silentkid wrote:Ah. Ammon and the lopped-off arms. One of the truly bizarre and ridiculously over-the-top stories in the Book of Mormon. Ammon Schwarzenegger, protector of sheep.
Seriously!! Doesn't God have better ways of dealing with renegades than lopping off heads and limbs?? I mean, couldn't Ammon have used the power of God to give them a good Sith type force lightning shock?? That would have sent them running AND saved a few arms.
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silentkid wrote:Ah. Ammon and the lopped-off arms. One of the truly bizarre and ridiculously over-the-top stories in the Book of Mormon. Ammon Schwarzenegger, protector of sheep.
Seriously!! Doesn't God have better ways of dealing with renegades than lopping off heads and limbs?? I mean, couldn't Ammon have used the power of God to give them a good Sith type force lightning shock?? That would have sent them running AND saved a few arms.
Apparently Ammon's sword (light saber?) had special cauterizing powers, since none of the disarmed flock disturbers died of blood loss (Alma 17:38).
Can any of these "517" Mormon claims be substantiated as actual claims by the Church? Or is this just akin to the 3000 changes in the Book of Mormon claim that actually number 300 and none of them doctrinally significant?
As You all know, I am not native english and I am not native Mormon. And I am not Mormon at all. And I was not and will be not.
So, what does this expression mean in common language?
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
KimberlyAnn wrote:Of course he could read Greek! He could read anything he damn well pleased with the assistance of Joe's peep stone which he kept in the front pocket of his pants.
He could even read minds with it, I bet.
I can just imagine the rest of the GA's getting really pissed: "Keep that goddamn peep stone off my head, Gordon!"
KA
Come on KA.. why do you think he always wore a hat?
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
KimberlyAnn wrote:Of course he could read Greek! He could read anything he damn well pleased with the assistance of Joe's peep stone which he kept in the front pocket of his pants.
He could even read minds with it, I bet.
I can just imagine the rest of the GA's getting really pissed: "Keep that goddamn peep stone off my head, Gordon!"
KA
I don't see anything wrong or odd him carrying a book he's attached to. I have a 200+ years old illustrated prayer book( written my native language), pages were falling off, I'd take it whenever I went to church.
solomarineris wrote:... I have a 200+ years old illustrated prayer book( written my native language), pages were falling off, I'd take it whenever I went to church.
Does its words make sense in Mormonism? 200+ years ago has stormed the BIG apostasy. The things was not yet restored.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
