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struggle4progress

(118,379 posts) Wed Jun 13, 2012, 01:09 PM Jun 2012

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I’m a Mormon, Not a Christian (David Mason in the NYT)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101631744

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I’m a Mormon, Not a Christian (David Mason in the NYT) (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2012 OP

Not the most rigorous reasoning in that article. laconicsax Jun 2012 #1

Mormons are not christians. hrmjustin Jun 2012 #2

God's affection toward Warren Jeffs seems exuberant and ill-directed. n/t dimbear Jun 2012 #3

I see your point.n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #4

Another branch from the Abrahamic tree... backscatter712 Jun 2012 #5

To attempt to be fair, turtlerescue1 Jun 2012 #6

laconicsax

(14,860 posts)

1. Not the most rigorous reasoning in that article.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 02:43 PM

Jun 2012

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. Mormons are not christians.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 07:03 PM

Jun 2012

But they are Godly people and God loves them every single one of them. Even though they don't drink.

dimbear

(6,271 posts)

3. God's affection toward Warren Jeffs seems exuberant and ill-directed. n/t

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 07:36 PM

Jun 2012

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. I see your point.n/t

Reply to dimbear (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 07:38 PM

Jun 2012

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

5. Another branch from the Abrahamic tree...

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 07:53 PM

Jun 2012

Watching the evolution of religions over time can be fascinating. Just take a look at the Mormon family tree, starting from ancient Babylonian, Egyptian and Sumerian beliefs to ancient Judaism to early Christianity to Constantine and the Nycene Council to the Protestant revolution with Martin Luther, Henry VIII and John Calvin, and now to Joseph Smith and Mormonism.

turtlerescue1

(1,013 posts)

6. To attempt to be fair,

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 11:02 AM

Jun 2012

came across a copy of the Mormon "training manual", on the very first page it said "the angel Moroni", the book went right into the trash.

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