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Originally Posted by Ohio
I can assure the reader that I am not, nor ever have been, a member of the Mormon church, and have never espoused any teaching in the book of Mormon.
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The same error lies behind both LSM theology and LDS book of Mormon, to trust the assurances of men, that "this is so", versus the scriptural text. These espousings (LDS, WL and Govett) rely on extra-biblical narrative, and place it above scripture. Instead of talking about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, we read (Govett) of perpetual mortals. Or people who live forever, but don't have eternal life (WL). This is fabrication, clearly make-believe.
And where does Jesus say, "When I was sick during a crucial period of the Earth's history, you visited Me, and therefore you may enter into My Kingdom. All other visitations are dead works"? Where do we believe that 3.5 years of history are given another set of rules? Do we trust the words of men, or rely on scripture? Unless the scripture plainly says something, don't trust your mental maps. When you are in the land of non-sense, you won't realize you are there, because you now have an emotional investment in being true. So nonsense is held ever the more tightly.
The Bible calls Mary the Mother of Jesus, and the Bible says Jesus was the Word (God) made flesh, and therefore many reputable scholars teach that Mary is the Mother of God. Look where your logic takes you. No, stick to what the word says, and not theological constructs. And when the constructs are self-contradictory, that should cue in most observers. Some, however, will have an emotional investment and won't let go. That's why I cite the book of Mormon. Nothing supports it except a wish that it were so.