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The RCC justifies its doctrine of Purgatory by reference to a constellation of passages (one of which does not show up in the reduced canon IIRC) and their implications. Debates over annihilationism and ECT and so on rage based on prooftexted translations. So what if the solution to those...

So, the Catholic afterlife has an extra dimension compared to Protestant/similar denominations, namely Purgatory. Based on my reading of Dante's Purgatorio, I came up with an idea for how Mary might be described as a "Co-Redemptrix" in such a way as does not imply equality with Christ or even a...

In one of his books (either The Defense of the Faith or A Christian Theory of Knowledge, I don't remember which one right now) Cornelius Van Til says something about using "atomic" weapons on "the natural man," or the "fortress of the natural man," or some such thing. He was being metaphorical...

You can't be deliberately misquoting me, so I will give you the benefit of the doubt and explain myself once more. (I also know from experience that ex-members of some faith groups get sort of oil-colored glasses over their eyes when it comes to anyone trying to say anything nice or neutral...

Regardless of the issue of Bible copyist errors or BoM translation errors or whatever, it is still dubious for Joseph Smith to have claimed that the BoM is the most true book in the world, will lead one to God better than all other books, etc. First off, why would the D&C or the Pearl of Great...

I stand corrected, http://emp.byui.edu/satterfieldb/quotes/Telestial.htm says the quote I offered is "apocryphal." Nevertheless, telestial glory (supposedly) surpasses our understanding, so again, not a heck of a lot to worry about (and recall, that's not what Christians will get (according to...

Confucius wasn't real? Or would we say that Confucianism isn't a religion? Or what? [I think I might message the moderators to have this thread moved.]

All I'm saying is that even if Mormonism were true, we Christians wouldn't have much to worry about.

Not every religion involves prophecies, though. (Of course the word "religion" is perhaps not helping us understand the question.)

That being said, Mormons don't think we're going to be tortured in hellfire forever, even if we're Catholics or Protestants or what. Most of us, according to them, will probably end up spending eternity in a realm where we will be visited by Jesus Christ, so I wouldn't worry too much about their...

Depends on what you mean by "evidence," and what the actual beliefs (not stereotypes) of other religions are, etc. Now before this goes anywhere, though, why is this not in the "Debate Other Religions" subforum?

My bad, I was going by the demographics, so to speak. "Non-Trinitarian" usually overlaps "Unitarian," and in previous years when I posted on this site, it was mostly in that context.

The LDS position is that the principles of mercy and justice are just as primordial as matter and spiritual intelligence (or something worded like that). If having multiple wives leads to innocent women becoming heartbroken (as the objection to the practice goes, in the Book of Mormon) and is an...

God is not powerful enough to turn the hearts of evil men? But now anyway, ever hear of Le Chambon, or the Rosenstrasse protests, or Denmark's resistance at the time?

IDK, does that mean that it is hypothetically possible for God to sanction gay relationships or pedophilia or inappropriate behavior with animals or whatever? I don't mean that flippantly, but a whoredom is a whoredom and an abomination is an abomination, so...

There are many passages in the New Testament that, depending on the translation, clearly state that Christ is God. For example, there is the one that goes "Christ, Who is God over all," which however has been translated in such a way (addition of a period or a different order to the wording)...

The New Jerusalem will be equal to 1,900,000 square miles. Current Jerusalem is about 48 square miles. If we apply the same ratio of increase to the Earth, the Earth will be 7795541666666.667 square miles in surface area. The universe might expand by the same factor (~39,583.33), so if there...

So God randomly thinks some whoredoms are abominable and so on, but others aren't? Look, I'm not arguing that the LDS teaching on this subject is consistent. As far as I can tell, it's not consistent, and the Book of Mormon was effectively redacted (contrary to the claim that it is the truest...

Certainly. Jacob 2 and specifically 24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord. 25 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise...

There might not be an overt religious element, but one's attitude towards God is interwoven with one's attitude towards everything else in the end. A culture/society/w/e that feels negatively about people based on absurd visual cues is one that doesn't feel compassion, kindness, respect, etc...