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• Article Calling Mormon Faith a ‘Cult’ Was Scrubbed From Billy Graham’s Web Site Following His Meeting With Romney

  October 17, 2012 at 3:01pm

  In reply to TheCalvinistPastor.

  @THECALVINISTPASTOR

  You said: “Any discussion about how we define Christianity MUST START with the nature of God. In other words, HOW DO YOU DEFINE GOD.”

  That maybe be how to start the discussion of what represents the “true” nature of the Godhead, or “true” Christian theology, but obviously it is not useful in defining who is “striving to follow the teachings of Christ”, or in other words defining who is a “Christian”.

  Others who may be mistaken in their understanding of the doctrine of Christ, or the nature of the God, are still Christians, they are just in error. That’s all.

• Article Calling Mormon Faith a ‘Cult’ Was Scrubbed From Billy Graham’s Web Site Following His Meeting With Romney

  October 17, 2012 at 2:46pm

  In reply to TheCalvinistPastor.

  @THECALVINISTPASTOR

  I didn’t add anything to my original statement. All I did was point out that a person who “who strives to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ” is a “disciple of Jesus Christ”, which is just another way of saying “Christian”. I was trying to clarify for you since you seemed to be having difficulty with the concept. Both ways of saying it means “Christian” – they are synonymous.

  Let me help you out a little. According to dictionary.com the following is one of the meanings of “disciple”:

  “a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another”

  And for “doctrine”, I found the following meaning:

  “something that is taught; teachings collectively: religious doctrine.”

  And for “strive”, I have this:

  “to make strenuous efforts toward any goal: to strive for success.”

  So, my assertion that “all those who strive to live the teachings of Jesus Christ are Christians” is synonymous with the statement “a Christian is a disciple of Jesus Christ”. Nothing added.

  Neither Muslims, nor Buddhists make strenuous efforts towards the goal of living the doctrines of Jesus Christ, and are therefore not Christians. They follow other disciplines, which may include some recognition of Jesus Christ, but are not his disciples.

  “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31)

• Article Calling Mormon Faith a ‘Cult’ Was Scrubbed From Billy Graham’s Web Site Following His Meeting With Romney

  October 17, 2012 at 1:39pm

  In reply to TheCalvinistPastor.

  @THECALVINISTPASTOR

  The definition of “Christian” that I am talking about is discipleship. I’m not aware of any Buddhist or Mulsim who “strives” to live the teachings of Jesus Christ. You argument misrepresents my point. Discipleship, marked by obedience to the teachings of Jesus Christ is not “Barney theology”, it is the truth, taught by the Redeemer himself.

  “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31)

  So, to put it another way, a Christian is a disciple of Jesus Christ, and I don’t think he has appointed you as the judge of who truly is his disciple or not.

  Very nice try though.

• Article Calling Mormon Faith a ‘Cult’ Was Scrubbed From Billy Graham’s Web Site Following His Meeting With Romney

  October 17, 2012 at 1:20pm

  In reply to TheCalvinistPastor.

  @THERAPTURECOMES

  There you go again… You said, “To the Mormon the Christian church is apostate and had to be FIXED. So therefore by your own words you show that the LDS church is SUPERIOR to Christianity and is in fact not ‘THE SAME’”

  No, what I said was that Latter-day Saints believe that all the “other Christians” are in error, and that our form of Christianity represents the restored church of Jesus Christ. Obviously, the ancient church of Christ was Christian. And despite our wild assertion, we still consider all others who seek to follow Christ, Christians (imagine that). We are not saying we are Calvinist Christians, or Roman Catholic Christians, or Orthodox Christians, but Latter-day Saint “Christians”.

  Besides, we are not claiming to FIX the apostate Christian sects, but our claim is that God has RESTORED his ancient Church and priesthood authority, and it is known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, even if we were attempting to FIX “the Christian church”, fixing it would not magically make it “not Christian”. For example, if you have a broken car and I come along and fix it, then you still have… wait for it… a car!

  At least you are consistently illogical in your arguments from our last exchange, I will give you that.

• Article Calling Mormon Faith a ‘Cult’ Was Scrubbed From Billy Graham’s Web Site Following His Meeting With Romney

  October 17, 2012 at 12:38pm

  In reply to TheCalvinistPastor.

  All those who strive to live the teachings of Jesus Christ are Christians. Even a child can understand that. Yes it is true that interpretations of Christ’s teachings vary from one Christian sect to another, and even from one individual to another, but what makes your interpretation superior?

  According to Latter-day Saints, other Christians, generally speaking, were in error throughout the world, and were in a state of apostasy necessitating the restoration of the Church through Joseph Smith by God himself. So, we don’t seek to be doctrinally harmonious with mainstream Christianity, or claim the orthodoxy of historical Christianity. Instead, we consider ourselves the restored ancient Church of Jesus Christ, and seek to follow the original as it has been revealed and clarified to us through the scriptures and the voices of modern prophets. Yet, we consider all the many splinters of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, as well as the churches themselves, fellow Christians.

• RNC Chair & CNN Anchor Brawl Over Romney Comment — Ends in Accusation of Media Bias

  October 11, 2012 at 1:46pm

  In reply to Constantine Ivanov.

  An executive order is not hardly even called “legislation”. Romney is specifically talking about whether his platform is pursuing any new “act” of the legislative branch of our government. That is what is generally considered legislation. He’s saying no to that at this time. It doesn’tmean he’s not pro-life, and it doesn’t mean he will not support future legislation on abortion. How is he lying?

• Wife of Army Sniper Killed in Action Tells Us Her Incredible Story and Mission — And How George W. Bush and Mitt Romney Have Taken Notice

  October 10, 2012 at 11:27am

  “With increasing notoriety among these high-profile people, Horton said she feels like her goal to honor her husband’s sacrifice is being realized.”

  “notoriety” is negative, synonymous with infamy. I think the writer of the article meant to say something like “With increasing fame among these high-profile people…”

• Gay Boy Scout Denied Eagle Award Because of His Sexuality

  October 5, 2012 at 12:20pm

  @ENCINOM

  “On my honor, I will do my best
  To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;
  To help other people at all times;
  To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. ”

  He’s not morally straight if he is an openly practicing homosexual, and if he opposes “duty to God” as the article claims, he is not in harmony with Boy Scouts of American values.

• Romney Roundhouse Kicks Obama Through A Wall…in The Hysterical Taiwanese Animation of the Debate

  October 5, 2012 at 12:07pm

  That’s not “A Jig”, that’s “Gangnam Style”.

• Last Night’s Debate Told in Pictures…of Disappointed Obama

  October 4, 2012 at 3:59pm

  In reply to GO-FOR-LIBERTY.

  This little exchange has has got me laughing so badly at work I’m not going to be able to explain myself to anyone. For some reason you two are cracking me up.