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    The Living Christ

    If the Bible has been changed, then what is your basis of comparison in order to ascertain such an analysis. Certainly you have an infallible source with which to compare the Bible in order to know that it has been altered through the ages. What is that external authority? I am interested in...
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    The Living Christ

    [/color] But the suggestion was made when asking me how I knew they were not used for that purpose. The Bible gives us no reason to believe that they had such a purpose. What do you believe Smith used? What was he looking through? What exactly is the authoritative claim made by mormon...
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    The Living Christ

    [/color] I can agree with this to the degree that there is considerable mystery surrounding them that simply cannot be known because of the amount of vague information available. The polarization that has taken place among the scholars concerning those two objects renders this particular...
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    The Living Christ

    The use of oil was instructed only one time in the NT in reference to the Gentile Churches by James when talking about the elders healing the people. All other references have more to do with Jewish custom than anything else. Annointing with oil was a long standing tradition for them. However...
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    The Living Christ

    Perhaps you should deal with comparisons, such as the fact that the Lord did not use earthly objects to accomplish His purposes through His servants. The apostles did not use any object when healing, casting out demons, or raising people from the dead, so why "stones" to translate? They spoke...
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    The Living Christ

    The NT writings make an absolute command against a man having more than one wife? I would very much appreciate it if you provided a reference. Thanks. Dr. Don Dean
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    The Religious Cage

    I have never been able to enjoy looking at a bird in a cage, even if it is a nice cage. While it may provide a safe haven and contain all the food and water she will ever need, it also prevents her from doing the one thing God made her to do. A bird that cannot take wing and soar to the heights...
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    Scripturally, what's wrong with polygamy?

    This is true. It is also true that the Lord gave to David at least two of his already plural wives, so the Lord's own actions give us a good indication that He had no problem with a man having plural wives. Dr. Don Dean
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    Barbie Dolls are "Anti Islam"

    Why should the arabs be any different than most other people of the world? Far too many people spend far too much time looking for something to be offended over. Perhaps if those idiotic clerics would put as much effort into feeding their own people, building better roads and raising their...
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    Scripturally, what's wrong with polygamy?

    I can tell that the author of this article you provided does not know what he is talking about. I will demonstrate this here. The marriage relationship between Abraham and Sarah is not an ideal in today's world. How many of you would marry your half sister? Please pardon my bad grammar...
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    To tithe or not to tithe...

    I was simply trying to make sense of your post #14 in this thread. You stated that we should pay a tithe, and that the 10 commandments are also in the Old Testament. I was asking you what authority states that we should pay tithes. Words mean things, and your words did not line up with what it...
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    Scripturally, what's wrong with polygamy?

    This is getting very strange. How did a pair of panties get into all this?:scratch: Don
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    Scripturally, what's wrong with polygamy?

    :) Let's see, how does that old saying go? Oh, yes, "Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back." No, Debi. I was simply trying to figure out where you were coming from. I could not figure out as to if you thought I would use such arguments, or if they come from somewhere else. Ease up...
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    Scripturally, what's wrong with polygamy?

    Debi, I am not sure why you brought this up because I do not recall making mention of this. I am not a polygamist. I simply know some men who have a plurality of wives, and none of them twist anything in the scriptures so far as I am aware. Well, since you do seem to want to go there, I will...
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    Scripturally, what's wrong with polygamy?

    Hello, Debi. Yes, he did. However, unless one can show that a plurality of wives is now a sin when it was not sin from the beginning, then this example simply is not relevant to this discussion, so far as I can see. Well, Debi, in most respects I would agree with you. However, there is more...
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