September 9 – Ever learning without truth. 2 Timothy 3:6-7; “For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
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In reference to our Bible passage today, Matthew Henry once said ‘men will love their carnal selves more than their spiritual selves’. That’s very telling in light of the Mormon reference. When the top LDS Historian was asked why the BoM carries so much of Isaiah and Malachi word for word, his answer told us that Mormons will gladly accept anything their leaders say as long as they aren’t told to ditch them and study God’s word to learn the truth. His answer was a childish one with no substance.
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New Witnesses for God 3:428 – 429; “When Joseph Smith saw that the Nephite record was quoting the prophecies of Isaiah, of Malachi, or the words of the Savior, he took the English Bible and compared these passages as far as they paralled [sic] each other, and finding that in substance, they were alike, he adopted our English translation; and hence, we have the sameness to which you refer.” – B. H. Roberts, 1909
Plagiarism called “sameness”? I wonder how many LDS actually fall for that. When I was in Catholic school, I felt like every word the nuns said to me was a lie.
Well, I would imagine many of them do, thus the existence of the Church still putzin’ right along…sigh…
I wonder if more believe what the false teachers say if they’re male vs. female. Meaning, it might be easier to dismiss what a mean ol’ nun might say compared to an ‘authoritative’ male might say when you’ve been trained that men are the only people who can speak for God publicly like the LDS Church says.
I would imagine though that many in Mormonism do question like you and I did, but don’t verbally express themselves because of fear of reprisal. For me, I wasn’t thinking long term back in the day. Sometimes I got the nerve to question, but could be easily controlled by just a stare from those in authority.
3 trips to the principal’s office for questioning the Seminary teacher
and I finally learned to just keep my mouth shut. 😉
All I wanted is clarification on a few English words like ‘eternal’, ‘beginning’, and ‘hell’. I was told It wasn’t ladylike to question teachers…have to be ladylike you know…that’s important to God after all. Hmmm…..