tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.comments2022-03-30T02:54:53.885+01:00The Mormon ChapbookMike Teahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comBlogger330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-65513027785218510772018-09-19T13:17:56.246+01:002018-09-19T13:17:56.246+01:00Steven coveys books have resonated so well eith me...Steven coveys books have resonated so well eith me. The concept of Universal changeless principles, iin today's fast paced technology age is priceless. I like how he referred to principles like a natural laws like gravity S. A from Melbournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631392083686105597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-42806441190755740432016-09-30T10:17:44.627+01:002016-09-30T10:17:44.627+01:00Hello Mike. My name´s Bryan and I had a similar ex...Hello Mike. My name´s Bryan and I had a similar experience. I´ve always felt guilty for having left the church, though. You´ve JUST taken a burden off my chest and shoulders. God bless you ! xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-50014414831483756212016-09-06T06:32:29.646+01:002016-09-06T06:32:29.646+01:00What is Eternal Life?
There are those today who li...What is Eternal Life?<br />There are those today who live in not so distant places that have a real live person to Person relationship with Lord Jesus. These humble words that are shared with brotherly love and respect, point out to the kind of relationship man was made to have with our Lord Jesus Christ.<br />“Those who have made their selves worthy to see God are the True Theologians. Saint Κωνσταντινος James Wiliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401071213675904782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-70331311405734298882016-08-10T06:40:30.965+01:002016-08-10T06:40:30.965+01:00A very interesting and balanced site..may God bles...A very interesting and balanced site..may God bless you in this important work.<br />Richard Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233879893810048328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-27424359398695551502015-12-14T20:24:42.091+00:002015-12-14T20:24:42.091+00:00It is offensive because it is done after someone i...It is offensive because it is done after someone is gone, against their will and for the gratification of those doing it almost against the one being baptized will. They are dead, how can they rebut. Especially in the case of an excommunicated member of the church. If the church didn't want them in life and except them then, they should feel a right to have them in what they deem eternal lifeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497172809118470196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-20010331718293033202015-06-26T19:41:31.862+01:002015-06-26T19:41:31.862+01:00Thanks for coming by, taking the trouble to read a...Thanks for coming by, taking the trouble to read and comment. I suggest you missed the point of the article. I know Mormons are family-oriented, I was a Mormon. I know Mormons are more faithful than some Evangelicals when it comes to gay issues. I was making the point that the Mormon leadership are playing the usual game of saying the right thing for general consumption while subtly (maybe not soMike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-6362714189798180972015-06-15T04:42:57.594+01:002015-06-15T04:42:57.594+01:00It is obvious from this post that evangelicals do...It is obvious from this post that evangelicals don't think highly of the family unit. LDS are against gay marriage and lifestyles yet evangelicals still attack on this subject matter. <br /><br />It is no surprise. All evangelicals can do good is nit pick. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-54986791650200930722015-04-08T18:15:36.513+01:002015-04-08T18:15:36.513+01:00Thanks for commenting. The problem here is that yo...Thanks for commenting. The problem here is that you make assertions but don't present any evidence to substantiate what you claim. Who are these people who would agree with you about Gethsemane - apart from other Mormons? It is so easy to express your views in such a way but where is your evidence? A couple of points worth pursuing:<br /><br />The cross isn't 'worshipped' by Mike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-2446230307514753712015-04-08T18:09:23.691+01:002015-04-08T18:09:23.691+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-64129045361135218722015-04-06T22:07:41.915+01:002015-04-06T22:07:41.915+01:00The cross meant nothing to early Christians. It ...The cross meant nothing to early Christians. It was not worshipped the way it is today, which is idolatry. <br /><br />There are many theologians, not LDS, that believe and taught, that Jesus was not anticipating the Crucifixion in Gethsemane. <br />Jesus was suffering for the sins of the world. It started in Gethsemane and ended on the cross.<br /><br />By saying, and believing, that Jesus Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-52618641326252804272015-03-28T13:36:01.427+00:002015-03-28T13:36:01.427+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595574582055856368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-90613567931480080572015-03-28T13:35:39.080+00:002015-03-28T13:35:39.080+00:00There are many scriptures in the Bible that can be...There are many scriptures in the Bible that can be debated like Hebrews 11:37-40 , Malachi 4:5-6, 1 Peter 4:6, 3:18-19, Obadiah 21,Isaiah ch 29 ect. And though we may not agree on everything l know there is much we can learn from people who look at things differently. I'm not a Buddhist but meditation is something we all could use.I'm not a Catholic but Mother Theresa who led a life of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595574582055856368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-74758392036412285332014-10-23T20:01:39.921+01:002014-10-23T20:01:39.921+01:00I apologise for the time it has taken to post thes...I apologise for the time it has taken to post these comments. Ministry and personal circumstances have kept me away from my blogs for a while. Two points I would raise in response.<br /><br />Firstly, there is a pattern within the Mormon community of always saying it is someone else's fault, never a "Mormon problem." The Mormon Church is quite different to what you call main-steam Mike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-38366229085656904972014-10-23T19:59:21.328+01:002014-10-23T19:59:21.328+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-2835022208627237512014-08-30T08:09:44.401+01:002014-08-30T08:09:44.401+01:00Sorry, did not see link to Salt LakeTribune at end...Sorry, did not see link to Salt LakeTribune at end of the post. <br /><br />It appears that what happened to those members was done by local leaders. And the leaders were totally out of line for doing what they did to the members. Unfortunately some leaders overstep their authority. The Salt Lake City church leaders need to make sure this behavior by local leaders stop. <br />At the same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-38498751242808748842014-08-30T07:52:39.595+01:002014-08-30T07:52:39.595+01:00Can you provide links to these "stories"...Can you provide links to these "stories" such as the Salt Lake Tribune story, and links to the other stories whether it be blogs or Facebook or whatever. <br />I have looked and looked to verify these events and can not find anything.<br />Thank You.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-74261705674611847372014-07-20T05:30:42.270+01:002014-07-20T05:30:42.270+01:00Thank youThank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-47428738658120233002014-06-29T21:08:10.488+01:002014-06-29T21:08:10.488+01:00Ephesians 2:8 & 9; "For by grace are ye s...Ephesians 2:8 & 9; "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast." Salvation is by Grace, through Faith, God's Gifts, not by works of the individual. This Truth is in fundamental and total opposition to that of Mormonism. I believe True Christians have two main goals; first to become more Chas Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-48910248388931773072014-05-24T10:48:08.583+01:002014-05-24T10:48:08.583+01:00Jennifer,
Thank you for your comment and especial...Jennifer,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment and especially for putting your name to it. I suppose it depends on how you look at it. What Mormons have continued to do in being baptised for the dead has proved not only controversial but deeply offensive to people. I think the rest of the article shows this and justifies the strong response I give.<br /><br />I hear often enough the "why Mike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-69989276398165137072014-05-24T05:08:03.846+01:002014-05-24T05:08:03.846+01:00I have to say your testimony confused me, in it yo...I have to say your testimony confused me, in it you seem to genuinely stay away from saying hurtful things about the church. Yet it seems in this post you changed your tune and call the Mormon temple goers "wacko necromaniacs". I myself was LDS being born into the church. I have since grown up and chosen to find my own spiritual path. Though, I have respect enough for the church to not Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-57168627397945515882014-05-10T18:03:59.294+01:002014-05-10T18:03:59.294+01:00Thanks for your comments. They are said with such ...Thanks for your comments. They are said with such conviction, indeed vehemence one would have expected you to put your name to them; no matter<br /><br /> Fawn Brodie was a professional biographer and historian, one of the first female professors of history at UCLA, who went on to write respected historical/biographical works on Thomas Jefferson, Richard Burton (the explorer), Thaddeus Stephens Mike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-52337817475890204502014-05-09T08:33:55.481+01:002014-05-09T08:33:55.481+01:00Mike Tea said: Joseph's mother testified to ...Mike Tea said: Joseph's mother testified to the inventive nature of his mind:<br /><br />“During our evening conversations, Joseph would occasionally give us some of the most amusing recitals that could be imagined. He would describe the ancient inhabitants of this continent, their dress, mode of travelling, and the animals upon which they rode; their cities, their buildings, with every Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-641355667237078212014-04-13T16:39:56.233+01:002014-04-13T16:39:56.233+01:00I don't welcome anonymous comments but they ar...I don't welcome anonymous comments but they are sometimes published at my discretion. I wanted this published to illustrate the saying, 'to be hoist by one's own petard,' something that happens to Mormons quite a lot and no more so than in reference to handling criticism, as here.<br /><br />The saying is found in Shakespeare (Hamlet, III, iv, 209) "For 'tis the sport toMike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-27633823858871969302014-04-03T07:13:55.791+01:002014-04-03T07:13:55.791+01:00"I think we may accept it as a rule that when..."I think we may accept it as a rule that whenever a person's religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people's religions, he is in a bad condition."<br />-C.S. Lewis (Collected Letters Vol. 3 p. 209).<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930865742356228543.post-3606868845152431702013-10-27T14:26:39.695+00:002013-10-27T14:26:39.695+00:00Hello Red, You make some very important points. It...Hello Red, You make some very important points. It is about Me! Isn't it? Me, me, me...In fact, there is more detail in the pre-mortal and the post-mortal worlds than in this world, and all of it concentrated on - me. Where I come from, where I am going.<br /><br />But the point I wanted to highlight you got too. Where is Jesus? Indeed, more to the point, where is the Cross? Under the world Mike Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505904110015305223noreply@blogger.com