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Right, I know, I know. I learned that the Mormons believe that it is possible for anybody to "become God" in the sense that Christ did. You think that Christ was (so far) the only human to attain divinity. Am I correct? There's quite a few things wrong with what you said. We don't believe...

There are no archaeological rests of the camps during the exodus itself. There is no archaeological evidence of large influx of outsiders settling in Palestine. There was no Jericoh by then, either, as it was abandoned or mostly uninhabitted by then (which is lucky, as God had commanded to kill &qu...

All of this traces back to "everyone sins." (which I realize some Mormons don't believe).

All Mormons believe that all those older than a very young child (and develop past the mental capacity of a very young child) have, and do, sin. Except one. And He's the Savior of the World.

I would need to double check on the source for that. It is worth noting that those are for extreme situations where neither a priest nor a bishop can be accessed. I'm also relatively certain that it could be extended to if priests and bishops were refusing to baptise, which I am skeptical of happen...

It was my understanding that the earliest writings from the Ante Nice Fathers stated the understanding that all baptisms should all be done under the direction of the local Bishops.

What is the earliest reference for 'intent baptism / any form (even spit) baptism'?

Morals?

From the Bible?

Jews don't believe that Jesus is the Christ, yet they believe in the work of what is understood by many Christians to be the premortal Christ: Yahweh. Does that mean they don't believe in the Yahweh of the Old Testment, or just that their understanding is different than that of Christians? It means...

Reading the scripture, and ignoring the biased and unsupported sites you provided, the Earth is described exactly the way it is. Nothing in the Bible says "crystalline." The Bible simply says that the water was separated into the air and sea. It describes the creation of atmosphere. Unsup...

Allah: 1. Not in the Bible. The Bible calls Him "Yhwh" or "yahweh" God appears also as El, Elohim in the Hebrew Scriptures. "Allah" in Arabic is the same (a cognate) as the Hebrew "El", who created the heavens and the earth in Genesis 1, and who was the God o...

You know, plenty of people agree with everything I have said. They're just all dead. Go back even earlier, and you'll find a lot more people who understood that symbols could be symbols without having to be stated as such, and that symbols usually had more than one meaning. It was a key reason for ...

God is soverign over all things. He has decreed what will happen, so it will. to deny this is to deny God's omnipotence No, to deny it is just denying a Calvinistic theological understanding of the nature of God. And that I certainly reject. One can have great power and refrain from using it for ri...

1 Corinthians 13:1-2 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains...

All eternity... like that? :? I think it's important to understand that this scene in Revelation is a vision -presented in standard apocalyptic/priestly temple symbolism- of a particular experience and event. There's a lot to learn from it, but the physical appearance of the location of the Throne ...

I still don't understand how you (any of you) think that any rebellion is in any way possible against a God who is soverign over all things. It is perfectly contradictory. (true to the principles of doublethink). IF God is omnipotent and soverign over all things, how can we do anything outside of H...

Frankly, those sites are crap. Are you familiar at all with the story of Islam's beginnings? As told by Muslims? Are you at all familiar with the idea that Muhammad knew his people were all idolators, and had corrupted the true nature and aspects of the One God? The story of him clearing the Kabbah ...

Well, uh... no offense to your baby (congratulations!!), but that verse simply means I will not be punished for my Dad's sin. But Great Great Great Great , etc Grandpa Adam's sin sticks? But because of the Fall, all mankind is naturally evil, and so the one sin that really matters is the carnal sin...

First, the same God is worshipped in Judaism, Christianity, and possibly Islam (correct me if I'm wrong) You are wrong. (no offense). No, you're wrong. (no offense). Christans and Jews worship the same Trinitarian God (Both believe in Father, Son, Holy Spirit). In contrast, The Islamic Faith worshi...

What Rei said, for one. Also, in my opinion, the concept of an organized priesthood. Luther seems to have not been able to separate the idea of abuse and expansion of rights of claimed priesthood from his perceived wickedness of the institution itself. I believe Luther had many things right in this ...

While this is probably true, Luther and his followers simly rid themselves of all the "Tradition" which contradicted the Bible, such as the Pope being able to commune with God, and the Bread and wine turning into the literal body and blood of Christ. Luther saw these mistakes, and got rid...

I believe in a statement by God in a work I hold as scripture. The Lord says, " This is my work and my gloryâ€”to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." (Pearl of Great Price, Moses 1:39) As Christ taught, the greatest of all is the servant of all, and works to our good. C...

The bible is not a scientific manual.

Agreed.

If evolution is true then there are NO deities of any kind.

Completely unmerited conclusion.

There's just a few problems with religion for me. First, the same God is worshipped in Judaism, Christianity, and possibly Islam (correct me if I'm wrong), all with differences. Why would the Christian Bible be perfect when there is the Hebrew Bible and the Qu'ran? All three are proclaimed to be th...

For those interested on the LDS view of communion/sacrament of the Lord's supper: We partake of it weekly. It is associated with a covenant we make before God. When we're baptized, we covenant a few things with the Lord as a way of 'officially' acknowledging our acceptance of Jesus Christ as our Lor...

And I hope to be corrected if this isn't accurate, but my understanding is that Catholics don't base this doctrine solely on the Biblical source alone, but also through a reliance on the transmission and interpretation of Sacred Tradition of the Apostolic Fathers of the Church. There are other Catho...

I don't believe God uses men like fax machines for transmission of his will and word. I believe the Lord inspires people with knowledge, and experiences, then allows them to use their own understanding and language to transmit what they have learned. Depending on who they are, and what their life ex...

There's so many good things to choose from. Here's a couple currently on my mind: In a farewell discourse given by a wonderful King, showing the example to follow: "Behold, I say unto you that because I said unto you that I had spent my days in your service, I do not desire to boast, for I have...

... um, all of you? The Bible says the Earth was created in 6 24-hour days. You say that this is just poetry and not true at all; that God meant something completely different than what he said. First: The Bible is a compilation, and doesn't say anything. The writer of Genesis as we have it, howeve...

By miracles, I mean events that transcend natural and physical law e.g. walking on water, restoring sight, etc.

So are we. In my experience, the most sacred miracles occur privately, and intimately as a consequence of Faith - not in order to create it.

JL: It's the 'official' version institutionally in English, inasmuch as the Church publishes an edition of the KJV that includes footnotes, cross-references to the other standard works of the Church, etc. Copyright is as much a reason for using that translation as anything else. In other languages/c...

Also, about the miracles thing: maybe you noticed? miracles don't really happen today (except for those bleeding heart liberal preachers who pretend to do miracles on TV)
That's really sad that you believe that. Miracles absolutely happen today.

Completely agreed.

Therefore, God would be lying to us if we try to think that God meant something other than what he says in Genesis. If the story of the Good Samaritan never historically happened, was Jesus' use of it a lie? absolutely not because He tells us it is a parable. Please cite where Jesus points out that...

Day 2: The separation of 'water from water' would seem to be the creation of an atmosphere, which we can agree, is very necessary. The sky is formed. (it should be noted that until after the flood, it would seem that clouds were not the original method of precipitation, but rather a mist rising fro...

The reason why I do not believe God did this little miracle is first of all because the Priest is the one doing this miracle, not God. While I myself am not a believer in Transubstantiation (but respect those who do), I don't understand your logic, CrazyTom. Do you believe that that the miracles at...

Therefore, God would be lying to us if we try to think that God meant something other than what he says in Genesis.

If the story of the Good Samaritan never historically happened, was Jesus' use of it a lie?

Taal: This is why I study Latin, why my father learned Greek: so we could know the scriptures in as pue a form as possible in this day and age. I'd suggest Hebrew then, if you're going to be studying the oldest scriptural texts we have. And I hope, then, you're studying the DSS versions., not just ...

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