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tadpole256 · 07-28-2006, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by alias

Here is a link to a Christian apologetics site that is very well presented. This is one of the better sites that explain traditional Christianity and cults and other religions. Lots of information that I think is pretty right on.

http://tinyurl.com/ruvsp

Mormonism teaches there are many gods and their god (father) is but one of many of other gods with their own planets and children. Christianity teaches there is one God.

Ok... I was reading the site, and whereas I did not totally agree with it, I definately understood the point it was making until I came to this paragraph...

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To further confuse the matter, Mormonism further states that salvation is twofold. It maintains that salvation is both forgiveness of sins and universal resurrection. So when a Mormon speaks of salvation by grace, he is usually referring to universal resurrection. But the Bible speaks of salvation as the forgiveness of sins, not simple universal resurrection. Where Mormonism states that forgiveness of sins is not by faith alone, the Bible does teaches it is by faith alone. Which is correct? Obviously, it is the Bible.

The last line is the part that bothers me. Obviously? How is it fucking obvious? All that last statement does is to proove the bias of the entire article. I mean seriously, it's clearly NOT obvious seeing as so many other religions exist, including Mormons.

To think that ONLY the bible can be correct excludes the possibility of correctness in works such as the Talmud, the Torah, the Koran, all of the Sutras, and yes, the book of Morman. Very simply, it is an exceptionally narrow-minded point of view.

If we don't open our mind to new possibilities and experiences we will never grow as people, or as a society. Very simply, the Article (in my opinion) is wrong.