Slycooper13 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Posted November 5, 2008 Ive been on a few anti-mormon threads and they say mormons believe the bible is insignificant. But I Dont want to take there word as they say things even i know are wrong. I want to be respectful, so let me know if im not. What book is more import to the lds faith? bible or the book of mormon. Is baptism for the dead necassiry? Is Jesus a "greater" spirit child than us or the same? Do u have a pope figure? Is the holy spirit a spirit child? If God was once man where did he come from, and how did he become God? Sorry if there dumb questions. God bless u all-sly
bytor2112 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Posted November 5, 2008 Ive been on a few anti-mormon threads and they say mormons believe the bible is insignificant. But I Dont want to take there word as they say things even i know are wrong. I want to be respectful, so let me know if im not.First of all....Welcome!!What book is more import to the lds faith? bible or the book of mormon.As a Latter Day Saint I love the Bible...especially the Gospels. I treasure all of the scriptures because they hold the keys to eternal life and are from God. The Book of Mormon is of special significance because it was preserved for our day and time and was brought forth to open the last and final dispensation of the fullness of times. It is our Fathers mission to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" and the Book of Mormon explains, clarifies and reinforces the message of salvation contained in the Bible and most importantly it is an additional witness of our Savior. It does not diminish the light provided by the Bible....it enhances it. Is baptism for the dead necassiry?Yes. Everyone who has ever lived or will ever live must come to salvation in exactly the same way.....including baptism.Is Jesus a "greater" spirit child than us or the same?Jesus Christ is the firstborn of the Father and we are all literally the pffspring of Heavenly Father. Jesus Christ.......Jehova in the pre-existence....was indeed the greatest of all.....like unto God.Do u have a pope figure? The President of our Church is Thomas S. Monson and we believe him to be a Prophet.Is the holy spirit a spirit child?The Holy Spirit is a member of the Godhead and is a personage of Spirit.If God was once man where did he come from, and how did he become God?How or when...I dunno....for us He is God Almighty and the only God we are concerned with.Ssorry if there dumb questions.God bless u all-slyNot at all...hope this helped.
Slycooper13 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Posted November 5, 2008 Thanks so much bytor. Nice to have all that cleared up. Owe u one, God bless :)
SeattleTruthSeeker Posted November 5, 2008 Report Posted November 5, 2008 Ive been on a few anti-mormon threads and they say mormons believe the bible is insignificant. But I Dont want to take there word as they say things even i know are wrong.I want to be respectful, so let me know if im not.What book is more import to the lds faith? bible or the book of mormon.Is baptism for the dead necassiry?Is Jesus a "greater" spirit child than us or the same?Do u have a pope figure? Is the holy spirit a spirit child?If God was once man where did he come from, and how did he become God?Sorry if there dumb questions.God bless u all-sly 1) Anti-Mormon websites and message forums like to decry how Mormonism and the LDS Believers diminish the essence and spirit of the Bible. This is not so. The LDS Believers stand by the 8th article of Faith - We believe the bible to be the word of God inso far as it is translated correctly.Modern Christian critics take issue with this statement without recognition of the nature of the Bible itself. The inerrantists presume the assumption that the Bible (as we have it today) is inerrant and without any errors from translation. It is only when one steps out of this modern Christian thinking and studies out the nature of the Translation that they discover the Bible having various translations before the Modern English Translation. Hebrew, Aramaic, Chaldiac and Greek. It was not until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the understanding of the Greek Old Testament that there were issues with the Masoretic Text that our current bible - specifically the old testament - is translated from. LDS believers are not inerrantists. One can believe the Bible, as we have it today, to be lacking due to several factors, mistranslations, misquotations, misinterpretations of passages and doctrines. No matter how meticulous the process was, there is evidence that certain beliefs and prevelant thinking have made its way into the Biblical transcription process. The New Testament is also much the same. While there is substantial evidence to support the authenticity of the Epistles, there are things that are missing, books that are missing or have been removed because of the prevailing thought of Christianity after the first century. Hence, the reason that there are "plain and precious" parts of the bible are said to have been removed.
Slycooper13 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Posted November 5, 2008 Thanks alot seattletruthseeker. Much appreatiated :)
countrygirl66 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Posted November 5, 2008 hi I think you have the answers you were looking for, just wanted to say welcome and I am impressed that you looked to find your own answers. thanks:)
tubaloth Posted November 6, 2008 Report Posted November 6, 2008 That book is more import to the lds faith? bible or the book of mormon.I would probably say the Book of Mormon. That isn’t to say we don’t use or like or hate the bible, that isn’t true. Every year in Sunday School we learn from one of the 4 books of scripture. For the LDS these are The Bible (Old Testament is one year, New Testament is one year) Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Convents. So even with the answer of saying we might view the Book of mormon a little different. We know each book is important. Is baptism for the dead necassiry?Is Baptism Necessary? We believe it is. We believe everybody needs the opportunity to make that covenant with Jesus Christ. This is what we give everybody (even our Dead). We know the Atoning Power of Jesus Christ goes beyond this life (I know I wasn’t around when Christ was here) so the power reaches to all people living or dead. Is Jesus a "greater" spirit child than us or the same?Yes, we believe that Heavenly Father is all our Spiritual Father. Jesus Christ was also one of Heavenly Fathers spirit Children. We believe that before this earth was all lived in what we call Pre-mortal life. We believe this is where Jesus was called and chosen to be the Savior and Redeemer of Mankind. Do u have a pope figure? We have what we call a Prophet. The same that was in the bible. We believe the prophet gets revelation from God. Same as in the bible. I don’t know how close this is to a pope figure?Is the holy spirit a spirit child?That is actually a good question. I assume so. But I actually don’t know of any scripture that says the Holy Ghost is our brother (the same as Jesus Christ is). I do assume also that he is a spirit child of our Heavenly Father. If God was once man where did he come from,We don’t know. That shouldn’t hurt the view of Who God is! He is a Glorified Man! And does have a physical body. and how did he become God?Again we don’t know. We do know how we can become more like our Heavenly Father, and that is following the commandments and laws he give us. As we are obedience we grow closer and closer to him. We assume our Heavenly Father did something similar. Sorry if there dumb questions.God bless u all-slyNo problem.
pam Posted November 6, 2008 Report Posted November 6, 2008 I am closing this thread for now as the original poster will be back in a couple of months when she turns 14.
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