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Sorry guys! I am in an unusually great mood today!
Just consider it my "Mormon" way of getting drunk.
Don
Just consider it my "Mormon" way of getting drunk.
Don
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I am well versed in textual criticism and the suspect portion wasn't even part of the above quote, read it again, the contended portion which is found in the TR(KJV,NKJV,etc) "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, The Word, and the Holy Ghost and these three are one"Don:
Like I said before, I don't need to disprove your faith. I am here to defend mine. The arguments have been entered. As I previously posted, Mosser and Owen, two well known Evangelical scholars and apologists, seem to feel that the arguments have been made. They seem to believe that the burden has shifted to the Evangelical side. Should I take the time to reiterate each and every one?
1 Jn 5:6-8 "This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. "
I am going to assume you made a typo on the verse numbers and proceed from there. The three are Christ's baptism, His blood shed for us, and the Holy spirit. This verse can serve dual purposes one as an argument against gnosticism and two the fulfilment of OT Law require 2 or 3 witnesses. Since you asked about it I personally wonder why you singled this section out.
Don:
This passage has been demonstrated to have been added by a somewhat overzealous scribe. Go ask your Pastor.
Tell me how do you defend a faith that is based on written records that have a good possiblity of being false.Don:
Until a point has been demonstrated in attacking my beliefs, I feel no responsibility whatsoever to defend it. Until then, I will defend the "is so"s with "is not". Just because someone says, "You worship a frisbee in purple underwear" does not make it true.
Chemnitz:
The only contradictions are in your head.
Don:
Well, perhaps, but you worship a frisbee in purple underwear.
The suspect portion isn't even in the translation I quoted, that is my point. So trying to use that as an illustration of problems is pretty poor. I almost wonder if you bothered to read my original response.Chemnitz:
I am well versed in textual criticism and the suspect portion wasn't even part of the above quote, read it again, the contended portion which is found in the TR(KJV,NKJV,etc) "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, The Word, and the Holy Ghost and these three are one"
Don:
At the risk of appearing dense, whaaaaat? I read it three times, and it just doesn't make sense to me. I believe that I know where you are going, but please clarify.
No need to lecture me on the difficulties of translation, one of my many talents is a working knowledge of Hebrew, Koine Greek, and a smattering of Latin.Again, that would be your opinon. Tell me, how is it that Joseph Smith, who was completely uneducated with respect to any formal education, was able to forge, plagurize, or wing it in regard to the Book of Mormon?
Let me provide you a very few examples of why this would be so very difficult.
Sounds alot like the praise that Muslims give to the Koran. Some "expert" that nobody has ever heard of who was previously not a member of said religion, said it was the most beatiful book ever written in some language that the people being told this can't read and then converted to said religion. It is a common tactic used by many groups who have no real evidence in their favor and it makes it very difficult for the average person to verify the claim, but since the so-called evidence can't be verified it doesn't prove anything but instead strongly suggests that the representatives of the religion in question are being deceptive either intentially or because they themselves have been deceived.Originally posted by Don Layton:
Testimony of Sami Hanna:
LDS leaders have sought to have the Book of Mormon translated into every tongue on earth. It is a lengthy and difficult process. Sometimes, it is not possible to translate it, if a suitable translator cannot be found in regard to a particular language. Such seemed to be the case when, in the 1970s, the church sought to translate the Book of Mormon into Arabic.
In the 1970s, there were not any qualified Arabic speaking members of the church, so they looked without. They asked Mr. Sami Hanna if he would take the job. He had taughtat the University of Chicago, and had recently transferred to the University of Utah. We was Egyptian and was learned in Semitic languages. These are his words:
"When I began reading the Book of Mormon, and began making myself familiar with it, I expected to find a very poorly written book, as I had been told by critics of the unschooled nature of the youthful Joseph Smith as he had purportedly translated the book.
"What I found, however, was not a book of poor English; but to the contrary, I found myself reading the most beautiful Semitic book I had ever read! Naturally, it wasn't long before I knew that I must join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This I did, and I now hold the office of elder in the Church."
Just another example of the evidence as presented in the Book of Mormon.
Don
That is my point what evidence? Not to mention everytime somebody points out a problem or inconsistancy in the teaching of the mormons your standard answer is fallacy or non sequitor. You didn't even address some of the things that I questioned you on.I don't see it that way. But to each their own. I simply want to present some evidence, and hopefully you can see some of the reasons that I believe.
If you love the Jesus of the Bible then why are you a mormon? They are not the same.In spite of these differences, I would like to tell all of you that I love the Jesus of the Bible. He is my Savior and I know that without Him I am completely lost. I AM a Christian. And I do believe that you love the Savior also. I may disagree with you on a number of issues, but I DO believe that you are sincere.
Don, it's already been demonstrated that the Jesus of Mormonism and the Jesus of the Bible are two very different Jesus'.Originally posted by Don Layton:
I think I know what you mean. It is not what you said. I think you are claiming (your feelings) that the LDS Jesus and the Biblical Jesus are not the same. I believe you have done nothing more than express your feelings here, my friend.