Re: [TruthTalk] Condition of heart of "unregenerate" gentiles

[Blainerb473]

In a message dated 12/17/2005 12:41:17 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you manipulate it too, as clearly proven   On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:28:17 -0500 Judy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: || I quote..scripture as written in the KJV Bible I think it was Lance who asked DaveH and/or I what our perception of traditional Christianity was.  Please forgive me for not having the post ready at hand--I think it got lost somewhere, but I recall it well enough to talk about it, anyway, I believe. The short but sweet discussion above about covers my perception of one of the main characteristics of Traditional Christianity--lots of disagreement, even when it comes to the same passages in the Bible.    Mainstream Christians talk about the "Church" as if it were one, but this appears to be more lip service than reality.  The hard reality, as I see it, is that although we have been blessed with a bible, we can't agree on what it says.   I am very much impressed with the work of the great reformers, especially Tyndale, who had eight different languages at his disposal, but I see his work and the works of most other reformers as being a prelude to the restoration of the Gospel as contained in the Book of Mormon and other books,  not an end in itself.  To my view, the Protestant reformation was of God--most definitely!!    Unfortunately, most Protestants reached the unjustified conclusion that making the Bible available to the common man, which again I believe was clearly one of God's great works, meant it was OK to say "lo here," and "lo there," as every man and his brother then became self-styled experts on what it all meant.  Fortunately, God saw the confusion, and called upon his servant Joseph Smith and others to rectify the condition--thus the coming forth of the Book of Mormon!!  End of first installment.  More later, if I do not get submerged in one of TT's endless controversies!