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The Romans weren't all that nice so the scourging and death by crucifixion were just part of the package. Nevertheless, it was the blood sacrifice regardless the means of the only sinless man who ever lived, which was efficacious for our salvation.

Not really, when I was a kid my parents had us restrain from eating products made specifically from blood for example blood sausage but beyond that no. Further, I cannot recall any specific LDS doctrine proscribing the consumption of blood and they have no prohibition at all concerning...

Because the penalty for sin is death and only someone who had never sinned could pay for the sins of others by proxy. Jesus the Son of God incarnate was the only person who ever lived a sinless life and was therefore the only person who ever lived who could give His own life as payment for...

I don't claim any particular denomination as I don't believe any of them are so doctrinally correct they stand head & shoulders above all others. There are a few denominations and even more cults who claim that mantle but those I avoid like the plague as inevitably they are wrong; sometimes...

From what I've read about them "Free Bible Students" have rejected just about everything originally taught by Charles Taze Russell. Further their statement of belief if it is taken at face value appears to be more or less orthodox though they do apparently believe in "soul sleep" which is a...

"Apples and oranges. Mormans (sic) still use the bible," Actually Latter Day Saints seldom use the Bible and when they do they typically cherry pick verses to use as "Proof Text" in support of an LDS teaching. I recently went with one of my brothers to every LDS meeting; SS, Sacrament...

"I keep hearing of Kolob in LDS. What is it?" Kolob is said to be the name of the planet God the Father physically resides on in the form of a man,i.e. flesh & bone sans blood.

The laws the LDS are referring to are all the laws and ordinances pertaining to the gospel (LDS Gospel specifically). In other words a person must obey all teachings received from the "prophets" and "apostles" of the LDS church without question. Here is a quote from the Ward Teachers Message...

The Book of Mormon doesn't stray all that far from orthodoxy. Where the church really goes off the rails in its doctrines are the teachings found in the Doctrine & Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price. Some of the truly outlandish teachings can be gleaned from the Journal of Discourses...

My whole family decided I was a heretic when I put my faith in Yeshua. I thought it was rather ironic as none of them are even remotely observant to begin with.

I'm going to repost more or less what I originally posted in the thread started by Steve. I definitely want all Jewish posters to be welcomed here with open arms. I would miss them terribly if they were no longer welcome. I also don't mind non-Messianic posters here provided they are at...

I definitely want all Jewish posters to be welcomed here with open arms. I would miss them terribly if they were no longer welcome. I also don't mind non-Messianic posters here provided they are at least minimally respectful of our heritage and beliefs. The only posters I cannot tolerate...

A faithful Mormon would not participate in Burning Man either as the festival is extremely hedonistic in addition to its paganism. I used to live near Gerlach NV and saw the participants arrive and leave every year. They were a very disturbing bunch of people to say the least.

I'm not sure what to think of this. I'm also not sure why any Jewish person would be drawn to Catholicism in the first place. I know I'm repelled by almost everything I know about it.

My particular "unorthodoxy" is Messianic Judaism Everyone here knows of course that Jesus was a Jew and lived as the only perfect Jew who ever walked the Earth. All of His disciples were also Jewish but what many people don't seem to fully realize was that most of the early church for the...

I don't drink alcoholic drinks at all but I don't out of personal preference not because I choose to misinterpret Scripture in order to claim that it is forbidden. The Bible clearly forbids drunkenness but it also clearly does not forbid the use of alcohol. You can make a very strong Scriptural...

I didn't really know anything about Christianity when I was growing up. Of course I had heard about Yeshua but other than a few stories I didn't know anything about Him. I had been taught from early childhood to keep my distance from Christians as much as it was possible to do when you're...

No, we are not "half Christians and half Jews". I suspect most of us are believers in Yeshua of Jewish parentage who prefer to keep our Hebrew form of worship. There are also a lot of gentiles who also prefer to worship in the same fashion as Yeshua and His disciples. Theologically I believe...

"Does not the pendulum swing both ways?" Of course it does which is one of the reasons people are willing to debate theology in the first place. "And maybe others should prayerfully and sincerely look into the message of the LDS church?" Many of us have and have found it lacking, otherwise we...

We aren't lying when we point out where LDS writings or practice deviate from Biblical orthodoxy and Phoebe Ann's copious copying and pasting of LDS writings does just that; point out where LDS teachings deviate from Biblical orthodoxy. If you see that as indirectly calling you liars, or your...