You accept the Old Testament as canon, correct? That means that, by your definition, you have implicitly accepted the Infallible authority of the Jewish religion. How can that be? Just because I use the book that you guys put together, doesn't mean that I agree with your theology. I'm sure...
Why is it that people that believe in a god, whoever that god may be, feel that they have to prove the existence of their diety to people that don't believe in God? I say it should be the other way around. In the Book of Mormon, Alma, the High Priest, was talking to Korihor, an anti-Christ, when...
I have a question for you. One of the early Church Fathers (one that wasn't branded a heretic), Ignatius said this, "We are clearly obliged to look upon the bishop as the Lord Himself" (Ign. Eph. 6.1). If, as Ignatius affirms, bishops stand in the place of Christ Himself, then obviously...
Your right he was way off. It would have been the Roman Catholics and the Baptists (If you insist I can just have the Roman Catholics represented, but for all intents and purposes there were two denominations; if there's a dispute on the nature of God(s) it denotes two denominations); everybody...
Actually, I think the hippies used the peace sign as their symbol, and they did some pretty bad things. Anyway, the cross to me does not represent Christianity as a whole; it represents Christ.
It seems that you're accusing all of Christiandom that has a cross in their home or on their person, including myself, of denying the actuality of the death of Christ. Peter sure didn't see the cross in that manner. When he described Christ as a cross (see my openning post), did the cross have...
Actually it's the forth scripture:D . Sorry, I had to. I know what our doctrine is; I've spent my life, thus far, studying the Gospel, one of the many reasons why I'm studying the NT and early Christianity for my career. The way that the Trinity has been explained to me is that the 3 are...
Hey guys, I'm studying the New Testament and early Christianity for school, and I was thinking about where to go to graduate school. I have heard that the Vatican has its own university, but I've been unable to find it anywhere online. I was wondering if you guys knew anything about a Vatican...
You're right, the New Testament says that is "life eternal" to know the nature of God; that is why we have to look at very sound doctrine that is not taught in sunday school. Here's a passage from the scriptures, "I would that ye should understand that God himself shall come down among the...
Thank you so much.:D
I do have a question though. I don't know if this is true, because I haven't read the Quran, but I've heard from others that it talks about the Jihad and killing the infedels; am I correct in interpreting that a Jihad is waging a war against one's own evil and that it's...
Hi guys, I just wanted to tell you that I, and many people that I talk to within the Church, thing that Mohammad was inspired. The university that I go to, Brigham Young University, a Church run school, had some of the incoming freshmen read most of the Quran over the summer. I didn't have...
Oh I know. But, it seems that, as a Church, we try to separate ourselves too much from Catholic and Protestant things. How many times in sunday school is it taught that we are the sons and daughters of Christ or that we are saved by grace; or how amazingly close the doctrine of the Trinity is...
I would not be opposed at all if the Church used the cross. His death was necessary for our salvation. It's not like using the cross means that you automatically stop celebrating the Resurrection. I have my cross right next to The Living Christ. For everyone that doesn't know what The Living...
I definately agree with you. The cross has beautiful symbolism; as a type of a tree of life and, as you said, representing Christ's victory over death. I do think His death was a very sad day, I mean our God was crucified, but, at the same time, it was such a wonderful day, because His death...