LittleNipper wrote:The word catholic (with lowercase c; derived via Late Latin catholicus, from the Greek adjective καθολικός (katholikos), meaning "universal") comes from the Greek phrase καθόλου (katholou), meaning "on the whole", "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words κατά meaning "about" and όλος meaning "whole".
OK , you got me on that one. But ofcourse that makes sense for the time of when christianity was very split up , then constantine decided to make a universal version of christianity. But it doesn't hold the meaning in todays world now does it.
The meaning of words change by the time.
For example the word telestial had a meaning in te time of JS. Today, it has no meaning - at least nobody knows it...
You know, "- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish..."
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
moksha wrote:Well, I heard for a fact in my LDS Gospel Doctrine Class that Adam was a Mormon and I assume that somewhere there has been LDS speculation that God and Jesus were also Mormon.
So what is the scoop of this?
by the way, as Mormons, would the current Church President preside if they were all in a meeting?
If God is a Mormon (or at least a member of a group supporting the beliefs known today as Latter Day Saints) then how come His religion is insignificant relative to lots and lots and lots of other belief systems?
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
Bazooka wrote:If God is a Mormon (or at least a member of a group supporting the beliefs known today as Latter Day Saints) then how come His religion is insignificant relative to lots and lots and lots of other belief systems?
This is all relative. Very small compared to the Transixtianism of Star Sector k-911 or the 4.3 trillion served by McDonalds, but what the LDS Church it lacks in size it makes up for in chutzpah.
I found this video to be excellent. My hope is that Mormons might consider viewing it all the way through. It even has a very interesting "Christian " view with regard to the THEN upcoming election... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbJK-FFfkQ
LittleNipper wrote:If God is anything, He'd be JEWISH.
ZIONIST. Big difference.
_________________ by the way ... (I always have something btw-ed and/or fyi-ed...) 1. Germans pronounce "Z" as English speakers something in tsar, tsunami. Foreign words. This sound doesn't exist in English. 2. The founder of zionist movement was Theodor Herzl of Hungarian origin.
Theodor Herzl (Hebrew: תִאוַדָר הֶרְצֵל, Ti'vadar Hertzel; Hungarian: Herzl Tivadar; May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904), born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב הֶרְצֵל, also known in Hebrew as חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה, Khozeh HaMedinah, lit. "Visionary of the State") was an Austro-Hungarian journalist and writer. He is considered to have been the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the founder of the State of Israel.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
beanboots wrote:God is a member of the church of whatever he grew up in on the planet he grew up on.
Joseph Smith taught: “It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God. … He was once a man like us; … God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 345–46).
That said, with the Book of Mormon, we are not dealing with a civilization with no written record. What we are dealing with is a written record with no civilization. (Runtu, Feb 2015)
beanboots wrote:God is a member of the church of whatever he grew up in on the planet he grew up on.
There is but one God and he has always been God. He had no parents and He didn't grow up. God as Christ Jesus did come down to live in this world to Save those who place their trust in Him.