Yup. They’re all versions of the same thing: Zoroastrianism. Get on board, folks. Fire is god!Kishkumen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:06 pmI would say that Christianity is just one form of Hellenized Judaism, and Judaism increasingly looks like a Hellenized religion to a degree we have only started to appreciate. Mormonism is just a late variation of Christianity that dips back into the Hellenic spring yet again. It is no more ridiculous than other forms of Judaism and Christianity. Practically everything Mormonism does can be found in other forms of Judaism and Christianity.
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Yes, Zoroastrianism was really influential, and now we are talking about the influence of Indo-European religions.
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Count me in on that one too.
The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession... The LORD set his love on you and chose you... The LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery. Deut. 7
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It explains everything we need to know about ourselves and about God, how to be reconciled to him, God's righteousness and how we become righteous, live with him eternally, his promises, how to live our lives with our eternal destiny is sight, and our eternal security to name a few.KevinSim wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:45 amYou might be right, Kishkumen; I'm not heavily invested in any theory that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is more articulated than Biblical Christianity is. But I'm curious. Does Biblical Christianity really explain a lot in the end? And if so, what does it explain?
As an aside, our sermon in church today was from Romans 10:1-4
How to Miss the Kingdom
The bullet points were:
- To think salvation is for others and not for ourselves
- Believe your truth sincerely (zeal, but not according to knowledge) It is possible for a person to be enthusiastic about God, but miss the kingdom.
- Determine our own truth
- Humility is part of the entrance to the kingdom of God
- Arrive at death with our righteousness list to present to God (ignorant of the righteousness of God, seeking to establish our own righteousness, failure to submit to God's righteousness)
The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession... The LORD set his love on you and chose you... The LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery. Deut. 7
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Not to worry, this thread has derailed so many times and has had so any facets.
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Poseidon's water puts him out, so he can't be King....Informant wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:08 pmYup. They’re all versions of the same thing: Zoroastrianism. Get on board, folks. Fire is god!Kishkumen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:06 pmI would say that Christianity is just one form of Hellenized Judaism, and Judaism increasingly looks like a Hellenized religion to a degree we have only started to appreciate. Mormonism is just a late variation of Christianity that dips back into the Hellenic spring yet again. It is no more ridiculous than other forms of Judaism and Christianity. Practically everything Mormonism does can be found in other forms of Judaism and Christianity.
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Well then, Kishkumen, can you think of one form of Christianity that does a pretty good job of really explaining a lot in the end?
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MsNobody, does Biblical Christianity explain how we humans can know that anything it says about God is actually true?msnobody wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:24 amIt explains everything we need to know about ourselves and about God, how to be reconciled to him, God's righteousness and how we become righteous, live with him eternally, his promises, how to live our lives with our eternal destiny is sight, and our eternal security to name a few.
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My vote is Valentinianism. Those guys had it all together.KevinSim wrote: Well then, Kishkumen, can you think of one form of Christianity that does a pretty good job of really explaining a lot in the end?