YoungMormonRoyalist

Yes and no. Canada has universal healthcare, but it is administered differently from province to province, as the Canadian government is a federal one, like the United States. The general rule of thum is "Given privately, funded publicly." It depends on what they mean by serious procedure. If it's a blocked artery they'll have you in right away. If it's arthritis then you'll have a doctor right away, and the specialist in a month or so.

Yes and no actually. A widow who has already cannot be sealed to another man in this life, but if she marries another man for this life, she can be sealed to him through proxy work. True story. :) In the Church Handbook.

It's in my stake center too actually. What about it doesn't reflect about the representation of the Church? Eternity is a long time, bring a friend? It's saying, reach out to those around you....durrr....

The difficulty with quoting Paul is that his words change depending on the location, and who he was talking to. In some epistles he says things like "Stablish you in every good word and work" (2 Thessalonians, 2:17) or "That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitfal in every good work..." ( Colossians 1:10). Does that discount Ephesians? Absolutely not. One has to take into consideration who Paul was addressing his words to. In Ephesians he was talking to Jews. Who, in Paul's eyes, were doing a lot of the works found in the bible (Reading from the Talmud, Torah, Circumcision, etc etc), but were not backing it up with the faith in Jesus Christ that was needed. Unto a group of Gentiles, Paul is very quick to tell them that their newfound belief in Jesus needs to be backed up by doing Christ's work. I think Protestants and Mormons agree a lot more than they actually know, and get caught up in our different definitions of ''saved,'' ''works,'' and ''faith.'' For the Mormon, true faith, and true works are the same thing (I called it FORKS). If one has faith that Jesus is the Christ, then he will do his works. These works include baptism, for we follow Christ's words : Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. This sign is an outside symbol of what we already believe on the inside. Abraham was circumcised in obedience to God's commands, it was a symbol of his faith in God (Romans 4:11), the same is with baptism. Baptism would have no power, it would merely be a bath, if it wasn't sanctified by Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection. Mormons believe that nothing we do in this life will make up for the mistakes that we've made. Christ said "If ye love me, keep my commandments." We show our love for Christ by having faith in his atonement, we have faith in his charity by doing charity unto others in his name, we show faith and belief in his resurrection by being buried and risen in the waters of baptism. All these things are outside symbols of what is happening on the inside. The true believer will do Christ's works. Ultimately, after all this, we still need Christ's sacrifice. We cannot pay our debt ourselves, no matter how many works we do, and that Christ will pay the rest, that his taking upon himself of our sins will save us. This is the Mormon belief, that ultimately, struggle as we will, Christ will come save us.

One should understand two things about the Bible when quoting Revelations 22:18. First, that the New Testament was not organized chronologically in terms of when the separate books were written, but organized in terms of subject, and longest to shortest. First you have the Gospels, the Epistles, and the General Epistles, and the Apocalypse. If you truly understand this and look at when each book was written you'll find that the Gospel of John was written after the Book of Revelations. By almost a twenty year margin. Yet we do not exclude that beautiful Gospel from the scriptures because of John's warning at the end of Revelations. The warning, which is given in Deuteronomy as well, warns against adding anything to John's revelation concerning the second coming of Christ. In fact, in the Book of Mormon, Nephi receives the same vision John had, but admits that he has been told not to write those things in the Book of Mormon, but instead to let John write them. Secondly, if you take the warning in Deuteronomy the same way most take the one in Revelation then you exclude a whole bunch of scripture. The Sadducee's, the Priests of the Temple in Christ's time didn't believe in the resurrection for this very reason. To them, all the books written after the Books of Moses were false, and because the Books of Moses don't mention a resurrection they didn't believe such a thing existed.

We must not be an average ward then...seeing as how there were 20 of us in the last session I went to...

You met my future Mission President?! GAAAAHHHHHH!!!! WHAT'S HE LIKE?!?!?!?! Nice to meet you by the way. :) I'm going to serve as a Spanish speaking Elder in the Phoenix mission.

Having gone through a little over month ago for the first time, I understand now why the leaders of the Church are very careful. It is an amazing, beautiful experience...of which I can only grasp at the basics. I've been back once more now, and it's amazing how much more knowledge comes pouring in the second time. If I understood anything from it...it's that I need to go back often, during the entire span of my life. Btw, if your brother hasn't gone through yet, tell him from me to just go through with an open heart and an open mind. Don't worry too much about remembering everything, or trying to figure anything out the first time, just concentrate on how you feel. :) Also, tell him congratulations. I enter the Missionary Training Center on February the 17th. Arizona Phoenix, Spanish speaking. Maybe I'll see him there!

Not every action, even the important ones, needs to be confirmed before hand by God. Right now, you may be asking God "Should we get married?" Your Father might be looking down, smiling, and saying, "It's up to you." Remember, sometimes it is after the trial of faith that we receive our witness.

Also, the reason they are called Aaronic, and Melchezidek are because they are named after two people, Aaron, the brother of Moses, and Melchezidek. Aaron was asked by Moses and God to set up a priesthood that would officiate in all the rights of the ancient Israelites, and to take after all their people. In the Church today, the Aaronic Priesthood is the priesthood used when doing the main church rites, such as the sacrament, and baptism. Melchezidek was a righteous man, and king during the time of Abraham. He was so righteous that his byname was the "Prince of Peace." The actual name for this Priesthood is "The Order of the Son of God," but to avoid repetition of such a sacred name, we use Melchezidek, as he was a righteous priest after this order. The Melchezidek Priesthood is the higher one, and is available to all active males around 18 or older. It allows for blessings, both for comfort, and for the healing of the sick and the afflicted. It also allows many other blessings. The reason it is only given to active members is not out of spite towards those who are inactive, but because we believe in the old saw "with greater power and authority, comes greater responsibility." For those who aren't prepared for it, to receive it would be a great burden. However, in your home teachers, God has provided two good men with this Priesthood.

Even if we had the original texts we don't know the method where by they were originally recorded. Were John, Paul, Amos, Isaiah, etc dictating to someone? Were their sayings being recorded by second, third, or even fourth person hearsay? It's hard to say. Not only the mode of translation, but the means, the time period and the person writing the originals is something one has to factor in.

Let's delve into this logic with which you justify your disbelief in God. Do you know what a declarative statement is?

You guys make me scared to leave for Arizona...

You're a history person?!?! Me too!!!!

The question that describes the last post by this member on page 10 still stands: By what authority is the Nicene Creed, the definitive statement of Trinitarian's claimed status as a monotheistic religion, given? For all the scriptural support the Nicene Christian's claim to have for the Nicene Creed, it is fully admitted that this creed in and of itself is the result of their interpretation of scripture, and thus holds the fullness of their doctrine of "three essences in one." Scriptures can be tossed back and forth, but until the question in paragraph two is answered everything else is moot.