I would add a slight twist to this. I think that other religions DO have saving truths (not ordinances), and they have the ability to bring people to a higher level of salvation. Now, the LDS Church is the only one with the fulness of salvation, or exaltation. If a Muslim, Jew or Hindu brings a person up to a terrestrial lifestyle from a telestial one, hasn't that person done the work of God? I think so. I believe a Jewish temple run on the Mosaic law by Levites would be acceptable to God on a terrestrial level (doesn't John the Baptist tell JS and Oliver Cowdery that the Aaronic Priesthood would be with them until the sons of Levi offer up a sacrifice in righteousness? It could apply.). The time would eventually come when they would receive the higher priesthood, and the Jerusalem temple would be converted to perform the higher ordinances of exaltation. As we speak, the Jews are gathering the stones to rebuild the temple, they have a red heifer, etc. We don't use red heifers in our endowment, last I looked. Clearly, they are looking at performing rituals according to their level of understanding. And if the LDS Church can help the Hindus build a temple, why can't we help the Jews build theirs?
K'aya K'ama, Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe JWR: I would like to bear a second witness to what Paul has said here. There is truth in other faiths. I agree that other faiths have some truth. In some cases a lot of truth. But there are no _saving_ truths or ordinances in that practicing those religions will ultimately end in the followers being damned. John W. Redelfs ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
