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[bomac10000]

But we know by the scriptures that Gods presence was indeed in the Temple, that Christ taught daily in the Temple, and that the Apostles continued to come to, and teach in the Temple after Christ had ascended. More correct would be that God does not confine himself to be in the Temple alone.

[jayhawk88z]

God does not dwell in temples made with hands Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

[gurumagoo]

@Coolcow6 And no, American Indians are not, and never have been descendants of Israelites. It's a PROVEN fact. In other words, your "true word of god" is PROVEN to be false. All semites share common genetic markers. My own DNA, which HAS been genetically tested by the way, PROVES who I am. I am a descendant of Aharon, brother of Moshe. No Native person anywhere in the America's shares my genetic heritage. The reason for this is that the events of your Book of Mormon NEVER happened. It's fiction.

[gurumagoo]

@Coolcow6 To answer you're first question: apparently so! LOL. I fail to understand how works of charity distinguish Mormonism from a cult. And there you go....the eternal mormon cry of persecution. Persecution is what you call it when people point out that your beliefs are nonsense and have no foundation in fact. The Holy Land and the City of David are a REAL place. You can climb the hills and walk down the ancient streets. Your so called "holy book" is a far fetched work of bad fiction.

[Coolcow6]

@gurumagoo Tell me this, would a cult focus so much on keeping families together? Would a cult focus so much on service and charity? The LDS church has some of the best people on the earth, and yet we are persecuted still so long after we founded our religion. You tell me how this church could possibly be a cult.

And can you tell me how mormons twist the meaning of scripture? We still believe the bible to be the true word of god and we also believe the book of mormon to be the true word of god

[omiolo]

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1846 and 1852 is a story of transition and severe hardship, but also triumph. Winter Quarters and Kanesville are critical components of the transition following the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, expulsion from Nauvoo and eventual settlement in the Salt Lake Valley. . .

[omiolo]

Freedom of religion has been, and still is, an essential moving force in the grand experiment of American democracy.

[gurumagoo]

@omiolo it's not self-serving to take simple meaning from simple words. It is blasphemy and sacreligious to twist the meaning of scripture as mormons have. our conversation is over.

[omiolo]

Podcast: Best of FAIR 6: Adam in Ancient Texts and the Restoration

by Steve Densley Jr on June 29th, 2011

In the address from the 2006 FAIR Conference, Matthew Roper states:

"Critics of Latter-day Saint Scripture and teachings have generally

paid very little attention to the Book of Moses. Those who have

condescended to comment on it have generally dismissed it as a

shallow plagiarism of New Testament doctrines and themes if they do

not ignore it altogether