At 18:45 11/18/2002 +, Gib Mij wrote:
Yes, my friend, this is the exact passage that has prompted this
question. I read this a couple months ago and have been pondering it in my
heart. Now, I'm trying to track down where it started (was it, in fact,
Diogones, and what was the work and t
At 11:32 11/18/2002 -0700, M Marc wrote:
That's a darned good question. The Sufis use this saying (that's a
mystical branch
of Sunni Islam especially common in Egypt and Turkey), and it's also well
known in
Catholic and Mennonite traditions.
My guess is that it came into creedal Christianity as
Elmer L. Fairbank wrote:
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"In the world but not of it" or something of it's ilk. What's the
source of the saying?
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According to Nibley--
That is, when I find myself called upon to stand up and be counted, to
declare myself on one side or the other, which do I prefergin or rum,
cigare
>"It is possible to live in the world and not partake of the sins of the
world."
>Ezra Taft Benson--Apr 1991
>First Presidency Message "Keys to Successful Member-Missionary Work"
No. It is not possible for any of us. We are all sinners.
Paul O
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That's a darned good question. The Sufis use this saying (that's a mystical branch
of Sunni Islam especially common in Egypt and Turkey), and it's also well known in
Catholic and Mennonite traditions.
My guess is that it came into creedal Christianity as an aphorism via Augustine,
but that's a gue
For starters:
"It is possible to live in the world and not partake of the sins of the world."
Ezra Taft Benson--Apr 1991
First Presidency Message "Keys to Successful Member-Missionary Work"
-- "Elmer L. Fairbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: "Elmer L. Fairbank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
