tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post6443072316178488049..comments2012-10-31T21:33:25.937-05:00Comments on Es Pura Mentira: They Can’t Have It Both WaysSoy Yohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11264081185626897923noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-65465045995481846912008-05-13T12:17:00.000-05:002008-05-13T12:17:00.000-05:00They openly admit to that belief. D&C 1:30 sa...They openly admit to that belief. <br>D&C 1:30 says the following...<br><br>And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, **the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased**, speaking unto the church collectively and not individually— <br><br>That is something this is regularly spoken of and it leads to the condescending attitude of most Mormons when speaking of other churches.Soy Yohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11264081185626897923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-29672494694066683642008-05-13T11:46:00.000-05:002008-05-13T11:46:00.000-05:00So then any church before the mormons is wrong bec...So then any church before the mormons is wrong because they have the "restored gospel" and any church that leaves them is wrong. And since they claim to have direct revelation from God some other group could not claim that.<br><br>It sounds to me that they believe they are the one and only true church, whether they admit to it or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-23141682574055008952008-05-13T07:55:00.000-05:002008-05-13T07:55:00.000-05:00"The LDS church tries very hard to distance t..."The LDS church tries very hard to distance themselves from any and all splinter groups."<br><br>that's the same way christians feel about the mormons..christians will never ever believe mormons are a form of christianity. <br>mormons are nothing more then wolves in sheep's clothing...something appearing good on the outside, but once you look deeper it is nothing you expected. <br><br>HTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-73258267930968706112008-05-12T18:15:00.000-05:002008-05-12T18:15:00.000-05:00There is a large number of sects that broke off fr...There is a large number of sects that broke off from the LDS chruch at one point or another. Not all of them still follow the teachings of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon but the majority claim some part of his doctrine. <br><br>The LDS church tries very hard to distance themselves from any and all splinter groups.Soy Yohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11264081185626897923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-88558045164726012202008-05-12T16:53:00.000-05:002008-05-12T16:53:00.000-05:00I was reading somewhere that there are a multitude...I was reading somewhere that there are a multitude of mormon splinter groups that use that name in one way or another. Do "mormons" pay any attention to these other groups? Are they all at odds with one another?<br><br>The only ones I know of are the FLDS, from the media and the RLDS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-81288572655538631962008-05-10T15:37:00.000-05:002008-05-10T15:37:00.000-05:00Webster defines Protestant as:”a member of any of ...Webster defines Protestant as:<br>”a member of any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth.”<br><br>That would consist of those churches that came about as a result of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses. Unless, Mormon doctrine has really changed, they do not share those save views. Even if they did, the claim by the LDS church of the “restoration” would have taken away any ties between them and another religious group. <br><br>Mormons stand alone!Soy Yohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11264081185626897923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-73326075951438605342008-05-08T23:33:00.000-05:002008-05-08T23:33:00.000-05:00Mormonism is typically considered a Protestant rel...Mormonism is typically considered a Protestant religion by non-Mormons. Its only Mormons that would really make the point of a restoration of pre-Catholic Christianity. Thus Webster actually does include Mormons as Christians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748854314554240432.post-90172193457742167992008-05-08T14:48:00.000-05:002008-05-08T14:48:00.000-05:00The term "Mormon" is a fine one to descr...The term "Mormon" is a fine one to describe a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but not members of break-off groups. It is the Associated Press style guide, not the church, that makes this distinction since the predominant group is identified separately by the public. As for the "fundamentals" of the LDS church, plural marriage is not one of them - those are the articles of faith. If you count plural marriage as one of them you would have to count thousands of policies (which change even in the scriptures). The immutable truth that we believe Jesus is the Christ does not change. Thus a "Fundamentalist Mormon" would really describe a member of the 12 million+ member church who truly believes in Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com