fallen_angel

God Family(do not have spouse/children) Job Church God has to be first...developing a strong relationship with Him keeps everything else on track. Family is important, a job keeps the practical side of things running....and I am sorry, but for me right now physically being inside a church every week is far less important than keeping everything else above water. So yea, I definitely can separate God and church. Supreme Being vs a building & a group of people.

The titles church of the devil and great and abominable church are used to identify all churches or organizations of whatever name or nature - whether political, philosophical, educational, economic, social, fraternal, civic, or religious - which are designed to take men on a course that leads them away from God and his laws and thus from salvation in the kingdom of God." i take issue with anything that comes from mcConkies book "mormon doctrine"..any edition...however, this statement from the link u provided, to me, does not mean ALL other churches are part of the "church of the devil" (something that seems wrong & offensive to imply) but rather those that are blatantly leading people away from God...

i don't know. i think it could be interpreted in a more metaphorical sense. the "church of the lamb" being those people who are faithful, pure in heart, and follow christ to the best of their understanding, no matter what actual "church" they belong to. i don't think merely being a member of the LDS faith makes one a member of the "church of the lamb" in that sense. there are many outside the LDS church who live better than many mormons, and vice versa.