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Date Posted: 08:23:51 03/23/11 Wed
Author: George
Subject: Re: CofC lenten scripture reading: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: CofC lenten scripture reading: Wednesday, March 23, 2011" on 21:32:04 03/22/11 Tue

>>30 And again, a seer will I raise up out of the
>>fruit of thy loins, and unto him will I give power to
>>bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins; and
>>not to the bringing forth of my word only, saith the
>>Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which
>>shall have already gone forth among them in the last
>>days.
>>
>>31 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall
>>write, and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall
>>write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of
>>thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the
>>fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together unto
>>the confounding of false doctrines, and laying down of
>>contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of
>>they loins, and bringing them to a knowledge of their
>>fathers in the latter days; and also to the knowledge
>>of my covenants, saith the Lord.
>>
>>32 And out of weakness shall he be made strong,
>>in that day when my work shall go forth among all my
>>people, which shall restore them, who are of the house
>>of Israel, in the last days. 33 And that seer
>>will I bless, and they that seek to destroy him shall
>>be confounded; for this promise I give unto you; for I
>>will remember you from generation to generation; and
>>his name shall be called Joseph, and it shalll be
>>after the name of his father; and he shall be like
>>unto you; for the thing which the Lord shall bring
>>forth by his hand shall bring my people unto
>salvation.
>>Genesis 50:30-33
>>(N.B. Instead of following my usual practice of
>>italicizing words added to the Biblical text by Joseph
>>Smith, Jr., I have not italicized any words here. You
>>see, if I did, I'd have to italicize every single word
>>in the quote, along with the preceding 6 verses, and
>>the succeeding 3 and one half verses.)
>>
>>
>>This is CofC scripture. It is found only in Joseph
>>Smith, Jr.'s "Inspired Version of the Bible" which was
>>canonized by the Community of Christ, and has been
>>published by that church as its official doctrinal
>>bible since 1867. Joseph Smith took these verses from
>>the Book of Mormon (2 Nephi 3:11-15 LDS-Mormon /
>>2:17-30 CofC-RLDS) , reworked the verb tenses to fit
>>the context of the Lord speaking to Joseph the Dreamer
>>during the days he was in Egypt. Note that the added
>>passage contains predicts the coming of Joseph Smith,
>>Jr. ("called after the name of the father") and "the
>>thing [i.e., the Book of Mormon] which the Lord shall
>>bring forth by his [i.e., Joseph's] hand, shall bring
>>my people unto salvation." If you will look back at
>>the passage, understand that those who are to be
>>brought to a knowledge of their fathers (or ancestors)
>>are the Native Americans, whom both Joseph Smith, Jr.
>>and the Book of Mormon both state are descended
>>exclusively from the Jewish race.
>>
>>This use of the Joseph Smith, Jr. Bible is all a
>>little odd, since Lois reports that the CofC recently
>>joined the CofC under cover of documents stating that
>>the CofC was founded by Joseph Smith, III, not Joseph
>>Smith, Jr. So why, of all the churches in the world,
>>including the Mormon church, is the CofC the only one
>>that uses as its official, authoritative Bible, the
>>above-quoted Bible produced by Joseph Smith, Jr.?
>>
>>If you don't like insane contradictions, stay away
>>from the CofC. That's why this forum has few visitors
>>and even fewer posters. People in the CofC cannot deal
>>with the contradictions except by pretending they
>>don't exist, and that pretense doesn't last long on
>>this forum. In fact, if they stay around here too
>>long, they will find out about contradictions that
>>have existed since before they were born that they
>>haven't even noticed yet; contradictions they must add
>>to the pile that they are already having to deal with.
>>
>>May God add his blessing to the reading of his word.
>>
>>George
>>
>>P.S. Before I posted this, a friend pointed out to me
>>that various polygamous offshoots of the Mormon/LDS
>>church have become interested in the Inspired Version
>>of the Bible printed by the CofC and have started
>>using it due to their reverence for Joseph Smith, Jr.,
>>its translator/editor.
>
>A correction. "This use of the Joseph Smith, Jr. Bible
>is all a little odd, since Lois reports that the CofC
>recently joined the CofC (that should be NCC, National
>Council of Churches) under cover of documents stating
>that the CofC was founded by Joseph Smith, III, not
>Joseph Smith, Jr."
>
>Lois
>
>
> >href="http://www.ncccusa.org/witnesses2010/ga-merc-repo
>rt-community-of-christ.pdf">http://www.ncccusa.org/witn
>esses2010/ga-merc-report-community-of-christ.pdf
>
>"The Membership and Ecclesial Relations Committee
>(MERC) of the General Assembly of the National Council
>of the Churches of Christ in the USA and Church World
>Service recommends to the 2010 General Assembly that
>the membership application of the Community of Christ
>(COC) be approved. This recommendation is
>based on a careful review of written materials
>provided by the COC,"
>
>�It is always important at the onset of any discussion
>of the spiritual roots of Community of Christ to
>note that its founder is not [Joseph Smith] of the
>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
>Saints (LDS), but his son, Joseph Smith
>III,�

Thanks for the input, Lois. It's always nice to know that I'm not perfect.

It boggles the mind that the CofC thinks that it has successfully rewritten its entire history, Orwellian-style, to the point that nobody remembers anything at all about its history. I have the official history of the RLDS church. The history of the founding of the church begins over a decade before Joseph Smith III, (or "young Joseph") was even born, and before young Joseph's daddy (Joseph Smith, Jr.) ever even met young Joseph's mommy.

Absolutely mindboggling. How is it possible that the 114,000 people left on the CofC rolls stand for this? Do they not know about it, or are they suffering from some kind of cognitive disorder?

If this sort of thing becomes popular, I will soon be reading that Karl Marx was the founder of the United States of America, and that Jesus Christ was a homosexual.

Remember the saying, "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." I think a related proverb, given the CofC's disconnect from fact would be "Nothing is real or unrealy, but thinking makes it so."

George

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