Modern day apostacy - how would we know?

[SoonerCoug]

Originally Posted by Tex

She accepted the gospel?

You sound like a Baptist in Mormon clothing.

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by Tex

She accepted the gospel?

LOL!

[MikeWaters]

Has anyone been baptized for Chuck Heston yet? I call dibs.

[Spaz]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Tex
Lingo
IndyCoug
Spaz
GenesisAg

Ah, Mike. How poorly you understand me.


Like Indy apparently believes, I believe her actions in this life (at least what I know of them) are a credit to her, and that with a little proxy work, she'll be far more worthy of celestial glory than I.

Likewise, I believe the vast majority of individuals who have lived & passed on on this earth are, for the most part good people with good intentions and, with a little proxy work, will inherit celestial glory as well.

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by Ma'ake

I once heard a fundy assert the modern day LDS church is in apostacy, and provided the dearth of prophecy & revelation since John Taylor as the evidence. ("Thus sayeth the Lord...")

So, how *would* one know if this was the case or not? Surely Catholics / priests / monks have felt the spirit over the centuries relative to Papal pronouncements.

(OK, I'll cop to being a weirdo in thinking about this stuff. LOL)

You find me another institution who has discovered two head football coaches as good as Lavell Edwards and Bronco Mendenhall with the patented hire the defensive coordinator from a failing staff because he is cheap method. The hand of God is all to evident, IMO, for it to be attributed to luck and chance. Luck happens once, after that there is clearly some compelling evidence of divine intervention.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Spaz

Ah, Mike. How poorly you understand me..

You are right. There can only be 3 members of the CG mullah Godhead. Tex, IC, and JL.

[Spaz]

Originally Posted by Ma'ake

I once heard a fundy assert the modern day LDS church is in apostacy, and provided the dearth of prophecy & revelation since John Taylor as the evidence. ("Thus sayeth the Lord...")

So, how *would* one know if this was the case or not? Surely Catholics / priests / monks have felt the spirit over the centuries relative to Papal pronouncements.

(OK, I'll cop to being a weirdo in thinking about this stuff. LOL)

I believe in personal revelation, which has told me that Hinckley was God's prophet on the earth today. I have yet to pray specifically about Monson, but see it as being a fairly pointless.

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Has anyone been baptized for Chuck Heston yet? I call dibs.

When I was at West Point we did baptisms for the dead for former cadets - even the Jewish ones. I got confirmed for Robert Edward Lee, I am pretty convinced that barring a heavenly excommunication or two it was at least the second or third time that happened.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

You are right. There can only be 3 members of the CG mullah Godhead. Tex, IC, and JL.

Lingo, apparently, has taken the last train to the coast, so is no longer here.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

When I was at West Point we did baptisms for the dead for former cadets - even the Jewish ones. I got confirmed for Robert Edward Lee, I am pretty convinced that barring a heavenly excommunication or two it was at least the second or third time that happened.

I heard a statistic that something like 30-40% of the ordinances in the temple are wasteful repeats. Because of historically poor record keeping of geneaology in the church. I think they are trying to change that.