Re: The Apostasy of the LDS Church
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 9:44 pm
Good point, Darth J.
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Kishkumen wrote:Philo Sofee wrote:Kish,
You are as adroit as ever, and I enjoy your ideas. However, there is just one thing you lack here. The fact (just ask him!) that the brethren ARE scripture. So, the living scripture trumps the dead stuff, yes? I have seen this justification by apologists already, and just wish to inform you of how out of date your concern here is. The Lord is at the helm, the church has never been stronger. All is well, Zion is on the way, let us partake of the fruit of bigotr.....er life, yeah, the fruit of life, and enjoy the spirit dwelling within our and the brethren's bigote.....er loving breasts, yes, enjoy the spirit in their loving breasts.....
My dear Philo Sofee, how much I appreciate you coming to this humble thread to engage with me on this issue. Unfortunately for the Corpologetic position--because I deny them any portion of the name Mormon, which means "more good"--scripture is the measuring stick against which any teaching or policy must be measured. Since this policy it out of harmony with Holy Writ and contradicts the very words of Jesus Christ the Savior Himself, the Corporation has no claim to be the Church of Jesus Christ. Their priesthood authority has been terminated.
Jersey Girl wrote:sock puppet wrote:Kish,
For me, JSJr apostatized when he claimed that he was told by Jehovah that none of the churches of 1820 were 'true' or 'correct'.
Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I [Jesus] in the midst of them."
All Christian gatherings have Jesus. For JSJr to have proclaimed otherwise was his apostasy from Jesus' own proclamation.
Jesus obviously does not feel constrained to go through the LDS bottleneck of the FP/12.
sock, I've never seen anyone raise that issue. That was awesome thinking on your part.
Kishkumen wrote:I post this for those who may be lurking and wondering why I have started to discuss the new policy preventing the children of gay parents who are married to their gay partner or cohabiting with a gay partner from getting baptized. Consider this scripture:Matt. 19:14 wrote:But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
With this new policy, the LDS Church is breaking a commandment spoken by Jesus Christ during his mortal ministry: "Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come into me."
Then this:D&C 68:25-27 wrote:25 And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.
26 For this shall be a law unto the inhabitants of Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized.
27 And their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight years old, and receive the laying on of the hands.
Here the divine commandment is for children to be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight years old. There is no condition placed on this baptism. The scripture never says, "unless that child's parents are sinning in "x" way." This is very clear.
And whether it applies specifically, the larger principle of this canonized article of faith is something I think does apply.Articles of Faith, 1:2 wrote:2 We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.
By denying baptism children who are eligible for it, according to canonized divine revelation, at the age of 8, and by penalizing children eligible for baptism because of the sin of their parents, the LDS Church has entered into apostasy.
The Rev wrote:the LDS Church has entered into apostasy.
Gadianton wrote:The Rev wrote:the LDS Church has entered into apostasy.
Thank you Reverend, I will put a call in to update our official list of apostate sects now.
The Rev wrote:the LDS Church has entered into apostasy.