Month: February 2013

Transitions: The Mormon Migration from Religion to

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Perhaps the most obvious North American example of a sect that evolved into a denomination is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons. The decision of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is a response to a particular question regarding the Baptism of Mormons and obviously does not indicate a judgment on those who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eardley Believe in reincarnation; rejected plural marriage; believe that Jesus reincarnated as Brighouse and again in 1909 as Dr.

The Strength of the Mormon Position

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Importantly, *there would be nothing irrational in drawing this conclusion.* Similarly, consider that Japanese robot story I told you a while ago. Yet both incorporated polytheist symbols and practices into their church "liturgy" 3. The official Mormon teaching states, "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's" (Doctrine and Covenants 130:22). Yet both incorporated polytheist symbols and practices into their church "liturgy" 3.

The Latter-Day Saints' millennial star Volume 13

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One of Miller�s followers, by the name of George Sparr published his sermons in which he rejected the immortality of a soul and maintained that eternal suffering � is the complete annihilation of a sinner. Christianity is now an unquestionably separate religion from Judaism with clear differences in belief, practices, religious rites, creed or statement of faith, worship services, formal or informal code of doctrine and discipline, as well as its ecclesiastical structure and governance.

"Walking With the Women of the New Testament" Study Guide

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The word "church" is used two ways in the Bible: The "universal" church refers to the body or group of all saved people everywhere. As a fourteen year old boy, Joseph Smith went into a grove of trees in Manchester, New York, and prayed to know which church he should join. In his response on the Assumption issue he wrote, Our source of authority is not the Bible alone. I'm sure I would probably loose that debate. What were debating about is whether a Mormon is a Christian.

The Book of Mormon Sleuth, Vol. 2: The Lost Tribe (Lost

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Cults try to subvert the human will with total and complete obedience to the leader of a group or sect Conclusion While the term 'sect' is quite subjective, there are clear guidelines for defining what a cult is. Both claimed to be a final prophet of God. God is eternal and His truths and His ways do not change - yet Jesus Christ, God, became mortal and then obtained a tangible, resurrected body (Luke 24). Her sermons were marked by faith healings, speaking in tongues, contemporary music, and elaborate morality plays.

Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren

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One of the most able students of the history of Indian literature says decidedly: 'Indians have never made any distinction between Saga, legend, and history.' This applies particularly to ascetics, who for days at a time are quite alone among the magnificent mountains of the Himalayas, and who give themselves up exclusively to the contemplation of Nature, to inward concentration, and supernatural ecstasy [exactly as Sundar did, who spent much time travelling alone in his beloved Himalayas, and who admitted that he slipped into and out of "spiritual ecstasy" (or, as the Hindus call it, "samadhi;" or as we would call it today, "altered states of consciousness") spontaneously and frequently, which included seeing visions and hearing voices - ED.].

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume 22...

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Will you love your brothers or sisters likewise when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? But after a newspaper exposes his secret practice of polygamy and criticizes the way the city is being run, Smith is imprisoned on charges of treason. According to Roberts (1990), the Cooneyites still exist as a minority Christian denomination in various places around the world, including Northern Ireland and Mildura, Australia, who still meet in homes for church meetings.

You Get to Say: Making Sense of Trials, Setbacks, and

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Throughout our history we Christians have struggled to properly understand what God has for us in the Bible. Athavale has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to spend two weeks or more visiting India's poorest villages where they seek to advance the self-respect and economic condition of those they visit. I’m just hoping your able to take a little constructive criticism from a person that is trying to change my own approach to these discussions. My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join.

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I think the problem is that Cults get a bad rep due to the famous end of the world ones, as a matter of fact most cults are family friendly, they live like everyday normal people and people join them for a sense of belonging. More than 400 pages of Profiles on over 100 religious groups and figures. These Lutheran's tend to be very serious about sticking to what the Bible teaches, without adding to it or taking away from it.

What Happens at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ?

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Partly in response to the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church engaged in a substantial process of reform and renewal, known as the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reform. [171] The Council of Trent clarified and reasserted Roman Catholic doctrine. Doesn’t it demonstrate that Christians are hopelessly divided? Maintained by the Electronic Text Center, University of ... The apostles dealt with cults in the early years of the church: for example, John addresses the teaching of Gnosticism in 1 John 4:1–3.