----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:20
AM
Subject: [TruthTalk] What advantage is
there to Mormonism? None.
Blaine:
Stating it is such does not in any
way show it is.
One must have the spirit of the
Holy Ghost with him/her to know if this
is true or not. But even if
it was a lie ....
- you have to admit it was a grand
lie--
- too good for any man to do, and
- definitely supported by too many
scriptures and prophesies to be a work of the devil.
- Remember, Jesus was also accused
many times over of being a worker of the devil, and a liar.
- As he said, why would the devil
work against himself--in this case, by fulfilling Biblical prophecies?
Judy:
Do you claim her that the BofM is
supported by scripture and prophecy Blaine while ATST you
say that the Bible is
unreliable?
Blaine: Did I say the
Bible was "unreliable?" Not that I recall. It is the many
interpretations of the Bible that I find interesting. How can two
different, opposing interpretations both be right? Take infant
baptism. Most Protestants believe in it--yet, as we learned from Kevin
and discussing the subject rationally, Baptists, also Protestants, do not
believe such.
You tell me the BoM is not
indicated by the Bible? Yet when I point out scriptures that relate to
it, you never pick up on it--you apparently hope that if you ignore
them, they will go away. I get the impression you have
never even seen some of these Biblical passages, yet there they are, right
smack dab in the middle of your (our) Bible. Kevin sometimes
attempts to discredit them--at least he doesn't ignore them.
LOL
What I find the most
revealing, however, is when I read your answers, they quite often seem more
like some platitudes, unsupported conjectures, generalizations or
assertions, mixed in with a few . . . . put
downs? (:>)
-for
example:
Always remember that Jesus spoke
the words of God and every word He spoke is supported
by OT scripture (true--but
basically a platitude)
which can not be said of the
words Joseph Smith got out of that hat. (a mix
of put-down and unsupported generalization, which I would heartily disagree
with, but obviously has no creibility because it is glaringly apparent that in
making this comment the writer has never read the Book of
Mormon.)
The devil has fulfilled
some Biblical prophecy - (??unsupported assertion??
What are you referring to??)
he did have the Lord of Glory
killed on a sinners
cross (platitude)
which he wouldn't have been part
of if he had fully understood the implications - (unsupported conjecture)
he is angry and wants to take as many as possible into eternity with
him, (platitude)
wake up and smell the coffee.
(a putdown!!)
Judy
