Michael MacDougall

[Michael MacDougall @ergadia]

@Primary_Pianist Testament means oath or Covenant, which is why the Mormon Church is false there are no other Covenants than the Covenant with Jesus at the Last Supper.

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@realKellyKnight Interesting I compare the Mormon request to read and pray about the Book of Mormon to praying about whether the sky is green.

The Book of Mormon describes events in history that do not correspond to known history. No prayer needed the Book of Mormon is false

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@MDHensley5 @akathrosary I am not convinced by insults but evidence.

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@MDHensley5 @akathrosary Sola Scriptura is a Protestant belief I am Christian not Protestant, so like the first believers I do not believe it.

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@Primary_Pianist There are no seer stones I know of in the Bible and the Urim and Thummim are not described at all, we do not know what they were or how they were used.

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@MDHensley5 @akathrosary We believe what they believed, not doctrines invented a millenia later by the reformers.

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@Scrip7urScholr There is nothing here I disagree with.

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Sure Jesus is God but that does not allow His human nature to sin. It is similar when some claim Jesus shows disdain for Mary, that is His mother and His human nature cannot dishonor her. I agree completely that Jesus is God and therefore can do things that we cannot: He claimed to be God for example, performed miracles on the Sabbath, etc. But from my reading of Scripture aside from His claims to divinity He did not sin because He knew the Law as the lawmaker not because the laws did not apply to Him.

Lastly the method and goal of Saul versus Christians is very different. Saul in defiance of God used a medium to force a spirit back from death to gain information. Christians believing in the Resurrection ask their brothers and sisters in Heaven to pray for them. I don't really see a point of correlation except they are dead. That is why I asked about the Resurrection.

Please note for this I am not asserting that it is effective just not necromancy. I do believe it is effective but that is another matter.

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@Scrip7urScholr I am doing my day job as well, all good.

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The real issue is that the Book of Mormon is factually not true, no need to pray at all. I would not ask God if the sky was green and would not believe confirmation if I got it. If you feel a strong conviction that falsehood is true that says a lot about the spirit you rely upon but nothing about the truth.

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@Scrip7urScholr So then Jesus the man talked to the dead violating Deuteronomy 18.

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@Scrip7urScholr That is a straw man, I am actually saying look at what Saul did to sin it looks nothing like what Christians do when they ask the intercession of Saints in Heaven why do you think they are the same? It seems more that you need them to be the same to condemn the practice.

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@Scrip7urScholr Also God forbade necromancy the practice of consulting the dead to learn about the future. When Saul did in 1 Samuel 28 he consulted a witch who summoned the spirit back which looks nothing like what Jesus did and all Christians do, except Protestants.

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@Scrip7urScholr This was to Christians who believe Jesus is fully man, if you don't than that is another matter.

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So the Eucharist is made of bread and therefore comes from paganism but the sacrifices in the Temple come from God? Why are they not pagan?

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@capitolhillcath They also get upset when you ask them why Jesus talking to Moses and Elijah doesn't count too.

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@ProIllustr3A777 So you deny the resurrection? Also show me in Scripture where asking members of the body of Christ to pray for is discouraged.

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@reborn4christ Okay what practice looks like how they treated demi gods in Greek paganism?