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The exclusion used most often to declare Latter-day Saints non-Christian is the doctrinal exclusion. And at Blogstream’s Dummies it has been the most generally and ironic tool they have used. They being Baptist, AoGs, Catholics, and a general assortment of church shoppers. The many forms this exclusion takes can really be reduced to the same Myth:


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Myth #2: Since the Latter-day Saints do not believe what other Christians believe, they must not be Christians.

The most obvious weakness of this type of argument is the faulty assumption that all other Christians believe "what Christians believe." Specifically, no two denominations, and few individual Christians, agree on every detail of Christian doctrine. Most denominations don't even agree on which doctrines are central and must be affirmed by all Christians, and which ones are peripheral and open to debate. Doctrinal diversity is simply a fact of life among the various Christian churches, so it is absolutely “noodle brained” (to borrow a phrase from Thomisticguy) to demand of the Latter-day Saints that they alone manifest no doctrinal diversity while mingling with other Christians? And what is the norm by which such "doctrinal diversity" is to be measured? It is impossible to comply with conformity, for there is no single, monolithic body of doctrine accepted by all Christians with which the Latter-day Saints could agree, even if they wanted to. Though many Christians have insisted that there is such a universal standard, so far no one has been able to define it to the satisfaction of all the others.

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As explained in the previous post, Topics will reveal doctrinal myths as applied to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS by leading religious Protestant Bloggers here.

Myth #1: Doctrines and practices of the LDS Church change; real "Christian" churches have doctrines that are Biblically sourced and do not change.

Myth #1 is pressed forward by Thom in his 2nd ever blog topic at blogstream in September of last year, in his high regard for Rick Warren. Rick Warren was then and is now nearly a year later is the man behind a phenomena that typifies orthodox Protestantism: the fad-driven church.

As a former Protestant, I can remember when my Church didn't jump from bandwagon to another every year or two. There were no bandwagons at all. We didn't market our Protestant Church back then. We just preached "Christ crucified".

Today, the moving and shaking Protestant church is involved with a constant ebb and flow (ah, Hawaii) of church fads. We have had: Spiritual Gift inventories, Promise Keepers, Spiritual Warfare, Weigh Down Workshop, the Left Behind Series, The Prayer of Jabez, Becoming a Contagious Christian, The Purpose-Driven Life (Rick Warren) and 40 Days of Purpose (Rick Warren), a long succession of evangelism and stewardship programs. This list is the definitiion of Christianity for many a Protestant church.

So what is Rick Warren up to, now a year later?

Surprise, another fad. At http://rickwarren.com/ today, he introduces to you the "P.E.A.C.E. Plan" to cure and totally eliminate the threat of Aids in the world by combining the efforts of all Protestant Churches. (now that's reachable) It requires training, training from his people, and to get the projected 50% of all the churched in the US involved, we gotta get them trained. Catch this: There are two training centers in America.

The LDS don't work people up into a lather every other year with the newest fad. We are a church of order not a church of whimsy. And, mind you, our programs don't end in the flash of an appearance of the next.

One would wonder if Rick Warren might find himself in a fad that takes pieces of LDS theology and makes it his own. Well, during a sermon he uttered some memorable classic words for those who were there:

"God is a gentleman and will never violate our free will."

There is a piece of restoration doctrine here. But not a fad; we have staying power.

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Hawaii fun and pleasure will no longer appear at this blog. Content here is going to become even drearier. Hawaii: faces and places with original photographic support can be found at http://hawaiian.blogstream.com/

Additionally, The Genuine Article will be more relevant to those individuals who looking for the truth.

Henceforth, The Genuine Article will be dedicated ONLY to teaching true restored principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ where other Christians have most frequently lost their way. In particular, this blog will contain original articles countering the misinformation of Blogstream orthodox Protestant writers as they have commented on the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS or Mormon).

The LDS is currently the fastest growing Christian church in America and throughout the world among all denominations with a singular centralized church leadership. That is to say, our doctrines are identical everywhere throughout the World. It is our view that gospel truth does not change from place to place, from culture to culture. By any conventional measure, we are no less than the second fastest growing Christian church on the planet. This is not meant to appear as chest-pounding. It is meant to provide evidence that all peoples and all cultures where we are permitted to practice our faith, all those peoples are more inclined to accept LDS Christian gospel truths than any other church.

We are relevant where other Christian declare we are irrelevant. These doctrinal principles are worthy of your consideration.

StealthNewsInternational: A man identifying himself as Osama BinLaden has turned himself in to an off duty Oklahoma Redneck policeman vacationing here on the Big Island of Hawaii. Sgt. Joe "Momma's Boy" Walcott had lured Osama out of hiding with a free install of internet at his ramshackled hut.


Now in police custody, BinLaden when interviewed was quoted as saying, "I was born in Chicago to a Gecko-Roman wrestler named Dorothy and lived all my life in the Greek quarter, never leaving the US except for brief episodes to film videotapes and give public appearances 'back East'."

Additionally he was recorded on tape saying, "I had always fantacized about bombs."

The Boulder Colorado city attorney has been contacted because of other BinLaden statements made in connection to a certain unsolved murder in Colorado.

Sgt. Walcott stated when questioned about his arrest, "I am a redneck."

Editor's Note: By golly, he is a redneck and John Ramsey should find greater comfort in knowing he certainly can enjoy having the veil of guilt depart even further from his countenance. By this time tomorrow, everybody in America will claim they are rednecks, as well. Thanks be to the vigilance of the good Sgt..

This tree dominates a small grove at the rocky edge of Rainbow falls on the Big Island. Notice how the tree sends down roots from the limbs. A picture of the falls follows.
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