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@Vico wrote: RuthAnne: I’m still trying to sort this out. If they can only worship the “only being” as it says in their scripture, which being is that? If The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost are...
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@RuthAnne wrote: mtolympus: However, can you help me understand how saying that these three separate persons are the same being makes this no longer confusing. I think I already explained that. Read...
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@po18guy wrote: Well, God the Father is Father of all. Jesus is our Brother. Mary - well she is the mother of all who ive in Christ (Rev. 12). So, in that regard, we do have heavenly parents - but as...
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@mtolympus wrote: mtolympus: I am trying to sort this out. We both believe that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one God, though they are three separate persons. I can see how this dichotomy may be...
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@RebeccaJ wrote: Joseph Smith’s doctrine of deity changed over time. The BoM contains Trinitarian ideas. As his ideas moved further away from Christianity, his doctrines about deity changed. The...
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@RebeccaJ wrote: No, we don’t both believe in one God. Mormonism teaches people to believe in many, innumerable, gods. The Mormon Godhead is only one in purpose, like an HOA committee or something....
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@RuthAnne wrote: Okay, excuse me but I’m still at the Mormon 101 level. Or maybe a little advanced but not much. My questions are basic and I’m frustrated with no answers. So let me start with a few...
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@Horton wrote: RuthAnne: If you get too deep into the woods you will lose me. It is at this point where the LDS would teach new converts (I know you are NOT a convert to the LDS) that they just need...
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@RuthAnne wrote: Horton: I know you are NOT a convert to the LDS No but I have had the missionaries in my house and have heard their lessons. None of this kind of stuff ever came up that I recall. But...
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@mtolympus wrote: Horton: It is at this point where the LDS would teach new converts (I know you are NOT a convert to the LDS) that they just need trust and if they don’t, then they just don’t have...
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@mtolympus wrote: RuthAnne: Okay, excuse me but I’m still at the Mormon 101 level. Or maybe a little advanced but not much. My questions are basic and I’m frustrated with no answers. So let me start...
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@Stephen168 wrote: mtolympus: I am trying to sort this out. We both believe that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one God, though they are three separate persons. I can see how this dichotomy may be...
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@RebeccaJ wrote: There is no reconciling Mormon teaching. 1 is yes, 2 depends on the definition of “worship”. If that definition includes praying to, the answer is no. If the definition is, thinking...
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@Vico wrote: RuthAnne: … Note from the Vatican document: “Four gods are directly responsible for the universe, three of whom have established a covenant and thus form the divinity.” Read full topic
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@RuthAnne wrote: Well you say that they worship The Holy Spirit if that worship is by association, which it appears to be which is why gazelam called it a package deal which included the Holy Spirit....
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@RebeccaJ wrote: RuthAnne: Well you say that they worship The Holy Spirit if that worship is by association, which it appears to be which is why gazelam called it a package deal which included the...
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@RuthAnne wrote: Then what does it mean when their God the Father says he is the only being who they shall worship? Read full topic
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@RuthAnne wrote: RebeccaJ: In the BoM, the praying to Jesus was a thing for the people there with him, only. Alma was not with him when he prayed to him. Read full topic
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@RebeccaJ wrote: I was editing while you replied. I added: When the BoM was written, JS was a sometime trinitarian, and a sometime binarian. The BoM has remnants of Protestant Christian beliefs of JS...
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