I think so. And it sure cuts down on the amount of bible study required. [If God wanted you to understand the Bible, why doesn't he release an English version instead of making you read a translation? Just another way your God jerks you around? Or is he unbelievably lazy? Maybe he does not speak English? When you arrive at the pearly gates, is the sign going to say "No habla Inglés"?] barfo
God doesn't care which translation I read. In fact, He's never even said that I "have" to study the Bible. Cool, huh?
That seems clear enough. In fact, I daresay you could leave off the "which translation I read". I assumed as much. Micromanagement is clearly not his style these last couple of millenia. barfo
Yeah, the way I reckon, God likes to keep things relatively simple. It's mankind that keeps making things so complicated and generally mucked up. Good observations on your part.
Actually, no. At least under LDS doctrine. "I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." In other words, He's made a promise that he can't revoke. If we choose to act contrary to it, then the contract is null and void.
Can God really make a promise he can't revoke? Isn't he, like, omnipotent and stuff? I am glad to hear that LDS doctrine says he's non-capricious. That would seem to be an important qualification. barfo
I'd imagine so. I doubt you'd be in that one anyway. You're aiming a little low "Hell" is living the rest of eternity knowing that we didn't do everything we knew we should have done and therefore not living up to our potential and the distance between us and God as a result of that. I know there are those that believe that accepting and professing Christ as their Savior is all that is required. To me, that ignores the existence of commandments and repentance. Obviously what we DO matters as it relates to our salvation or those two things wouldn't exist. Christ's atoning sacrifice has to be taken, it's not forced upon us. Well, the resurrection is, but not the salvation. If we don't take advantage of it by repenting, we cannot claim cleanliness, and no unclean thing can dwell in the presence of God.
I don't really give a shit about religion. All I know is that the two LDS candidates in this election appear to be decent, moral people. Pretty much that's all that matters to me.
I kind of laughed when I read this because I could totally hear Dr. House saying the exact same thing. I agree. It's very important. Having unlimited power doesn't mean you can go around doing whatever you want, at least in a Godly sense (unless you're a god from Greek or Roman mythology anyway). That word is misapplied or misinterpreted as it comes to God. His omnipotence comes from being the establisher of the rules and being able to adhere to them perfectly. There's also that creator of the world thing. That's pretty powerful stuff.
You send ignorant, slack jaw kids into the world to talk of things they know nothing of, taught to them by older idiots who perpetuate the lies of Joe and his magic dream. [in honesty, I think the dream thing was brilliant in his circumstances. What better way to bring some order to a disastrous trip -- become a direct link to God. The 'many wives' thing takes the cake...and eats it too.
Yeah, but I doubt your grandmother's religion would be treated as a political issue if she were otherwise qualified, which at least some people think Romney is.
