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I for one have the utmost respect for most of the LDS posters on this forum.
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Romans 5:1 said:The LDS deserve nothing! Period. Once again, if one gets ahold of a perverse, demented, view of a god (who cannot exist), then just what kind of "love" can they truly exhibit? A perverse, demented love, that does not exist.
I agree that we all deserve hell and everyone of us is a straight path right to it if we don't have the Lord.skylark1 said:[/font]
We all deserve hell. We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
My LDS neighbors and the LDS posters on this board are quite capable of loving others ... and in a genuine way, not a "perverse" and "demented" way. I don't think that "orthodox" Christianity has a monopoly on love.
Frankie said:I agree that we all deserve hell and everyone of us is a straight path right to it if we don't have the Lord.
I can understand voiceing beliefs and what the Word of God says about the differences of beliefs between Christianity and Mormonism but I don't think it should be made a "personal" issue. For example, I can see someone saying "the lds church is not a Biblically based church" and then giving the reasons for this, but it is unkind and unnessisary to say to an lds person, "you are not of Christ". And in regards to calling someone a liar. You could say, "I have a hard time believing that and this is why..." or you can post their quotes exactly as they stated them if they have lied and it can be proven but to just call someone a liar because of the church they follow, I do not think that is right at all.
Frankie
In Iraq, we had a Reserve unit out of Salt Lake City attached to us. Most of them were Mormons, of course. One of them (Mark) was on my own team, in fact, and four lived in my tent. I had a discussion or three with Mark about religion, and I recall being struck by the pure love he exhibited, both for his fellow man and for Jesus! He had pictures of Jesus in his cot area, and taught me a thing or two about compassion and courage. His view of fasting was wonderful, and helped me make more sense of it than ever before.Romans5:1 said:The LDS deserve nothing! Period. Once again, if one gets ahold of a perverse, demented, view of a god (who cannot exist), then just what kind of "love" can they truly exhibit? A perverse, demented love, that does not exist.
Sorry, but I wanted to defend the very sincere and devout Mormons I have known! I do NOT care to similarly defend Scientology, with which I have quite a bit of personal, painful experience!OldShepherd said::topic:
Church of Scientology.
I went into Scientology believing that it was possible to embrace that belief system as a Christian. I was terribly wrong.Frankie said:Sorry OldShephard, I helped with the whole "getting off topic" thing. I promise to try harder not to do that.
In regards to the OP. Is there anyone here that DOES believe Scientology is a christian belief system?
Frankie