Don't hold your breath, Kevin--just answering DavidM's questions, and some of Izzy's took my allotted time for today. If you ask too many questions, many of which I suspect you already know answers to, I will be tied to the computer longer than I can afford. Not that you don't have intriguing questions--its just that each one could be a debate in and of itself. Can you narrow this down a little? And please, it will not do much good to hurry me, I work at my own pace. Blaine On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:43:04 -0800 (PST) Kevin Deegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Questions for Blaine > Still waiting on specific examples of > "straw men attacks" > How I am "prejudiced" > How I am "presumptuous" > Or is it that since you can not deal with the subject matter, you > must resort to poisioning the well? > Also waiting for the DATE of the restoration of the Melchisedec > priesthood! > If this never happened how does this affect your Authority? > What was that date? > > PAID PROTESTORS? > You may be wondering why the attack on how we do not work. The > reason this comes up from LDS is they are told that the people > "protesting" are being paid to do so. Also the old version of the > Temple ceremony has the devil directing & paying a protestant > preacher, who is a symbol of all Protestant preachers- puppets of > satan. So instead of people yelling "get a job" the LDS ask "how > much do you get paid for this?" What an insidious way to innoculate > the people from the message. Would you take the message for real if > the preacher was being paid? > > LDS APOSTLES? > The LDS Church has the wrong number of Apostles! You have 16! > The 12 plus the 3 Nephites that NEVER died going about preaching and > converting till Jesus comes back. Plus John who never died & did the > same. That makes 16! > Actually that is short of the number of Apostles, that the MORMON > Jesus appointed. He appointed 12 in the Old world & 12 in the New So > you should have 24. Does that mean you broke the line of Authority? > What about those that apostacize? Do they still have authority? Half > of the first 12 Mormon apostles Apostacized. What happened to their > Authority? > > I have always wondered about Jesus cleansing the Temple. > Being all powerful he could have leveled the place with just his > words. Instead he choose to Fashion with His own hands a instrument > that used would inflict pain. Why not just speak His will and > cleanse it in a miraclulous fashion? > I believe the reason He performed the cleansing work by hand > himself, is that God could not find a man. What a ruckus He must > have caused, turning over tables is not a gentle expression of > disaproval. Maybe the LDS should be glad we are not called to > cleanse their temple. I do not think God gives a hoot cause he is > not anywhere near that joint! He "dwells in temples NOT built with > hands". Last Time I was on the Plaza, I had a wonderful Worship > Service right on Prime Real Estate, in front on the main entrance to > the temple. Just a few feet away. We had prayer, praise, hymns & > testimony. It was not ANTI or negative whatsoever. We lifted the > name of Jesus. The reaction of the LDS preists going to service was > unbelieveable. They started cursing! I asked all the people who had > witnessed this why a priest going to a religious service would > curse, when all I was saying was Jesus is the sweetest name I know? > Street Preachers do not always rebuke, we do praise the name of > Jesus. I will praise > my savior now, in public not just under the BRICK LAMPSHADE in the > meeting house on Sunday. I want the whole world (the Great > Congregation) to know I am a christian. > > PS 40:2-3 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the > miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. > And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: > many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. > > PS 40:9-10 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: > lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. I have not > hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy > faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy > lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
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