Originally Posted by
theway
What's interesting is how little you understand about the Bible, yet you plan on coming here to school us.
Paul's statement was nothing more than rhetorical hyperbole, and was never meant to be taken literally.
Such a statement is an impossibility, even your own Theologians will attest to that.
Therefore, it would be impossible for "Mormonism to get it's start" from such a scenario.
Keep up the good work, Mormonism looks better every day when compaired with people like you.
Yes, yes every time the Bible specifically condemns mormonism it isn't to be taken literally. Paul didn't mean that we shouldn't accept teachings other than those he had given to the Church. Because mormonism teaches a different Gospel (They have added to it, and even admit doing so).. Every one has heard them say "Oh but we have so much more than you do". It is taught by the LDS church that "In its fulness, the gospel includes all the doctrines, principles, laws, ordinances, and covenants necessary for us to be exalted in the celestial kingdom. The Savior has promised that if we endure to the end, faithfully living the gospel, He will hold us guiltless before the Father at the Final Judgment" (http://www.lds.org/topics/gospel?lang=eng) This is a major addition to the simple Gospel that was taught in the Bible
1 Cor 15:1-4
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures
Just where in that are the principles, laws, ordinances, and covenants. Where is the demand to endure to the end, faithfully living the gospel? The Gospel isn't something we do, it isn't something we conform to. The Gospel is all about Jesus and what He is doing for our salvation.. Because when we were lost in tresp*** and sin Jesus died for us.. That is very GOOD NEWS, that is the GOSPEL.. IHS jim