>From: "Blaine Borrowman"
cpl: Revelation is not disallowed. Many experience personal revelation through the Holy Spirit. We Christians admit that God can give new revelation if and when he pleases. But, we have no reasion to believe that he has, because of the many "revealed", "channeled", "inspired" works that have been produced in the last 2000 years, and especially in the last 200 years, none of them stand in light of the Bible, and especailly not the BoM. They are all contradictory and evilly inspired counterfeits. Plus, Jude 3 says the canon of scripture is closed.
>2) infant baptism is needed for children to be saved, or it is not needed (this appears to be optional);
cpl: Infant baptism is not practiced in most Christian churchs. In fact, since Baptists make up the largest Christian denomination, and there are many other denominations that do not practice infant baptism, it can be argued that infant baptism is not the norm in Christian. So, why do you dwell on this?
>3) either the mode of baptism doesn't matter (sprinkling, immersion, whatever), or baptism itself is not needed at all, this also appears to be optional;
cpl: It matters to many denominations. Baptists typically immerse, evangelicals typically immerse. Some do, however, sprinkle. Again, I do not find sprinkling to be the norm, so why do you dwell on this as well?
>4) one is saved by easy grace alone, no works are required, but one must at least pay lip service to show he accepts Jesus Christ 's atonement (I like this one!!);
You casually throw the word "easy" in there to make it sound like some hokey doctrine, when it is indeed Biblical...unless you want to ignore Paul. You know the references. You have this right: No works are required for salvation. Works, of course, are evidence of your faith, but not the effector of it. Only God can do that. Salvation is a free gift of god...you cannot earn a free gift. It is God's grace that makes us undeserving sinners savable. To say that you have to do ANY works at all to earn salvation is to rob God of His glory and refuse His free gift (how arrogant and insulting!) and indicate that you do not trust that he can save you in and of Himself.
>5) Hell is a place where wicked people are literally burned with literal fire (scary, but to me, not so much as having to account for a bad conscience might be);
Again, not all Christians believe in a physical fiery eternal punishment...many believe that Hell is strictly a separation from God (which will be quite tormenting in and of itself!)
>6) marriage is "until death do us part," so family units and relationships do not continue after death (If this is true, then loyalty to one's spouse has little importance);
Loyalty is of GREAT importance in our marraiges. We take an oath before God to "have and to hold..." our spouses, "until death do us part". Christians do not take that lightly. We do not forsake the marriage bed (one flesh) or spread it across several adulterous relationships.
>7) one must only show kindness to a fellow believer;
Where did you get that idea? Aren't we to love our enemies?
>8) I should listen to the spirit, but not report it if I hear anything for fear of being ridiculed; and finally,
You are sure coming up with some laughable ones yourself at this point...scraping the bottom og the barrel, eh?
>9) God is just a spirit, and I suppose that is all I will be too, after I die. The experiences of this brief sojourn in learning to deal with the pains and sorrows of mortality will mean nothing.
Yes, god is a spirit. The Bible states such. When Christians die, they will live in the presence of God in a resurrected body. I am not sure what the "learning to deal with the pains and sorrows of mortality" will mean after we are dead, but boy am I excited about learning!
Blaine, here is the bottom line...If the LDS are right, I get a second chance...but if Christians are right, you are dead in your sins.
Perry
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