Lamanite wrote:All the spiritual blessings I currently enjoy are directly or indirectly linked to Joseph Smith.
In other words, "thanks for nothing Joe!"
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Jesus Who?
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_GoodK
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In other words, "thanks for nothing Joe!"
Big Up!
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_Rollo Tomasi
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Lamanite wrote:All the spiritual blessings I currently enjoy are directly or indirectly linked to Joseph Smith. If a word existed between Praise and Worship, then that is how I feel about Joseph Smith the Prophet.
It sounds as if Bro. Joseph has become your proverbial 'golden calf.'
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
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_harmony
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Lamanite wrote:All the spiritual blessings I currently enjoy are directly or indirectly linked to Joseph Smith. If a word existed between Praise and Worship, then that is how I feel about Joseph Smith the Prophet.
I will be sure to illegally download the MoTab torrent from Isohunt.com
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Lamanite
Another example of the hero worship that exists in the church today.
Actually, Lamanite, the only blessings you ever get are directly linked to Christ. Without him, we have no Atonement. We certainly don't pray to Our Father in the name of Joseph Smith.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
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_TAK
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harmony wrote: We certainly don't pray to Our Father in the name of Joseph Smith.
yet..
God has the right to create and to destroy, to make like and to kill. He can delegate this authority if he wishes to. I know that can be scary. Deal with it.
Nehor.. Nov 08, 2010
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_harmony
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TAK wrote:harmony wrote: We certainly don't pray to Our Father in the name of Joseph Smith.
yet..
For me... never.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
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_Jason Bourne
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Jason Bourne wrote:While I understand the place Joseph Smith has in LDS history and even in its truth claims this is the type of stiff that causes others to question our Christianity.
I think putting the hymns together about the restoration is a fine thing. But some of the comments are a bit much.
You are a master of understatement, Jason.
Would it please you if I said this is really enough to gag a maggot?
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_CaliforniaKid
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Joseph's birthday falls remarkably near to an ancient pagan holiday celebrating Mithras and Sol Invictus. Coincidence?
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_harmony
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Jason Bourne wrote:Would it please you if I said this is really enough to gag a maggot?
An excellent comment!
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
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_Ray A
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I would bet that if we had an intimate portrait of Jesus (a non-faith-promoting one), as we do of Joseph Smith, that there would not be a great many differences. Jesus was a wine bibber and mixed with harlots and publicans. But we only see the faith-promoting side.
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_Who Knows
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CaliforniaKid wrote:Joseph's birthday falls remarkably near to an ancient pagan holiday celebrating Mithras and Sol Invictus. Coincidence?
WK: "Joseph Smith asserted that the Book of Mormon peoples were the original inhabitants of the americas"
Will Schryver: "No, he didn’t." 3/19/08
Still waiting for Will to back this up...
Will Schryver: "No, he didn’t." 3/19/08
Still waiting for Will to back this up...