Re: [TruthTalk] meaning of biblical/church history

[Marlin Halverson]

ACS 10:34   Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that             God is no respecter of persons: ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] meaning of biblical/church history i'm not the #1 fan of Santa, but i'd take him and Rudolph over JS and Adolf Hitler any day   On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:19:13 -0500 "Marlin Halverson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Now if the "Doctrine of Origins" does not matter, what is the difference between J. Smith and Santa Clause?  Isn't he using the name of Jesus?  Don't they help orphans and celebrate the Pagan/Catholic holiday, Christmas?  Don't they win millions to Jesus worldwide? Dave H: "in sum, then,  the Mormon desire to be Christian, not Evangelical/Protestant (apparently assuaged by DavidM acc to DaveH) would be (perhaps, is,) irrelevant, misguided, naive, and ignorant of the meaning of biblical/church history--but, as i said, i'm still thinkin' about it:-)"