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Category Archives: Mormons
Catholicism: Interpreting the Bible
Catholics do not believe that the Bible can be properly understood apart from the Magisterium, that is, the guidance of the Pope and the Bishops of the Catholic Church. Catechism of the Catholic Church (second edition) states, “The task of … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Jehovah Witnesses, mormon, Mormons, Textual study
Tagged 2 Peter 1:20-21, attitude, Bible or jehocah witness scriripture studies, Bible or scripture studies, cathoilc interpretation of scripture, charles taze russel, interpreting scripture, jehovah witnesses interpretation, josh mcdowell, kerry duke, magisterium, mormon conference report 1951, mormons and authority, nobel bereans, religious division, twisting scripture, watch tower 1910, watch tower 1967, will to do His will, wresting scripture
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What Do I Say?
You’re at home. You hear a rap upon the door. You look out and two young men in white shirts are standing there. You open the door, and find that they are from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter … Continue reading
Posted in mormon, Mormons
Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:29, almah 34, baptism for dead, book of mormon preface, Deuteronomy 18, doctrine and covenents 87, ether 15, joseph fielding smith, joseph smith, latter day saints, Mormons, the fullness of the everlasting gospel, why do we need book of mormon
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In The News: What Will Future Homes Look Like?
Some months ago, (this article was first written in February 2006) there was a big push for America to recognize homosexual marriage. The mayor of San Francisco was licensing and performing such marriages, defying the state. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Homosexuality, Islam, Marriage, mormon, Mormons, World Religions
Tagged adam and eve, group marriage, Homosexuality, Islam, koen brand, marcinella belgium, massachusetts, Mormons, muslim, pandora's box, polyandry, polygamy, rosendale netherlands, same sex marriage, san francisco mayor, serge and christine and katrina and judith regnier, stanley kurtz, the weekly standard, unitarian church, victor and bianca and mirjam de bruijn
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The Unpardonable Sin
I was studying with an eighty-seven year old woman. She was a Methodist, who had never been baptized in the right way, or for the right reason. She wanted to be, and later would be, but at this point she … Continue reading
Posted in Evidence, Forgiveness, Holy Spirit, mormon, Mormons, Plan of salvation, Sin, Textual study, Uncategorized
Tagged 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Timothy 1, adultery, back slidding, beelzebub, blasphemy, blasphemy against the holy spirit, Corinthians, doctrine and covenents, elizabeth reed, fornication, Homosexuality, Mark 3, Matthew 12, methodist, Mormons, murder, paul, rejecting evidence, sin against the holy spirit, song o why not tonight, the unpardonable sin
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Ethics: Race and Prejudice (Part 3)
Unjust prejudice exits all over this earth. Some times it takes the form of ethnocentrism, which is prejudice based on cultural differences. “Even people who look very similar can have improper attitudes toward each other… The Irish and the English… … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Marriage, mormon, Mormons, Race
Tagged blacks, cain's mark, canaan's curse, darwinism, english, ethics, hitler, huxley, interracial marriage, irish, japanese, jews, jews killed jesus, korean, marriage, mein kampf. book of mormon, Mormons, mormons and blacks, Race, thomas sowell, whites and blacks testing
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Aren’t You Special?
Have you ever noticed how some political, and even religious leaders have two sets of rules? One set of rules they have for the masses and another set for themselves. Politics James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers that Congress … Continue reading
Posted in History, Islam, mormon, Mormons, Preachers, Preaching, World Religions
Tagged book of mormon, civil rigths act, doctrine and covenents, double standard, federalist papers, james madison, joseph smith, koran, muhammad, polygamy, quran
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