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From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:23
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Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] All truth leads to
Jesus.
> Blaine wrote:
> > You didn't finish the passage, which reads,
> > "one Lord, one faith, one baptism." Eph 4:5
> > I am curious, in your opinion, does modern
> > Christianity fulfill this scripture?
>
> At least as good as Mormonism, eh? LOL.
> > You didn't finish the passage, which reads,
> > "one Lord, one faith, one baptism." Eph 4:5
> > I am curious, in your opinion, does modern
> > Christianity fulfill this scripture?
>
> At least as good as Mormonism, eh? LOL.
Blaine:
The way I see it, there is a fundamental error in making the comparison you are
making in your above comment. The problem seems to be that
modern Christianity comes across (at least to me) as a conglomerate
of mostly Protestant religions lumped together to form an entity known as "the
Church," which seems to have several disparate and often contradictory
doctrines, as well as a degree of common consensus centered upon grace
by Jesus Christ. On the other hand, Mormonism as seen by Mormons is one
church only--The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Within the
framwork of that church, there is a high degree of doctrinal agreement--so much
so that it is difficult if not impossible to find disagreement on basic issues
such as faith, the nature of God, the relationship of man to God, baptism,
priesthood authority, what constitutes scripture or the word of God, fixed
prayers, even individual prayer patterns. When disagreement does occur,
those who insist on teaching the doctrines upon which consensus does not exist
are either asked to repent, or are cut off from membership. Once
disfellowshipped, although they may still consider themselves to represent
Mormonism, they actually do not do so in the eyes of the
church. Breakoffs
from the Church of JC of LDS broke off from the main tree, so to speak, and
therefore became dead branches. If the same were to happen in
Protestanism, the newly formed branch with one or two (or more) dissenting ideas
would still be considered alive and well and still a part of "the
Church."
>
> Peace be with you.
> David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida.
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> Peace be with you.
> David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida.
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