[Dean's World] Dean: Honest & Sincere Seeking? Or Specific Theological Belief?

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Posted by Dean:
Honest & Sincere Seeking? Or Specific Theological Belief?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1197464056.shtml


   Our friend Kevin seems to want to have it both ways; first he suggests
   that he could never vote for someone who considers Christ to be
   related as a sibling to Satan, then he suggests he'll support those
   who honestly and sincerely seek God's will. Well which is it? Or is it
   impossible to honestly and sincerely seek God's will and still think
   Jesus is related somehow to a fallen angel? Which, while questionable
   in orthodox Christian thinking, hardly suggests that Mormons don't
   seek to follow God's will; it would suggest they're theologically
   mistaken about something important according to standard Christian
   doctrine.

   Is it agreement with someone's faith you seek, or simple honest
   seeking of God's will, Kevin?

   By the way, there are any number of [1]Christians who don't believe in
   the Holy Trinity, which after all isn't even mentioned directly in the
   Bible, at least not by name and is only mentioned once in one disputed
   verse. Also, the "Jesus as Satan's brother" belief held by Mormons (of
   which I am not one and never will be one) is hardly to suggest that
   they're morally or spiritually equal. [2]Here is a fair look at what
   Mormons actually believe on the subject, without any evasions.

   By the way, I'd have no trouble voting for a Mormon. Or, for that
   matter, a fundamentalist Christian, even though I pretty much think
   the theology of Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Fundamentalist
   Christians are all equally whacky and counter-biblical. Because I know
   most of those who follow those faiths are basically honest and decent
   people who seek to do God's will as they understand it.

References

   1. http://members.aol.com/JAlw/trinity_forgery.html
   2. http://en.fairmormon.org/Jesus_Christ_is_the_brother_of_Satan