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Today's Modern Mother Going against the tide... We're adopting! Hopechild: Our adoption blog Blogroll Me! Blog's I love Memberships: Prev | List | Random | Next Powered by RingSurf! < # made by mom ? > < ? Blogging Mommies # > << i am a person of size >> August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 June 2002 May 2002 Oct 02-May 03 Credits: Hosting: Netfirms.com FastCounter by bCentral since July 9th, 2003 « I'm never going to make it. | Main | No horse riding for Xander :-( » August 12, 2003 Section One: Theology I've decided to post my notes on this book, "Understanding the Times" by David Noebel. Just in case anyone else is interested. The first section is labelled Theology, and it compares the Theology of Leninism/Marxism, Humanism, and Chritianity. I myself have added The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to my list in order for me to compare my own religion. As I finish each section I will come here and put up my condensed notes for anyone who's interested. It's really interesting, since I never really understood the differences between Biblical Christianity and Mormonism before. So sorry for the HUGE entry, I tried extending it, but it didn't work. *sigh* Section One: Theology Part I. Leninism/Marxism Athiesm[scientific] God is the enemy Theology is spiritual booze/opium for the working class Abolition of religion is required for happiness Socialism (govt. takes all production and distributes on a planned basis) Preach in the classroom to indoctrinate at young age Central classics- Communist Manifesto, and Das Kapital Part II. Secular Humanism Athiesm [if it's not proveable by science it doesn't exist] Evolution God did not create man, man created God in their minds No one can save us, we must save ourselves There is no afterlife, so it doesn't matter what we do Anything Supernatural is a myth Universe was self-created Only nature exists Central classic- The Cosmos by Carl Sagan Cosmic Humanism(New Age) All purported revelations from God are not real revelation. Christ was important only in the sense that it showed man to be capable of achieving perfection The significance of the resurrection and reincarnation is not that Jesus is a man like us but that we are God's like him or at least have the potential to be. Cosmic humanist believe that man and God are ontologically One. Knieel to your own self, honor and worship your own being. God dwells within you as You Reincarnation Pantheism-Everything is God(plants trees, water, rocks, humans etc) Part III. Biblical Christianity One all powerful omniscient God God is...God created...God loves...God judges Universe has order Science supports creation Christ's blood on the cross saves us from our sins God created the earth from nothing God is triune(Trinity) 3 personalities with the same essence but different purposes God is spirit Central classic- Bible Part IV. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints One God of this world There are other worlds, ours is not the only one Adam's fall brought temporal and spiritual(separation from God's presence) death All men were saved from temporal death because Christ died and was resurrected thereby bursting the bands of death for ALL men. Only the repentant and faithful can be saved from spiritual death. Christ's atonement in the Garden of Gethsamane is where he suffered for all of our sins. Baptism and Sealing for time and all eternity are required ordinances Godhead= Heavenly Father,The Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. Three separate and distinct individuals acting as one. Each with a different purpose. -Heavenly Father oversaw the creation. He answers our prayers and knows all things that will happen. He gives revelation to man, he has done so and continues to do so. -Jesus Christ- Created the earth under the supervision of the Father. Suffered for our sins in Gethsemane, Died on the cross, and was resurrected. He is the Savior and our Brother. Jesus Christ will be the judge at the last day. -Holy Ghost- Holy Ghost is recieved through baptism and confirmation. He is our guide. Through him we can recieve personal revelation from God. He is the comforter. God was once a man and was tried and tested on an earth like unto ours. Both God and Christ have bodies of flesh and bone. The holy ghost is spirit until his job is done. There is a purpose to this life. We came here first and foremost to gain our bodies and to learn to master them. Also this life is a test, to test our faithfulness. 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