamentalist Jews of that time felt that their religion was being threatened by the new gospel of Jesus Christ. “…they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming” (Acts 13:45). They used false witnesses to condemn Stephen, because of their worry that this new religion would “…change the customs which Moses delivered us” (Acts 6:10-14). They thought the gospel “…turned the world upside down…” (Acts 17:5-8). Their strategy was to spread lies: "…the unbelieving [fundamentalists] stirred up the [people], and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.” (Acts 14:2).

It appears to be no different today with the advent of restored Christianity. Corrupt traditions, which evolved into today’s churches, are just as threatened by the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ as were some fundamental Jewish traditions during the original apostolic declaration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

It’s too bad that Gamaliel’s advice was not heeded then or now. “…let them alone… for [if it] be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.” (Acts 5: 34-39).

Mormons and Idiosyncrasy

jws »

Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:47 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

quizitor said, "Among Christians there are reasonable differences about some details of Creation, but one of them is not whether man is made in the image of God or in the image of "the Gods."

Hmmm.....Doesn't Genesis 1:26 suggest reasonable support for the latter when it says, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."? (notice the plural pronouns)