Re: [TruthTalk] The Last Days

[Dave]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 07:13:47 -0800 Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dave: That would then open the door to the Reformers claiming they were the answer to Biblical prophecy. Yet I don't recall any Protestants making such a claim. I'm curious as to why they don't adopt this scenario. By not seeing it from this perspective, it seems to me they leave the field exclusively open to folks (like the LDS) who do claim to fulfill Biblical prophecy. Vince: False prophets and false teachers make false claims. The fact that lds-ites makes false claims is no reason to compete with lds for primacy in those false claims. That's like having a contest to see who could most disasterously beat their own thumbs with a hammer. Is asking a non-lds to defend a position which he never advocated the best arrow that you have in your quiver? DAVEH:  I'm not trying to shoot arrows into you or Protestants in general, Vince.  I'm trying to find out what they believe and why they believe such.  To me, the apostasy and subsequent restoration is a given from my LDS bias.  It seems so obvious (again.....from my LDS perspective) that the gospel went through dark ages just as the world did in other aspects.  It just surprises me the Reformers did not jump onto that bandwagon (apostasy as evidenced by RCC theology) while claiming to be the Biblical answer (in the effect of a restoration of what the RCC folks lost).  Now again, Vince....this is my LDS biased thinking.  I'm curious to know if any Protestants have given any thought to this.  And if not, why not?  To me it seems relatively a logical path to take.  Are there any Biblical reasons why the Reformers did not consider traveling that route? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain Five email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF and MOTORCYCLE.