::::Banging head against brick wall repeatedly::::
For the last time, Adam, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints IS a Christian church. Look at the name of the church very closely. Do you see a reference to Jesus Christ? If so, what does that imply to you? Sheesh!
Snark:
Dont’ bother. Arg’s brand is the ONLY brand, and anything that ain’t HIS brand is a cult.
You oughta know the drill by now: anything that doesn’t fit in with his view of the world, based upon his religious convictions, simply isn’t true or doesnt’ exist. And you could surgically implant the fact that Mormons are Christians into his brain and he still wouldn’t acknowledge it.
Hey, this is a guy who doesn’t “Get” why anyone who calls themselves a Christian doesn’t speak in tongues, ok?
(You do gotta admit, though, that while you guys may believe in Jesus Christ as your personal savior, this whole business of multiple gods (one for each planet) and becoming a god yoruself and populating your own planet…well, that’s a pretty fur piece from the path that most Christians understand)
Stoidela
Boycott shampoo! Demand REAL poo!
Snark: It’s not your fault that you’re a very confused individual. You simply haven’t learned the true meaning of what it is to be a Christian. I don’t mean to be insulting, or sound arrogant. And I don’t think that my “brand,” i.e. Pentecostal Christianity, is the only true way.
I’ve always hated the fact that denominations exist. As you probably know, there are many Protestant denominations, one of which is Pentecostal. Stoid misunderstood me, and misquoted me, but I said that I can’t understand why a true Christian would not follow the ENTIRE Bible.
LDS have the Book of Mormon. Now, they say that this is "another testimony of Jesus Christ." Well, I find that odd, since the Book of Mormon directly CONTRADICTS the Bible.
(One example: It says that Satan is Jesus's brother in the book of Abraham. This is NOT true, and found NOWHERE in the Bible.)
Oh my, look at the time. I wish I had more time to disect every aspect of this rediculous religion you call Mormonism. Study the Bible, and study all of LDS's teachings. You'll see that Mormons are some of the most confused, decieved people on this planet. (No offense.)
Adam
you all seem to be forgetting one important thing, its not really a thing, its you!
we all have a thinking personality, we consider carefully what is true and what is false, its something that has been imprinted into our brains. for as long as we know we have belived in some sort of god, be it an animal spirit, mother earth, nirvana or god. whatever it is, we made it. YES! WE MADE GOD
it was people like us who wrote the bible, told the tales, sang the songs etc. what i am doing now is creating too, jesus was a philosopher like sokrates, like muhamed, as was buddah and all the other too. doesnt really matter, the stories are ours, we go where we want to. if hell is a fun place, please feel free to go there to life a wonderful afterlife, if heaven is the place you made for your comforts, please feel free to enjoy it. if you love earth, please dont pester us other beings with tales that are far from any truth, but marely tales made to educate the mind on matters we all need to survive as a species. do not misunderstand them as words some almighty entity is trying to relate to us, but think of them as a guide to society in which we can all live in.
every major religion in the world has one basis, be good to other beings. as a warning it is said that bad people are punished(not because they are fun, but because the hurt other beings). but one thing they forget that is important everywhere, especially in raising a kid, never ever make a threat you arent capable of following through. thus never make a threat you really dont want to happen.
Arg:
You know, being snide, sarcsctic and derisive is not erased when you say “no offense”. You dont’ get to be as rude as you like and then wave it away when you say that.
You tell someone they are deceived and their religion is ridiculous, you are being offensive and you are meaning to be. Now, dont’ get me wrong, I happen to think LDS is ridiculous myself, but I also think Pentecostal Christianity is just as ridiculous. But that’s not the point. Your tone was decidedly rude… and if that’s how you are going to communicate, you should take responsibility for it.
Stoidela
Boycott shampoo! Demand REAL poo!
Lot of interesting talks going on.
I love a fanatic convention.
You see, the more you try to sqeese your religion into other peoples minds the more they will despice you.
And as always everybody is claiming to be right and everybody else is to go straight to hell.
Well then I hope I’m right because than only me and a couple of selected femails will go to the place of raw meat and beer for a continus blowjob festival.
Live long (or short in the case of ARG) and prosper.
PS:You might want to check on the subject it rather cool.
PPS:ARG sex IS amazing, utterly, utterly, utterly better than any god, and the good thing is you can have that in quantity and quolity (something that god does not offer)
Thor
ARG220 wrote:
No, actually, it’s because schizophrenia hasn’t been cured yet. Go figure.
Jesus and you are brothers, Jesus and I are brothers, and Jesus and the entire human family are brothers and sisters.
None taken. I have studied the Bible, and I have studied LDS teachings, and I find them to be quite compatible with each other. But then, I’m just “confused.” Ad hominem, your table is ready. <g>
You’re just a-rackin up those black marks in heaven, aren’tcha Christian-Boy?
>^,^<
KITTEN
He who walk through airport door sideways going to Bangkok. - Confucius
It seems that somebody has summoned me to another thread. I think I’m going to post all my comments there, to make things easier. So, if you want to discuss stuff, then come on over to the “ARG220, over here!” thread.
By the way, Diane: I don't understand your joke about me and black marks. Did you think I'm doing all this for brownie points? No, I just want to see the lost become found, and I want the blind to see. :)
Adam.
I come back from vacation and find you’ve moved the party! Yippee! Now that this is in the BBQ pit, I can say something I’ve been dying to say. Adam, in the language of my very own loving father – “Boy, you’ve got a head like a bent shit-can lid.”
Bill James’ little girl, Jess
BTW, everyone – I’ll bring the graham crackers and chocolate bars. After all, it wouldn’t be Hell without S’Mores…
Jess
ahem…black marks are not brownie points, they are strikes. Do you really think that trashing other religions is something that G-d is going to look kindly on? Take off your own blinders before you go trying to remove everyone else’s.
Brownie points? Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - not hardly.
I would have thought you, more than anyone, would be familiar with that Great Slate in the Sky that God uses to log ticky-marks of un-Christian-like behavior.
Next time you want to trash someone, ask yourself, What Would Jesus Do? (to be referred from this point on as WWJD - not to be confused with WWRJD (Hi Jeff)). 
::::Jeeez, I am so good I have almost convinced myself.::::
Amen
>^,^<
KITTEN
He who walk through airport door sideways going to Bangkok. - Confucius
Book of Abraham’s not in the Book of Mormon; it’s in the Pearl of Great Price.
Sheesh.
silence is considered as yes!
ARG wrote in 7-4:
“In heaven, our bodies will be recongizable, and identifiable…”
“We will be supernatural, and therefore, invinsible…”
“…We will be able to eat, and drink.”
So, these bodies are physically real, yet supernatural and invisible. I’m assuming these spirit bodies will have physical mass, unless perhaps the food and drink is supernatural and invisible as well.
Actually, it wouldn’t matter if the food were invisible, because if the spirit people are invisible they would be blind due to the fact that light would pass through their transparent retinas.
Everyone will be recognizable and identifiable, but not by sight, since everyone is blind and invisible. Most likely, people will recognize each other by touch, or maybe smell (possibly the smell of the invisible food they spilled on their invisible shirts). Hey, maybe they won’t have retinas (or any eye parts at all)- really, what would be the point, if they’re all blind anyway? They WILL have to have mouths, however, in order to consume the food and drink.
Probably no sexual organs, though. They would be useless since sex would be a no-no, and it would hardly be paradise if everyone was desperately horny, especially when everyone is going around groping each other as they try to identify and recognize their companions. (“Do I know you? Here, let me examine your ******. Yep, it’s you.”
Whats wrong with hell? Id get to meet the mastermind Hitler AND get a suntan for once! (everyone remember their sunblock 3000 proof!)
Does anyone know the “kindling temperature” of sulphur? The Bible mentions
“fire and brimstone”(sulphur) in the “lake of fire,” which may not be the same thing. That said, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the hottest temperature withstood by humans (in Air Force experiments) was 500 degrees, Fahrenheit, about 240 Celsius, I suppose. 500 degrees–and steaks cook at 325! So how hot is burning sulphur?
Is the burnung sulphur going to somehow contribute to the spiritual torture, or are we going to use it to cook steaks?
Well Holly, I goofed. You thought that “invinsible” meant “invisible.” Not at all. What I MEANT to say was INVINCIBLE. Our bodies will be supernatural and therefore invincible. Actually, your post cracked me up though. 
I like the line about trying to recognize your friends by groping them. LOL.
BTW, heaven also knows no time, or distance, or many other things that we're restricted by here on earth. It has been theorized, that in heaven, we will be able to transport ourselves anywhere, kind of like a site to site transport on "Star Trek." All we'll need to do is think of where we want to go, and we'll beam right over. It's a cool idea, and of course hypothetical, but I can't wait to see what it'll be like. :)
Adam