On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:14:18 -0900 "John W. Redelfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is a concern that I have, probably a futile concern. How can > we teach 1) that all the other churches contain some truth, and 2) that we > are the only true church? The two statements are not incompatible, but they > might easily be confused by those of inadequate education. --JWR
I find that an anology usually works, especially for "those of inadequate education." First, though, the word "true" can mean many things. Here, I believe it is used to mean genuine, or exact, conforming to a standard. My favorite anology here is the broken mirror. When the great apostasy occured, the "mirror" (ie The TRUE/GENUINE/EXACTING Gospel) was shattered. Churches were built from the "fragments" that were left (thus SOME truth). When Joseph Smith restored the Gospel and had all the keys handed to him, he had, once again, a complete mirror--thus the only TRUE/GENUINE/EXACTING church. val .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. 互户互户互户互户互户互 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
