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How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:11 pm
by _Buffalo
Acts 7:60: as they were stoning him, Stephen said, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."
"We are absolutely determined no long to bear [persecution], come life or come death, for to be mobed (sic) any more without taking vengeance, we will not." - Joseph Smith
Any questions?
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:22 pm
by _just me
Yes. How are you this fine day?
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:25 pm
by _Quasimodo
Buffalo wrote:Acts 7:60: as they were stoning him, Stephen said, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."
"We are absolutely determined no long to bear [persecution], come life or come death, for to be mobed (sic) any more without taking vengeance, we will not." - Joseph Smith
Any questions?
Luke 23:34: Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
"Vengeance is mine and I have had a little." Brigham Young about the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Telling, isn't it?
Good post Buff!
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:28 pm
by _just me
Romans 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Luke 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:34 pm
by _Hoops
just me wrote:Yes. How are you this fine day?
:)
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:47 pm
by _Buffalo
Quasimodo wrote:Buffalo wrote:Acts 7:60: as they were stoning him, Stephen said, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."
"We are absolutely determined no long to bear [persecution], come life or come death, for to be mobed (sic) any more without taking vengeance, we will not." - Joseph Smith
Any questions?
Luke 23:34: Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
"Vengeance is mine and I have had a little." Brigham Young about the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Telling, isn't it?
Good post Buff!
These men seem to have not even a passing familiarity with person the claimed to worship.
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:52 pm
by _just me
They were taking cues from the Old Testament.
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:55 pm
by _Buffalo
just me wrote:They were taking cues from the Old Testament.
Even the Jews, who don't have an "out" clause like the New Testament, know better than to take the garbage in the Old Testament too literally.
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:14 pm
by _Quasimodo
Buffalo wrote:just me wrote:They were taking cues from the Old Testament.
Even the Jews, who don't have an "out" clause like the New Testament, know better than to take the garbage in the Old Testament too literally.
That's an interesting point.
I know the Jews liked to stone folks in the very old days for minor infractions, but you never hear of a Jewish inquisition. Or a genocide perpetrated by the Jews. They always seem to be on the receiving end.
Could the Jews be more Christian than the Christians?
Re: How to tell a real Christian from an imposter
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:31 pm
by _Buffalo
Quasimodo wrote:
That's an interesting point.
I know the Jews liked to stone folks in the very old days for minor infractions, but you never hear of a Jewish inquisition. Or a genocide perpetrated by the Jews. They always seem to be on the receiving end.
Could the Jews be more Christian than the Christians?
Well, I'm really referring to modern Jews and their more nuanced, practical interpretation of scripture. They don't stone people anymore because they know it's ridiculous and barbaric. Brigham Young, on the other hand, thought execution was a perfectly reasonable punishment for adultery.