Poll time! Pick your Prophet!

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Poll time! Pick your Prophet!

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I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.

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Re: Poll time! Pick your Prophet!

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Since Christ is the head for his church what need is there for prophets, real prophets, or as in the list you present, false prophets?
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Albion wrote:Since Christ is the head for his church what need is there for prophets, real prophets, or as in the list you present, false prophets?


Define "false prophet."
I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu.

“I believe if I had a house in hell and one in St. George I'd rent out the one in St. George and live in hell.”
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Albion wrote:Since Christ is the head for his church what need is there for prophets, real prophets, or as in the list you present, false prophets?

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http://www.LDS.org/topics/prophets?lang=eng
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Re: Poll time! Pick your Prophet!

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I think the list provided adequately defines the term "false prophets". As the scriptures indicate, in times past God spoke through his prophets but now he has spoken through his Son. With Christ as the living head of his church, the body of believers, he is prophet, priest and king.
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Re: Poll time! Pick your Prophet!

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Albion wrote:I think the list provided adequately defines the term "false prophets". As the scriptures indicate, in times past God spoke through his prophets but now he has spoken through his Son. With Christ as the living head of his church, the body of believers, he is prophet, priest and king.


We have had prophets who were also priests and kings!!

Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
John Taylor

Were all anointed Prophet, Priest and King!

Sadly our modern day versions don't see the need to be anointed a King. Why is that?
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."
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I do see the irony in your post and who can argue with it in real terms. I just have a problem with lists like Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Joseph Smith, Tom Perry, and Dallin Oaks. Perhaps only to me but it does point up the lunacy of the Mormon claims.
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Re: Poll time! Pick your Prophet!

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Albion wrote:I think the list provided adequately defines the term "false prophets".

well, obviously you can think whatever you like.
Albion wrote: As the scriptures indicate, in times past God spoke through his prophets but now he has spoken through his Son.

CFR - where do the scriptures indicate this???

Albion wrote:With Christ as the living head of his church, the body of believers, he is prophet, priest and king.

CFR and explain
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Fence Sitter wrote:
Albion wrote:I think the list provided adequately defines the term "false prophets". As the scriptures indicate, in times past God spoke through his prophets but now he has spoken through his Son. With Christ as the living head of his church, the body of believers, he is prophet, priest and king.


We have had prophets who were also priests and kings!!

Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
John Taylor

Were all anointed Prophet, Priest and King!

Sadly our modern day versions don't see the need to be anointed a King. Why is that?

1776 kinda soured people in the new world towards the idea of a "king".
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Re: Poll time! Pick your Prophet!

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Albion wrote:I do see the irony in your post and who can argue with it in real terms. I just have a problem with lists like Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Joseph Smith, Tom Perry, and Dallin Oaks. Perhaps only to me but it does point up the lunacy of the Mormon claims.


While I see your point with Perry and Oaks, who clearly do not belong on the list, I think we are too close in time to see if Joseph Smith makes it. Clearly if Mormonism disappears he would not, but if 1000 years from now people still believe the Book of Mormon is scripture, then I would have to include him.
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