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Western Religions: The Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) Part 3
Beliefs and Practices 1. God. Joseph Smith wrote, “We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost” (The Articles of Faith 1). The Father and the Son have a body of … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, mormon, Mormons, Premillennialism, World Religions
Tagged 1890, aaronic priesthood, adam is God, adam-God view, alcohol, alma 34:35, baptism for dead, beliegs and pratices, bickertonite, book handbook of denominations, book the kingdom of the cults, book the truth about mormonism, branches of mormonism, brigham young, buzzfeednews, celestrial, coffee and tea, community of Cgrist, doctrine of progression, enclyclopedia britannica, frank mead, free will, fundalmentalist, genealogy record, God, God has flesh and bones, heaven and hell, hedrickite, hildale utah, hot drink, independence missouri, journal of discourses, lindsey bever, lorenzo snow, man, marriage, mckay coppins, melchizedek priesthood, millenial eschatology, modern day miracles, monogahela pennsylvania, morals, mormon underwear, number of wives, polygamy, premortal existence, proxy baptism, religionfacts.com, reorganized church, rigdonite, salt lake city utah, salvation, samuel s. hill, telestrial, templet lot, terrestrial, the articles of faith, the book of mormon, the church of jesus christ latter day saints, the grand destiny of the faithful, three levels of heaven, tobacco, two priesthoods, walter martin, washingtonpost.com, water in Lord's supper, weldon long fied, weldon longfield, wilford woodruff
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Western Religions: The Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) Part 1
This is a sub-division of a series on the religions of the world. The sub-title, “Western Religions,” does not mean that these religions are confined to the West. It indicates that they originated in the West. The Church of Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, History, mormon, Mormons, World Religions
Tagged 1834, aiken party massacre, april 6 1830, bank fraud, baptist, book of mormon, book the mormon war, brandon g. kinney, brigham young, carthage illinois, commerce illinios, communal life, doctrine and covenents, europe, Executive order 44, fayett new york, golden plates, Governor Boggs, great britain, hill cumorah, history of book of mormon, history of mormonism, hyrum smith, james buchanan, jane law, joseph smith, june 25 1844, june 7 1844, kirkland ohio, kirkland safety society, manchester new york, methodist, missouri, mob kills joseph smith, mormonism, moroni, mountain meadow massacre, nauvoo expositor, nauvoo illinois, nauvoo legion, numbers, october 1838, october 27 1838, palmyra newyork, peter whitmer, polyandry, polygamy, presbyterians, printing press destroyed, quincy illinios, reformed egyptian, scandinavia, september 1845, september 21 1823, september 27 1827, sidney rigdon, spetember 11 1857, spring 1820, susquehanna pennsylvania, the church of jesus christ latter day saints, the great salt lake, the pearl of great price, utah, utah statehood, western religions, wilford woodruff, william law
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God: His Attributes (Part 1)
Some people who claim to believe in God, I am convinced, have in actuality constructed their own god. They construct a god for themselves, who does things as they thing things should be done. Steve Lloyd has written, “I would … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, God, Godhead, Word Study
Tagged Coping: A Biblical Approach, creating own god, faithful, God, God's attributes, Godhead, hag, holy, j.j. turner, jealous, just, justice, Phil Donahue, polygamy, qadesh, righteous, roy lanier sr., steven lloyd, timeless trinity, truthful
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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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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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Ever Changing Doctrines
When the previous Pope died, numerous news reports cited various polls which asked the people what the next Pope should change: Should he allow the priest to marry? Should he allow female priests? Should the church change its views on abortion … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Doctrine, Jehovah Witnesses, mormon, Mormons
Tagged baby dedication, born in sin, Catholics, change, doctrine, infant baptism, Jehovah Witnesses, methodist, Mormons, polygamy, pope, selecting pope
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