Ask a Mormon Anything...but please be polite :)

It might have looked as sarcasm to you but I figured you had real genuine experience.

I can't reason how it is to be a Catholic or a Jew nor a Muslim. I think your comments were beyond your level of understanding the Mormons and I am not sure about the Scientology bunch. I only know what makes it to print.

 

Sorry for not getting with you sooner. No we don't believe in Thetans. I don't know much about Scientology, so I don't know if they believe in Thetans either.


Okay, so I just did a little research. Apparently the concept of Thetan in Scientology is similar to other religions' concepts of the soul, or spirit. From what I understand anyway.

We do believe in the soul, or spirit, but not in the same sense as Scientologists.

 

He approved of the Sanhedrin tithing their garden products. The tithe was specific to the increase of the fields and herds, which the Jews were still under at the time. The current income tithe is unbiblical.

 

You could always start you own religion.
But I think they explained it to you.
Big vaginas taught little vaginas.
Big penises taught little penises.
And some taught a mix.

 

A mite was a coin in circulation at that period of time. Clearly a tithe on income, however, in this case the women chose to use her entire income and give it to God because she knew she would be blessed. Christ actually criticized the Pharisees for being too harsh on tithing garden herbs and rejecting the weightier matters of the law. See: Luke 11:42 and Matthew 23:23. Please show me a specific example of tithing not being biblical. Or do you rather mean it is not applicable after Christ's atonement and fulfillment of the Law?

 

You said to ask you anything. What if one of your members decides to visit another denomination, say the Baptist, or Pentecostals, and then decides they believe that is where God wants them. Why then do you reject that person or shun that person? Please don't tell me that you don't, I have three ex Mormons in one of my classes and they were very well established, one was married in the temple in Salt Lake.

 

Generally this belief comes from personal greed, Jesus said he didn't come to abolish the law but to fulfill it, he also stated not one letter of the law would pass away. The new covenant did not do away with the law. Remember the rich young man that asked Jesus what he needed to do to be saved. Money was his god.

 

Having been Catholic for many years, I have a bit of knowledge to base my "Opinion" upon. Your Opinion of this opinion does not revise my "Comments" in any way or change my somewhat irrelevant experience level. One does not require personal physical insight to make a comparison on general data sets.

 

Stubborn heh?

You want to tell me you understand my church as well as I or the OP?

Suppose you sit still and let me kick Catholics to the curb?

 

It has been a long time since I talked of this, but as a young lad, I learned that it is OK with the LDS church if we go to other churches. I have at no time in my 78 years heard at church how a person could be shunned. I am in the dark on this one.

If a person does some things, our church can remove them as members. Would we be expected to keep a Charles Manson or a Ted Bundy as a member?

 

Why are you making up silly assumptions to place in my mouth? I have not said I "understand" your church or tried to get in your way of debasing Catholicism....I have made a comparison based on similarities. Relax dude and Sit Back and Sit Still for a few minutes to breath and chill.

 

Again, you don't seem to be able to comprehend that threads have a topic and it ISN'T YOU....what can't you get about that....?

And, AS USUAL, you start whining about insults when there have been none, just disagreement with you which obviously you consider an insult...bizarre...


This is the post and there is NO insult:


""""Quote Originally Posted by FoxHastings View Post

Oh, gee, Robert, I don't think anyone on earth is smart enough to figure out why the world isn't based on your life...."""




Your little experiences do not rule the world....why would they?

Now are you ABLE to discuss the topic(which isn't YOU or ME)......did you remember what the topic is????

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But in a religion, unless you have a physical test of strength, there is NO reason to divide the sexes....the only reason religions do this is to treat women as "less than" men.


If it wasn't you wouldn't be so defensive about it

 

Why are duties divided by sex? I asked what a penis or vagina have to do with these "duties" and no one seems to know.....


ALL your bishops and apostles and leaders are men...why?

 

WHY are they called "leaders" if they don't "lead" ??? Isn't "leading" a position of power? Or are all Mormons "leaders" ? They would have to be to be equal....

 

I will say (and I've done some church-shopping) If they want to go from Mormon to Pentecostal (Roly-Poly) or Baptist (White Baptist hypocrites) let 'em roll.
White Baptist preachers are in it for the money.
That Pentecostal stuff,o man.Me and my friend bailed out the back door when they started rolling in the aisles.
It was definitely a Sunday neither one of us have forgotten.

 

You made no argument and provided no references.

 

Yes, I referenced the poster I quoted and I asked questions......which is not , and doesn't have to be, making an argument.

But thanks for admitting you have no answers....


In a religion how are duties determined by whether a person has a penis or a vagina??? Why?????

Why are women always "suited" for lesser duties?

 

Who said the duties were lesser?
It seems you are not familiar with the rules of debate.
This is how it works:
You make a statement and prove it with multiple credible references.
If you cannot do that.You lose.
Have you never written an essay?

 

The women was giving an offering, not a tithe. Luke 11:42 and Mathew 23:23 are talking about increase of the field tithes, not labor income.

http://www.providentplan.com/795/tithing-in-the-bible-eating-your-tithe-deuteronomy-12-14-and-26/

Christianity and it appears Mormanism have bastardized the mythical OT. Tithing is a false doctrine. Eternal torment is a false doctrine. Btw, where does Mormanism stand on ET?

I'm gathering that the Book of Mormon is a spinoff to the bible and contains the bibles myths and false doctrines.

 

It seems you not familiar with questions. They are sentences with that squiggly thingy at the end (?)

It seems you have to impose your "rules" before you can present anything resembling an on topic response .

Please do point out the PF forum Rule that says I have to adhere to your "rules" .


Can you address the topic?? (2 squiggly things denoting a question )

 

Your sarcasm shows you didn't learn anything. What most outsiders of any denomination don't understand is that people of faith be it Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, non-denomination, or any main stream denomination is that they are people attempting to better their lives, to draw closer to God, and live a principled life of integrity and morality. The number one reason most reject a faith in God is they don't want to be held accountable for the lives they live, what they don't understand is that they will be held accountable. You don't need to seek a religion, you first need to seek God, otherwise religion will have no meaning to you or anyone else.

 

This is complete nonsense. Your zombieish indoctrination has you believing that humans are or should be accountable after death. Reality says that you are playing religion based on mythical books.

 

Can you make an assertion and prove it with credible references?

Here let me show you how:

I say the sky is blue.
Here's why the sky is blue:
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/

Until you can do that,you are dismissed.

 

Would you consider yourself brainwashed into believing, and if so do you intend to brainwash your own children or will you give them the opportunity to believe in something else?
Don't be offended I personally consider ALL bible class, Sunday school etc. brainwashing, not just the Mormon faith.

 

There...I fixed it for you....please reread and understand.