Did we have a pre-premortal existence?

[_gdemetz]

Okay Albion, I will give you an example of the difficulty you will face if you only use the Bible. The Bible teaches that Adam was formed from the dust of the earth, but it also states that Adam was the son of God (see Luke 3:38). Would you care to try and explain that without the help of modern day prophets and/or scripture? If not, I will explain it to you later.

[_Albion]

I think you are changing the subject and avoiding the question. Can you provide substantiation for your earlier thread from the Bible? A simple yes, with reference, or a no will do. There's nothing intellectual in the question?

[_gdemetz]

No, if all you accept is the Bible then you will be very limited here on this site, not to mention your learning will also be very limited! What is your basis for only accepting the Bible anyhow? Now, you try to answer the question I gave you!

[_Drifting]

Christ developed faster...

CFR from any official Church source that you like.

[_Albion]

Thank you, gemetz. Through faith I accept the Bible as God's word and his complete revelation of himself, complete and sufficient to reveal God's will for my life and salvation for mankind as a whole. It is the accepted foundation of the Christian faith and anything that purports to rival it must be measured against the Bible and nothing else. Experts on art forgeries and currency counterfeiting become experts by studying the originals so they can detect forgeries. They do not study the forgeries to verify the originals.

[_gdemetz]

Hello?!? Nowhere in the Bible does it state that it is the only and final revelation from God! In fact, the Bible itself has prophesies about the Book of Mormon and other scripture! So, if you really understood and accepted the Bible and quit listening to those who practice priestcraft, then you would accept what the Bible states about truth "springing out of the earth" and the other verses which prophesy of the Book of Mormon and the restoration!!!

[_Drifting]

Christ developed faster...

CFR from any official Church source that you like.

Bump

[_Albion]

Forgive me, gdemetz, but now you are launching into fantasy and rote apologetics.

[_gdemetz]

Fantasy?! I asked you a legitimate question! Where in the Bible does it teach that it is the one and only source of God's word?! On the contrary, the Bible states that "truth will spring out of the earth" (see also Ezekiel 37), and it also refers to many other books as authentic! It also prophesies of a "restitution of all things," and if that is really true, then those lost books will be restored also!!

[_Albion]

dgemetz, you are posing a weak argument. You appear to be saying that just because the Bible does not cover a topic, in this case additions to holy writ, that this somehow makes Mormon scriptural additions okay. If the Bible is the standard, which time and position has shown it to be, then additions, if they are to have any credibility, must conform to it. Clearly Mormon theology contradicts and adds in so many ways to Biblical teachings as to be an unreliable counterfeit. Can we stick with one topic at a time?