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Again, Mormonism is NOT just another branch of christianity. It is a distinct religion which incorporates the abrahamic story, maybe like Islam, but it is not christianity.

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This video is the Law of Consecration ceremony which is a secret Mormon temple ritual. The book the guy is holding up, which these people are pledging allegiance to is a mormon book called the Doctrine and Covenants, it is not the Bible.

That was....strange for a worship service, so sterile. Interesting that called God Elahim, yet people talk ish about muslims saying Allah. And an oath of vengance against the U.S?? Really???

Wow at the freemason undertones.....just wow.

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this isnt real. there is no way temple rituals CAN be filmed since there is no way to sneak a camera into the temple. Plus, that isnt the ritual in the first place.

that being said, Mormons are christians. It is called the church of JESUS CHRIST of latter day saints for crying out loud......

lemme tell you this, the mormon crowd? sure they are just people, and every group will have some wierdo's in it, but byand large? they are the most boring, devout, clean cut bunch you will ever see. They are just good people, in general.

Just because a mormon is running against obama is no reason to try to demonize the church.

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This is complete BS. What do you mean there is no way to sneak a camera into the temple? You can sneak a camera in anywhere. And based on the comments under the video from mormons, most of them confirm that it is real. You can also find dozens of ex-mormons testifying to what happens in a temple ceremony on youtube, and all of these things are real. Of course if you ever participate in the temple ritual and you are still a mormon, you have to lie about what happens there (i.e. "lying for the lord"), and can't reveal anything. Plus there are mormons who don't know what goes on in the temple rituals because they have not underwent the endowment ceremony yet. Are you one of them?

Are you saying you don't have to follow the Doctrine and Covenants? Do you not believe the Book of Mormon? Do you not believe that Zion is in Missouri and the Indians are the real Hebrews? If you don't believe that stuff then no you are not Mormon.

Also, please study these handshake rituals and their connectsion with masonry. Joseph Smith was almost killed by a head mason because he stole their secret practices to use in his church. All of this is public knowledge.


And no just because mormons believe in Jesus does not make the christian. Muslims also believe jesus was a prophet, and it does not make them christian. There are new age cults which believe Jesus was a savior and prophet and it doesn't make them christian. Real christians do not worship and follow books outside the bible which were written by con men (i.e. the Book of Mormon, the Pearl of Great Price, Doctrine and Covenants etc.) I didn't say Mormons were bad people just that they are not christian.

For twinfist who says this is fake. Please look at this video by ABC news. ABC did a piece on mormonism and was invited inside a temple, but did not film the rituals. The inside of the temple is nearly identical to the film that she says is fake, including the baptism for the dead area with the 12 oxen centerpiece.

LawdHamMurcy I AM NOT CHRISTIAN. I AM AN ATHEIST. I have no dog in this fight. However, I find it ridiculous that mormons won't just admit that their religion is not christianity. If a muslim claimed that he was christian would it make it so? If I said I was christian, even though I reject the bible as true, would that make it so?

What the hell are you talking about?!?

I'm from the U.K. ...wanna tell me how we practice Christianity any different?

Such an ignoramus! Sound sooo stupid.

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Originally Posted by LovePeace What the hell are you talking about?!? I'm from the U.K. ...wanna tell me how we practice Christianity any different?

LovePeace, your profile name is quite the irony to your conduct on this board. You type like an LSA Christian and that is a fact. They cannot have a discussion unless they are calling someone names, hurling insults or disrespecting a LSA member's father. At any rate, to answer your question, when I was doing research on Christianity outside of the United States, one place that stood out was the UK. How does the UK practice Christianity differently that than the US?

Here is a DETAILED study that looked at religion in the UK. It was done in 2007 but not much has changed since then. Religion in the United Kingdom: Diversity, Trends and Decline

The bottom line the mainline Christians in the UK DO NOT believe in HELL the way American Christians do.

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Originally Posted by bosinsie LawdHamMurcy I AM NOT CHRISTIAN. I AM AN ATHEIST. I have no dog in this fight. However, I find it ridiculous that mormons won't just admit that their religion is not christianity. If a muslim claimed that he was christian would it make it so? If I said I was christian, even though I reject the bible as true, would that make it so?

Bosinsie, the thing about Christianity that throws Christians off is the fact that one becomes a Christian by CLAIMING to be a Christian. That's it! It has always been that way and it will never change.

This is why Christianity has over 30K different denominations and they all DISAGREE with each other on the quote, "critical Christian doctrines." Hence, the reason why Christiandome has:

• Mormon Christians
• Amish Christians
• Jewish Christians
• Hebrew Christians
• Jehovah Witness Christians
• Seventh Day Adventist Christians
• Evangelical Christians
• Liberal Christians
• Christian Fundamentalists
• Orthodox Christians
• Black Hebrew Christians
• Baptist Christians
• Southern Baptist Christians
• COGIC Christians
• UMC Christians
• And on and on...
  

The majority of these Christian sects CLAIM in some form, fashion or another that those who are not part of their group is going to HELL. But my point is, becoming a Christian is based solely on a verbal CLAIM.

A person claims to be a Christian and they are. It doesn't matter if they are a Mormon Christian, an Amish Christian or from the (FLDS) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. All it takes to become a Christian is to CLAIM that you are one, LOL. Outside of their CLAIMS, what proof can a Christian provide that emphatically confirms beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are a Christian?

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Miss me with all of that rubbish!! I'm not Jesus and I've never claimed to be perfect so your last post means not a damn thing to me.

You are ignorant and your post was stupid. I will stand by that forever.

Thanks for posting this. I've read about these rituals/ practices on an ex-Mormon forum. For all that is shown, there are more rituals that proceed those in the above videos.

After reading what the ex-Mormons had to say and watching the video, I see a few similarities to Masonic rituals; aprons, signs, tokens, processions from one room to another, secret names, etc.

One of the things that I found interesting is that the ceremony is the same whenever one attends the temple; it doesn't change. Another thing that I found out is that there are a series of things that Mormons have to do before they are even eligible to attend the temple.

http://www.exmormonforums.com/viewto...owment#p113736