Born to be Mild: The Born Again Experience for Mormons

[_RockSlider]

..."reactivated member"

Nope, you are using old terminology there, which would indicate some past "inactivity" going on.

I believe the right term is "more activated member"

[_Amore]

Subgenius,
When called "good Master" Jesus replied, "No one is good save one, that is God."
If Jesus could be so humble, why can't those who are using his name to make money and stealing from the poor (Deut. 14:28-29) while pretending to be godly prophets?

My bishop used his power to bully me. He and prior bishop knew about my belief regarding prioritizing God over church leaders for years and I've been serving and even teaching with their approval. But he called me in days before a family church event to threaten me. And in his rage after we disagreed about this he told me I won't speak in church won't visit teach or anything. As much as I feel hurt and manipulated by him, I realized as he implied, I don't belong in a church that hides evil as it does and punishes anyone who doesn't deify church leaders.

[_Maedros]

To latter-day saints the term born-again refers to baptism (to be born of water and the spirit) so all members are actually born-again but to conventional christians this is not an ordinance but a spiritual commitment. I wonder if they ever question the origin of their definitions? To whom do they attribute their doctrine since there are so many of them and all christianity is in one way or the other the byproduct of the catholic church, so thanks be to the catholic church for spawning all these churches.