maklelan wrote:So you disagree with the argument the way you interpreted it.
No, I disagreed with your inaccurate unqualified statement that 'elohim means 'gods''.
I showed other scriptures that better presented my case. I see no reason to continue harping on this one.
I've dealt with the passage you felt was the strongest.
So it would be accurate to say that Christ interpreted the scripture and presents it as meaning "gods," and nothing else?
No it would not. Please read the passages in question, and re-read my post.
I believe that the restoration is the prophecied dispensation of the fullness of times. We have all the truth from Christ's dispensation and whatever truths needed restoration or to come forth for the first time.
So at present the LDS church has not yet restored true Biblical Christianity?
If you would like to present an argument for a variant reading of "elohim" from Psalms 82:6 then do so.
When you speak of a 'variant reading', do you mean 'a reading in Psalm 82:6 other than the word elohim' (which is what a variant reading would mean), or do you mean something else?
You assumed that I was trying to prove that they believed proto-Mormon doctrines.
No I didn't. I made a suggestion as to what you should be doing in order to convince us that the LDS church is Christian.
You can't walk past Mormons without kicking them, can you?
Well that was gratuitous. I didn't kick anyone. The fact is that you made the accusation that I lack objectivity because of my religious position. I pointed out that you also hold a religious position (one prejudiced against mine), but believe yourself capable of objectivity. Your accusation was a mere slur. Then you became outraged because you thought I had leveled the same slur against you.
If you look into biblical scholarship you will find that LDS scholars are very highly respected. Drs Ricks, Parry and Pike are three of the most respected Dead Sea Scroll scholars on the planet, and BYU has produced the technology that made possible the studies being done today. Christian Bay and Tom Wayment are pioneering a technology here at BYU that is revolutionizing papyrology. David Paulsen has published in the Harvard Theological Review. Daniel C. Peterson just wrote a book that is being called the best book on Islam ever written by a Christian. He is widely regarded as a pioneering scholar of Islam. His text initiative program is the first of its kind for Islamic literature. John Welch is widely respected in the Jewish community, both for his scholarship in law and chiasmus. The newest and arguably the best translation of the Popol Vuh was just published by an LDS scholar.
Thanks, but none of this addresses what I wrote. I did not impugn LDS scholars.
If you really think that being a Latter-day Saint precludes objectivity...
No I didn't. Please don't attribute to me statements I haven't made.
I'm afraid I don't know exactly to which post you refer.
I will repost it for you.