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by element13
Mon Nov 01, 2010 2:16 pm
Forum: Aberrant Christianity
Topic: Mormon doctrine racist against blacks
Replies: 43
Views: 20294

Re: Mormon doctrine racist against blacks

"White" and "black" need not refer to skin color, as is clear from the following passages from the biblical book of Daniel: "And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a ...
by element13
Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:07 am
Forum: Aberrant Christianity
Topic: Mormon doctrine racist against blacks
Replies: 43
Views: 20294

Re: Mormon doctrine racist against blacks

First off, there is no evidence, other than later hearsay, to indicate that Joseph Smith believed that skin color made someone inferior. On the other hand, there is clear evidence that he considered black Africans to be just as capable as whites, given the same opportunities, and he favored freeing ...
by element13
Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:21 am
Forum: Aberrant Christianity
Topic: Cult signs (Unitarians, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses included)
Replies: 57
Views: 27341

Defending the Mormon position pt 3

God, according to Mormons, is not just Spirit but has "a body of flesh and bones as tangible as a man's." (Doctrine and Covenants, 130:22.) They teach, "As we are, he was. As he is, we shall become." If God doesn't have a body of flesh and bones, and God is perfect, then you are...
by element13
Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:20 am
Forum: Aberrant Christianity
Topic: Cult signs (Unitarians, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses included)
Replies: 57
Views: 27341

Defending the Mormon position pt 2

Mormonism teaches that God is not the only deity and that we all have the potential of becoming gods. Here you are making a claim about Mormon doctrine, when you do not understand what that doctrine is and what it is not. We absolutely do not believe that we will ever be independent of God or no lo...
by element13
Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:19 am
Forum: Aberrant Christianity
Topic: Cult signs (Unitarians, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses included)
Replies: 57
Views: 27341

Defending the Mormon position pt 1

"Mormonism differs from biblical Christianity in several areas. Mormons do not believe, for example, that salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ. Mormons must work their way to heaven." We don't teach you are saved by works alone , claiming that we do is a lie. It is my understandi...