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Re: Xeno-x - I do not know a great deal about the Mormons
I know -- I ws just pointing out that the Book of Mormon is considered by the Mormons to as sacred a text as the KJV is to other Christians. And of quite spurious origins (I got the whole story from some 21-yr old Mormon "elders" (plus the Book of Mormon, supposedly translated in the 1800's, but reading like King James English).
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Xeno-x
on April 17, 2009 at 10:00 PM
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mariss9 - I agree but would argue that not one person on this planet
" . . .sincerely walk(s) the straight and narrow path the Bible really teaches"
I cannot think of any person or group alive that is not ignoring a number of prohibitions or prescribed actions for social transgression (such as stoning people to death) as described in the bible.
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gomedome
on April 17, 2009 at 6:47 AM
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ash_pradhan - Re: Rational perspective...at the end of the day,
Thanx for stopping in.
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gomedome
on April 17, 2009 at 6:41 AM
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Xeno-x - I do not know a great deal about the Mormons
Specifically, if some of their religious doctrines have been selectively abandoned over the years as those of other religions have. I include them in "isolated enclaves" mentioned in this post, where I was admittedly thinking more of the Mennonites, Dukabors or Amish etc.
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gomedome
on April 17, 2009 at 6:40 AM
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Mankind has always imposed their will over God's any time it was really convenient to them. Very few will sincerely walk the straight and narrow path the Bible really teaches.
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mariss9
on April 16, 2009 at 6:00 PM
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Rational perspective...at the end of the day,
one's own conscience is the guiding light!
posted by
ash_pradhan
on April 16, 2009 at 3:08 PM
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the great religious tomes are of human manufacture
with a dose of illumination sprinkled here and there, possibly inspired.
did you forget to mention the Book of Mormon? That is a separate tome.
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Xeno-x
on April 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM
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