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    Where am I going?

    Fatboy: Does Scripture teach us that we know truth by some subjective feeling? If that is what you believe, that we must also believe that the Hare Krishnas, Moonies, Bahais, etc., all have truth, for they also testify to that burning bosom Mormons love to proclaim. Remember, the Bereans were...
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    Where am I going?

    Oh, my goodness - Spong has even made it into the CofC! By the way, Spong was my diocesan bishop, I've spoken with him many times. Quite a charming man, but way out there theologically! Actually, the CofC is very liberal, very much like ECUSA (Episcopalians) and I wouldn't be shocked if they...
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    Who hijacked my religion?

    Waiting for the Verdict, I was addressing the poster who said Unitarians are Christians, not commenting on your particular "Universalist" belief. However, now that you've brought it up, are you aware that the Unitarians and Universalitsts merged a while back and now are called the...
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    Who hijacked my religion?

    Unitarians are a cult. See, "The Kingdom of the Cults," by Walter Martin. Unitarians deny the Deity of Christ, the Trinity, and Salvation by grace through faith in Christ Jesus. I don't need to get out more, trust me, I get out too much. What you need to do is to attempt to understand the...
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    Where am I going?

    I was born and raised in the Episcopal Church. I was a lay minister, acoloyte, and licensed lay reader. In 1972 I became a Christian through the charismatic ministry in the Episcopal Church. When I was 49, however, I realized that the Episcopal Church was going deeper and deeper into apostasy...
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    Where am I going?

    Jenda, I thank the Lord that you will take a stand. I, too, left my birth church since it was, in my opinion, apostate. I didn't make many friends in my own family becoming an evangelical believer - but, these many years I have drawn closer to the Lord because of that decision. May the Lord...
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    Who hijacked my religion?

    Verdict: No, that is not all you need to do. You actually needed to do nothing to be regenerated, since this is the initial act of the salvation process and is wrought by the Holy Spirit Who draws you to faith in Christ. That Holy Spirit bearing witness to you that you are a Child of God...
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    Where am I going?

    The Community of Christ (the Reorganized Church) still teaches the Book of Mormon as being Scripture. When you have children, will you teach them that, as well, just to keep peace? Remember Jesus' Words about loving Him more than father, mother, brother and sister.
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    Who hijacked my religion?

    Friend, are you sure you have the right vss. (Col. 1 18-19). These vss. are dealing with the fulness of Christ - pertaining to His Deity. Friend, if all are saved, what need was there for Christ to die? I really know of no Christian Universalists. The Unitarian-Universalists are a cultic...
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    Blasphemy against our Father

    I would like to know which translations of the Bible prior to the KJV prove there is no hell.
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    Moslems re-write history: The Furthest Mosque

    Well, frankly, I've come to believe that the Dome of the Rock is the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet and mentioned by Jesus in Matt. 24.
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    Who hijacked my religion?

    To the poster who asks, "Who hijacked my religion", I think you need to associate with other evangelicals - the ones you are associating with at present may be a little over the line. A universalist is one that believes all men are saved. This denies the words of Christ, Who said there are...
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    Why works are needed

    But, Mormon friend, you are confusing regeneration, salvation and sanctification. We are saved solely because God has elected us to be part of His family. Take a good long look at John 6:44, and also John 10. Nobody comes to Jesus unless that person is drawn to Him by the Father. All who...
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    Martin Harris, JJ Strang, and a witnesses' testimony

    All three of the main witnesses left the Mormon Church (I think two returned), but you'd think that the stupendous site of these gold plates would have made them think twice about leaving! Of course, they saw the plates with their "spiritual eyes," and who knows what spirit effected their eyes!
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    The False Book of Abraham

    So, friend, are you disputing with Nelson's view on the bogus Book of Abraham. Other Egyptologists have supported his findings. Do you know of any outside of Utah who believe that the Book of Abraham was written on the papyrus Joe Smith bought, "by his own hand?" - Abraham's hand, that is...
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    Martin Harris, JJ Strang, and a witnesses' testimony

    I believe the Tanner's have got it right. His witness was regarding the Shaker testimony, which basically said that Ann Lee was the female incarnation. Of course, Harris never practiced celibacy, and went off to embrace nearly every weird sect of the day. By the way, are you a Christian or a...
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    Martin Harris, JJ Strang, and a witnesses' testimony

    And perhaps you haven't been reading enough! The reference was to the revelations of Ann Lee.
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    The False Book of Abraham

    Quote FB, I don't think you know me well enough to know what I do or don't want to be true. I have groveled and scraped for years asking for the Lord to reveal to me whether the Book of Mormon is true or not. And before you ask, no, I haven't asked after the wicked desires of my own heart, or...
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    Why works are needed

    Actually, the Mormon term "salvation" is deceptive. The missionaries will use it, but it has a totally different meaning than what evangelical believers understand from the word. For the Mormon, there is "general salvation." This is what they mean when they say they are saved by "grace alone."...
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    Martin Harris, JJ Strang, and a witnesses' testimony

    Well, when you've encountered as many Baptists as I have who don't know a hoot about doctrine, it wouldn't shock me were some to think of Strang as an upstanding Christian. Most Christians who go into Mormonism are of Baptist background (how sad)! Woe to those shepherds who lose their flock to...