Deut. 6:4 "Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One."
1 Jn 3:1 "Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him."
Heb. 1:8 "but to the Son: Your throne, God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice."
Acts 5:3-4 "Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field? [4] Wasn’t it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn’t it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God!"
1 Jn 4:14 "And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior."
Jn 16:7 "Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth. It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Counselor will not come to you. If I go, I will send Him to you."
Jn 14:16 "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever."
There is only one God (Deut 6:4)
The Father is God (1 Jn 3:1)
The Son is God (Heb 1:8)
The Holy Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4)
The Father is not the Son (1 Jn 4:14)
The Son is not the Holy Spirit (Jn 16:7)
The Holy Spirit is not the Father (Jn 14:16)
Mormons are some of the most disingenuous apologists for their religion in the public square.
Instead of clearly defining and defending their beliefs as distinct from historic Christianity, Mormon apologetics seem to center on blurring lines as much as possible with historic Christianity, essentially preying on the ignorant.
Jesus said to his disciples, “What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.”
But we rarely hear Mormons openly proclaiming their distinctives, such as their rejection of the Trinity, their belief in preexistent spirits, their view of Jesus and Lucifer as brothers, their claim that man can become as God, and their many other doctrines ranging from laughable absurdity to damnable blasphemy.
Christians meanwhile do not need to rely on obfuscation to advance our faith. The word of the gospel is the power of God for salvation, which is why we can speak truth plainly and trust God to work, even when those truths are unpopular in our culture.
But false religions and cults such as Mormonism lack this power, forcing them to rely on deceptive, obfuscatory, and underhanded tactics instead of the rigor of their own claims.
@LightOfAntioch@BasedMikeLee@Manhattva It's literally Christian to reject heresies like Mormonism. Multiple books of the New Testament are devoted to combating heresies.
Instead of trying to turn Christians to your false prophet, turn to Jesus.
@OpStCyprian@ProtPhilosopher That's exactly what they do. They claim in one breath that there's no new divine revelation after John the Apostle died then also claim the sacred tradition they started building in the 400s is a source of divine revelation.
They are asleep awaiting the Second Coming when they will rise, just as the Bible says.
You see, Romans claim authority but the line breaks through out history. The Apostles were directly appointed by Jesus and we know their testimony is true.
Either you or Paul are correct. I don't know who you are.
No, it's honest, you just can't admit the Roman church is corrupt because you worship man and not God. That's why you brought up pagan gods, because you know darn well 1,000 errors and 1 correct belief mean your church has strayed from the original church - which was not centered in Rome, did not have one leader on earth, did not believe communion was a sacrifice that could earn salvation, did not believe in your rituals and statues, and certainly did not pray to Mary or other dead people to save them.
Pagans prayed to dead ancestors for divine intercession and intervention. They left votive offerings at the stairs of ancestors and deities.
What you're actually looking for, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, was written by a Cardinal later canonized. His writings are regarded as authoritative including by papal leadership.
Cardinal Newman admits Catholics adopted pagan religious practices.
Paul would have entire Epistles devoted to condemning the Roman Church.
What primitive Christiams did any of this?
They didn't because it's pagan ritual and spiritual beliefs grafted on the faith to bring in pagans - the exact thing God warns against in the Bible.
The exact type of stuff Paul blasted in his epistles.
St John Henry Newman admits this in his authoritative history of the Catholic Church by the way.
Watch the coordinated narrative from the left shift in real time to cover for their cheating. I'm just waiting for them to get to "this cheating is good to protect us from fascists" or some other bull shit.
It should not need to be said, but the reason for the ridiculously long vote counting process (in CA and elsewhere) is so those doing the "counting" can see how the vote allocation needs to go as totals for each candidate are periodically announced.
If it's all counted at once, then the result is what it is, and there is no opportunity, or means of coordination, to change it.
You know what you can't trace back to Christ?
• Purgatory
• Indulgences
• Implicit faith
• Infant baptism
• Treasury of merit
• Transubstantiation
• The papacy/supremacy
• Prayer to Mary and saints
• Immaculate conception of Mary
• The mass as a propitiatory sacrifice
@WWUTTcom How is it possible to commit blasphemy against a human?
Catholics have apotheosized Mary to take the place of the Holy Spirit. It's lies and deceit.