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    James Banta
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    Today we were visiting a man in the hospital. Two very nice LDS men came in and gave the patient the elements of the LDS sacrament.. That's where I start to have trouble.. It's not that these men weren't committed to their church it is the elements themselves.. Levin bread, a symbol of sin, being the subst i tute for the body of the Lord? Mere water being used as a subst i tute for His blood? Is this a problem for anyone else? IHS jim
    Last edited by James Banta; 07-29-2013 at 07:33 AM.

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    johnd
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    I presume the patient was a Mormon. Still not good, just wondering if they were doing it to a non-mormon?

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    Sir
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Banta View Post
    Today we were visiting a man in the hospital. Two very nice LDS men came in and gave the patient the elements of the LDS sacrament.. That's where I start to have trouble.. It's not that these men weren't committed to their church it is the elements themselves.. Levin bread, a symbol of sin, being the subs***ute for the body of the Lord? Mere water being used as a subs***ute for His blood? Is this a problem for anyone else? IHS jim
    Your hypercritical anti-Mormon nature is not really a problem for me. I just find it rather sad that even while visiting a man in the hospital you let your biggoted views of Mormons cloud your experience there with the man you saw.

    As for the sacrament, ironic that anti-LDS claim the Mormons are the legalistic religion, while they pontificate on the substance of the symbols used to represent the atonement of Christ.

    Symbols, by nature, mean to a person only what they want the symbol to mean. If the focus is on Jesus Christ and His atonement and the covenant that was made between the sinner and Christ, the material elements do not matter.

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    Joseph Smith jr was the bigot, Sir.

    Whether he actually had an ethereal experience or made it all up, he came out condemning the Church of Jesus Christ before taking that name for his religious contrivance. His actions before the experience with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost (or Moromi depending on which version you believe) were that of a dishonest hoodlum. And the events surrounding his death suggest that he was killed by Masons whose deep secrets he swore to keep secret he divulged and incorporated into your religion proving he was dishonest his whole life.

    And his legacy leading millions astray makes him on par with some of the worst people to have ever lived.

    Well meaning most Mormons may be, but theologically wrong as proven by the Bible. It is not bigotry to warn people who are sincerely convinced that the bridge ahead is intact when in fact it is out. That's love and comp***ion.
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    Sir
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnd View Post
    Joseph Smith jr was the bigot, Sir.

    Whether he actually had an ethereal experience or made it all up, he came out condemning the Church of Jesus Christ before taking that name for his religious contrivance. His actions before the experience with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost (or Moromi depending on which version you believe) were that of a hoodlum. And the events surrounding his death suggest that he was killed by Masons whose deep secrets he swore to keep secret he divulged and incorporated into your religion. And leading millions astray makes him on par with some of the worst people to have ever lived.
    Yeah, I've heard it all before. And the same storyline has been chanted for 180 years.

    Well meaning most Mormons may be, but theologically wrong as proven by the Bible. It is not bigotry to warn people who are sincerely convinced that the bridge ahead is intact when in fact it is out. That's love.
    That one too. Anything an anti-Mormon does or syas is okay because they feel the ends justify the means. All out of love. Pfft...

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    johnd
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    Well, are you willing to go toe to toe using the King James Bible to see where LDS is wrong or not?

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    Sir
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnd View Post
    Well, are you willing to go toe to toe using the King James Bible to see where LDS is wrong or not?
    No. Anti-LDS have been singing that line for 180 years as well.

    The problem isn't the Bible. It's your interpretation of the Bible. So such an exercise is simply futile.

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    johnd
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    2 Peter 1:20-21 (KJV)
    20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
    21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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    Sir
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnd View Post
    2 Peter 1:20-21 (KJV)
    20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
    21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
    Great!!

    So your saying every single Christian believes every single Bible p***age in the exact same way?

    If not, my point stands.

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    johnd
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir View Post
    Great!!

    So your saying every single Christian believes every single Bible p***age in the exact same way?

    If not, my point stands.
    No, your point fails on the say so of Joseph Smith jr.

    Keep reading.

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    johnd
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    1 Thessalonians 5:21 (KJV)
    21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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    johnd
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    1 John 4:1 (KJV)
    1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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    Acts 17:11 (KJV)
    11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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    johnd
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    2 Timothy 3:15-16 (KJV)
    15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
    16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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    johnd
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    John 16:13 (KJV)
    13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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    johnd
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    Smith was one man. He mislead millions. Based on his say so.

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    Sir
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnd View Post
    Smith was one man. He mislead millions. Based on his say so.
    I see you are simply going into your programmed responses of throwing out Bible verses in hopes of proving me wrong, even though I already stated it was futile and I wasn't interested.

    Anti-LDS that "listen" that well in a conversation make me question what they are hearing to come up with their theological convictions. Simply hearing what they want to hear and ignoring anything that they don't.

    Have fun!

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    johnd
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir View Post
    I see you are simply going into your programmed responses of throwing out Bible verses in hopes of proving me wrong, even though I already stated it was futile and I wasn't interested.

    Anti-LDS that "listen" that well in a conversation make me question what they are hearing to come up with their theological convictions. Simply hearing what they want to hear and ignoring anything that they don't.

    Have fun!
    No, I was answering your objection to our dialogue with scriptures.

    You seem comfortable in your "programmed" responses.

    One day you will realize they are only programmed responses. Nothing more.

    Perhaps then you will see that only the truth matters.

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    Sir
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnd View Post
    No, I was answering your objection to our dialogue with scriptures.

    You seem comfortable in your "programmed" responses.

    One day you will realize they are only programmed responses. Nothing more.

    Perhaps then you will see that only the truth matters.
    No, in fact you dodged my question.

    Care to try again?

    Do all Christians hold every single Biblical verse with the same interpretation? If not, why not?

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    James Banta
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir View Post
    No, in fact you dodged my question.

    Care to try again?

    Do all Christians hold every single Biblical verse with the same interpretation? If not, why not?
    I do!!! And I can..

    On the subject of who God is and what He has done for our salvation (The Gospel) there is no difference among Christians. All Christian believe that God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Self existent, eternal and all powerful. They all deny that there is any other God since God is the creator of ALL thing whether we can see them, or feel them. That He in the person of the Son, became flesh, lived a sinless life, died for all our sins, and rose the third day for our justification. He did it all and asked only that we trust Him that 1. He is who He said He is, and 2. That He did what He promised to do. That is all a person must do to gain the blessing of His salvation, That is indeed GOOD NEWS, the Gospel.. Any additions to that removes a person from faith and a place in the family of God.. IHS jim

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    Galatians 1:8-9 (KJV)
    8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
    9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

    If LDS held to the same Gospel preached by the Apostle Paul... why the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, Doctrines and Covenants?

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    johnd
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    I'm not here to fight a fight win a war or a debate. Just getting to the truth.

    John 17:17 (KJV)
    17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

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    Isaiah 43:10-11 (KJV)
    10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
    11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

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    johnd
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    Isaiah 44:24 (KJV)
    24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;


    Colossians 1:16 (KJV)
    16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:


    John 1:3 (KJV)
    3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

    LDS teaches that there are gods many. Jesus is the son of Elohim brother of Lucifer and that none of them created the heavens and the earth. They were already here if Elohim is as LDS teaches an exalted man.

    The KJV Bible proves LDS false.

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    nrajeffreturns
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnd View Post
    LDS teaches that there are gods many. .
    Why did God become Man, according to St. Athanasius and other early Christians?


    "God became man, so that man could become ______."

    Can you fill in the blank with the correct answer?

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