RE: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Scott McGee
Ok, question time. If a person is excomunicated due to them having taught false doctrine, is a statement from them renouncing the false doctrine required for their repentance? It would seem like it should be. If so, the fact that no such announcement was made regarding the views of a given person

RE: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Jim Cobabe
Scott McGee wrote: --- Ok, question time. If a person is excomunicated due to them having taught false doctrine, is a statement from them renouncing the false doctrine required for their repentance? --- If there is such a policy, I have not heard of it. In my experience, the specific

RE: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread Jim Cobabe
Atonement for sin is no longer made by the high priest in Israel when he passes through the veil of the temple into the holy of holies. (Lev. 16.) See Heb. 6:19-20. Now there is a new way, a living way, for the veil of the old temple was rent with the crucifixion. (Matt. 27:50-51.) Now Jesus

RE: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread Jim Cobabe
One of the most significant meanings of the veil is the representation of our separation from God. He has counseled us to prepare for the eventual removal of that veil... 22 Behold, it is my will, that all they who call on my name, and worship me according to mine everlasting gospel,

[ZION] My Future plans

2002-10-29 Thread Gary Smith
FYI, This Friday I officially retire from the USAF, and I'm in the middle of closing on the sale of my house (they are getting a terrific deal). Anyway, just to let y'all know, Ramona and I are planning on moving to Utah (initially the SLC area) in early January. That's where my family resides.

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Osborne
Ok, question time. If a person is excomunicated due to them having taught false doctrine No one in this church can be excommunicated for simply teaching false doctrine. Paul O [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sign Up for Juno Platinum

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Osborne
In fact it would seem that the opposite approach is generally followed--excommunicated members are usually discouraged from publically discussing their problems or mistakes My last Stake President was excommunicated. Shortly after his excommunication he being accompanied by the new Stake

Re: [ZION] My Future plans

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Osborne
All of this and I have a sparkling personality. Controversial? No, not me, not in the least! Just ask everyone on this list that I agree with everything they believe in. JWR's conspiracies? Definitely! Marc's liberal views? Of course I agree with them. It's election time and I'm ready to promise

Re: [ZION] My Future plans

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Osborne
so I'll considered most anything legal and moral. Sorry but those positions no longer exist! ;-) Paul O [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

[ZION] Using the Gospel As a Club

2002-10-29 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 11:31 AM, Monday, 10/28/02, Gary Smith wrote: I grant you your opinion on the CFR and those who belong to it, however I won't let you get by with equating a belief in the gospel with your belief in a secret combination. There is evidence for believing the gospel, such as the Holy Ghost. There

RE: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Jim Cobabe
Paul Osborne wrote: --- No one in this church can be excommunicated for simply teaching false doctrine. --- Fortunate for me--I get it wrong nearly every time, and I wouldn't have lasted long in this church otherwise. Tolerance is the virtual safety belt that lets us live with each other in

[ZION] Study Bible in Hebrew, Greek, etc.

2002-10-29 Thread Geoff FOWLER
Hello, Does anyone know of an accurate study Bible in the original Hebrew and Greek? I would like to learn more about those biblical languages and I figure that this is the way to do it. However, I am unsure of which Bible to purchase. There are different interlinear ones, but what I am looking

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 12:30 PM, Tuesday, 10/29/02, Paul Osborne wrote: No one in this church can be excommunicated for simply teaching false doctrine. He can if he tries to convince others that it is Church doctrine. Also, if he is teaching false doctrine, his priesthood leaders will ask him to stop. And if

Re: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 08:43 PM, Monday, 10/28/02, Stephen Beecroft wrote: 5. Moses 7:26 mentions Satan veiling the earth with his chain, symbolizing (I believe) the captivity of sin and the blindness Satan causes in the hearts of men. Isaiah 25:7 also uses this symbolism. Just some musings during the gospel

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
It depends on what's meant by teaching. If you are GD teacher and you let slip a whopper in all innocence, no one's going to care, although you may be corrected. But if you start doing it purposely, knowing it's against the core doctrine of the Church (like, say, we should all go back to

Re: [ZION] Using the Gospel As a Club

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
I actually sympathize with John in this. He knows I don't agree with him, either, but we've simply agreed to disagree and both agree that it's not really core doctrine. As my old Institute prof, Dr. Larry Dahl (who later became Dean of Religious Education at BYU) was fond of saying in his classes,

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Osborne
It depends on what's meant by teaching. If you are GD teacher and you let slip a whopper in all innocence, no one's going to care, although you may be corrected. But if you start doing it purposely, knowing it's against the core doctrine of the Church (like, say, we should all go back to

Re: [ZION] You Just Don't Get It

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Are there people here who defend apostate sects? Or is this a high council talk ;-) Reminds me of a true story (do I tell any other kind?). Once, in the 80s, when the Cold War was at its, er, hottest, I gave a talk in my ward in Ottawa. People knew I travelled a lot, and was only at sacrament

Re: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Osborne
It has occurred to me that when we are dealing with other adults, we cannot know who they were in the premortal existence, and they cannot know who we truly are. I have heard it said that if we could only pierce that veil we would hold each other in much higher regard. I agree. I believe

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Paul Osborne
I agree. You're an excellent reader and thanks for pointing out the difference. Paul O On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 13:40:33 -0900 John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:30 PM, Tuesday, 10/29/02, Paul Osborne wrote: No one in this church can be excommunicated for simply teaching false

Re: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
A good book you might consider is Nibley's book on the temple. It's vol. 12, Temple and Cosmos. It explains a lot of symbolism using ancient temples as examples. A good non-LDS book was written by a man who recently passed away and is better known as a critic of the so-called mystic school of

RE: [ZION] You Just Don't Get It

2002-10-29 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Marc- Are there people here who defend apostate sects? Or is this a high council talk ;-) Actually, I agree with John in this. It's one thing to say that some/many/most/all religions contain truths. It's quite another to say that God directed that they be established as a sort of halfway

RE: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-Jim- One of the most significant meanings of the veil is the representation of our separation from God. Jim, it's great to hear you again (speaking symbolically :). In fact, I would say that the representation of our separation from God is the *primary* meaning of the veil, in all cases I've

Re: [ZION] Study Bible in Hebrew, Greek, etc.

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
The standard editions used by most scholars are: Hebrew: Biblia Hebraica, from the Deutsche Bibelstiftung (also known as the Württembergische Bibel Gesellschaft) in Stuttgart, Germany. It should be available in any Christian bookstore (or here in Canada, from stores of the Canadian Bible

Re: [ZION] Study Bible in Hebrew, Greek, etc.

2002-10-29 Thread Noel Bennion
Perhaps I should have explained, the Biblia Sacra that I picked up was the Louvain Rescension - 1590. The font is, on a good day, smaller than 6 point and not user friendly. So much for my feeble Latin voyage into the antiquities... Noel ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL

[ZION] CBW: what was used in Moscow?

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
For those interested in CBW, here's a speculation as to the gas (actually combination of gases) probably used by the Russian Alpha unit* to disarm the Chechen hostage takers in the Moscow theatre:

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Valerie Nielsen Williams
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:31:22 + Jim Cobabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul Osborne wrote: --- No one in this church can be excommunicated for simply teaching false doctrine. --- Fortunate for me--I get it wrong nearly every time, and I wouldn't have lasted long in this church

Re: [ZION] Study Bible in Hebrew, Greek, etc.

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
That's true -- the font size is small. Mine is the same, and it's my one complaint -- with my middle-aged eyes I need a magnifying glass. Noel Bennion wrote: Perhaps I should have explained, the Biblia Sacra that I picked up was the Louvain Rescension - 1590. The font is, on a good day,

Re: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread Valerie Nielsen Williams
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:26:43 -0900 John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have heard it said that if we could only pierce that veil we would hold each other in much higher regard. John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 05:15 PM, Tuesday, 10/29/02, Valerie Nielsen Williams wrote: Truman Madsen gave a FARMS talk, The Temple and the Atonement, in which he paraphrases Brigham Young, who said that he had two sisters approach him once about a divorce. His reply was that if they could see their husbands as they

RE: [ZION] The veil

2002-10-29 Thread Jim Cobabe
John W. Redelfs wrote: --- In other word I'm still in love with the movie, Princess Bride. Farm Boy and Buttercup had it right. --- Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments, love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it

Re: [ZION] Who is the House of Israel?

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
I wonder if you're talking about Tim. No need to answer that. Valerie Nielsen Williams wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:31:22 + Jim Cobabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul Osborne wrote: --- No one in this church can be excommunicated for simply teaching false doctrine. ---

[ZION] aurora borealis spotting

2002-10-29 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Okay, some people are train spotters. I'm an aurora spotter. We've had aurorae for some time now. My wife woke me up at 04:00 one morning to see a very unusual display. It was a greenish white swoosh across the entire sky, with the moon right in the middle. Very neat. I've uploaded a very nice